In 2019, Alma Asinobi, a Nigerian postgraduate architecture student, gave herself an ambitious goal after obtaining her first passport: to visit up to 16 countries
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South Sudan general among dozens killed in attack on UN helicopter
A South Sudanese general and dozens of soldiers have been killed after a United Nations helicopter trying to evacuate them from the northern town of
Woman kidnapped as a toddler in the US 25 years ago found alive in Mexico
A woman who was abducted in Connecticut as a toddler has been found alive 25 years later in Mexico. Andrea Michelle Reyes was two years
Nigerian king faces Shell in London high court over decades of oil spills
His Royal Highness King Godwin Bebe Okpabi has carried bottles of water drawn from the wells of his homeland in the Niger delta to the
Evidence of torture found as detention centre and mass grave discovered outside Khartoum
More than 500 people may have been tortured or starved to death and then buried in a secret mass grave north of Khartoum, according to
St Vincent and the Grenadines buys island central to Garifuna culture
Members of the Garifuna community are celebrating “a historic and long-awaited victory” after the Caribbean nation of St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) announced the
US suspends aid to South Africa after Trump order
The state department has ordered an immediate pause on most US foreign assistance to South Africa, according to a cable seen by the Guardian, officially
‘Little agency that could’ cheered for act of resistance against Trump and Musk
Members of Elon Musk’s so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge) unit were barred from entering a small, independent federal agency promoting economic development in Africa
World Food Programme halves food rations for Rohingya in Bangladesh
Food rations for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh have been slashed in half by the World Food Programme, days after refugees in Kenya protested against a
Nearly half of women in Africa will be obese or overweight by 2030 – study
An alarming rise in obesity in Africa has been compared with the HIV epidemic, with stigma and lack of treatment having a disproportionate impact on