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The United Nations has called for an investigation into the deaths of 87 people whose bodies have been found in a mass grave in Sudan's Darfur region. The UN human rights office says they have credible evidence of Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) being involved in the killings. The RSF is currently fighting the country's armed forces and violence has been escalating. The
The conflict between Sudan’s rival armed forces has now entered its second month. More than 2 million people have become displaced by the fighting so far. The situation is especially dire in the region of Darfur. This week, the governor of West Darfur was killed after speaking up about what’s happening there. The World’s Africa Correspondent Halima Gikandi brings us more.
The Paris Olympics is about a year away. Which means that now is the time athletes around the world are trying to qualify — including Alexandra Ndola, a German-Polish-Kenyan fencer. Last year she decided to compete for Kenya, where she is trying to grow the sport of fencing. The World’s Halima Gikandi brings us her story from the capital Nairobi.
The first film from Sudan to show at the Cannes Film Festival this year, "Goodbye Julia," is from Sudanese director Mohamed Kordofani. It follows the story of two women during South Sudan's split from Sudan in the early 2000s. The film won some high praise, but that was "bittersweet," Kordofani says, due to the ongoing conflict in Sudan. The World's Africa correspondent Halima
On Monday, Nigeria’s Bola Tinubu was sworn in as the country’s new president in the capital Abuja. He enters office amid ongoing court disputes against the election results, rising insecurity and a struggling economy. Host Carol Hills speaks with The World’s Africa correspondent, Halima Gikandi, who covered the elections in Nigeria earlier this year.