Sally Hayden
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North Africa: The World's Deadliest Migration Route
Analysis - If they don't drown, migrants sent back from their attempts to cross the Mediterranean Sea are often left to languish in detention centres, sometimes for years at a time. → Read More
Uganda: In African Villages, Coronavirus Sparks Fears of a Spike in Malaria Deaths
Lockdowns have hit distribution of nets and people with malaria symptoms are delaying seeing a doctor for fear of the virus → Read More
In Libya, the U.N. and EU Are Leaving Migrants to Die as Civil War Rages
The European Union is funding the Libyan coast guard to keep migrants out of Europe and detain them in a failed state—and that leaves them at the mercy of militias and human traffickers. → Read More
Popstar Bobi Wine escapes house arrest in daring motorbike stunt
Ugandan popstar Bobi Wine has made a daring motorbike escape from security forces after they barricaded his home on Wednesday. → Read More
How Misinformation Is Making It Almost Impossible to Contain the Ebola Outbreak in DRC
Over 1,300 people have died from Ebola in DRC in the second worst outbreak of the virus → Read More
Inside Life on the Frontlines of the Ebola Crisis in Congo
Since August, armed groups have carried out 130 attacks on healthcare centers, while at least 1,359 have died from the deadly virus. → Read More
Asylum for sale: Whistleblowers say U.N. refugee agency does not always address corruption
More than 50 refugees, current and ex-U.N. staff and ex-investigators say the refugee agency does not adequately address corruption or protect whistleblowers. → Read More
The Families of Migrants Held Hostage Are Using Facebook to Raise Money for Smugglers’ Ransoms
With thousands of migrants held captive in Libya, their friends and families are increasingly turning to Facebook to raise hefty ransoms. → Read More
Nearly 80 rescued migrants forced off cargo ship in Libya
Dozens of rescued migrants have been forced off a cargo ship after it docked at a Libya port following an eleven-day standoff. → Read More
Liberia: Thousands of Homes at Risk of Sliding into Sea
Thousands of homes are at risk of sliding into the sea in Monrovia's densely populated slum community → Read More
The Ireland Abortion Referendum Is In The Hands Of The Undecideds
Poll suggested 17% of people had not made up their mind in the run-up to today's close vote. → Read More
Meet The Young Men And Women Voting To Keep Ireland's Ban On Abortion
'This is the greatest human rights battle of our generation.' → Read More
Sudan: Refugees Allege Chronic Corruption in UN Resettlement Process
Refugees in Khartoum, interviewed by IRIN over a 10 month period, say that individuals working with the Sudanese branch of the UN agency responsible for resettlement engage in corrupt practices, and that life-changing decisions are often made based on bribes rather than eligibility. That agency, UNHCR, says it has now mounted an investigation. → Read More
EXCLUSIVE: Refugees in Sudan allege chronic corruption in UN resettlement process
UNHCR’s services are supposed to be provided impartially and free of charge, but some refugees in Khartoum allegedly had to ‘pay to play’ → Read More
EXCLUSIVE: Refugees in Sudan allege chronic corruption in UN resettlement process
UNHCR’s services are supposed to be provided impartially and free of charge, but some refugees in Khartoum allegedly had to ‘pay to play’ → Read More
Schools act as havens for girls fleeing FGM, marriage in Uganda
FGM, which involves the partial or total removal of external genitalia, became illegal in Uganda in 2010 but continues in secret → Read More
Madagascar: Left With 'Chocolate Water', Madagascar's Parched South Grows Hungrier
Every morning, residents of this village in southern Madagascar's Amboasary Sud district set off on an eight-hour round-trip journey to collect water from the nearest river. → Read More
FEATURE -Politics of Death: The map maker who finds the bodies in Ethiopia's land battle
Academic Endalk Chala has been mapping the deaths of men and women killed in Ethiopia's Oromia region, since violence erupted in November 2015 → Read More
Activists occupy former British women's prison in protest against cuts
"What we're opposed to is austerity and more cuts to refuges and services for women" By Sally Hayden LONDON, June 2 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Activists occupying part of a former women's prison in London said they want a women's centre and housing for the local community built on the historic site, not luxury apartments. Holloway Prison was the biggest women's jail in western Europe until… → Read More
Activists occupy former British women's prison in protest against cuts
"What we're opposed to is austerity and more cuts to refuges and services for women" By Sally Hayden LONDON, June 2 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Activists occupying part of a former women's prison in London said they want a women's centre and housing for the local community built on the historic site, not luxury apartments. Holloway Prison was the biggest women's jail in western Europe until… → Read More