A suspected outbreak of Marburg virus disease (MVD) in Tanzania has killed eight people and poses a high risk to the country and its neighbours,
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‘A trash can for the US’: anger in Mexico and Canada over toxic waste shipments
US companies ship more than 1m tons of hazardous waste to other countries each year, raising questions over possible impacts on health and the environment,
Halt illegal imports of conflict minerals from DRC, campaigners urge EU
The European Union has been urged to clamp down on illegal imports of conflict minerals from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) after evidence
Biden to remove Cuba from list of state sponsors of terrorism
The Biden administration has notified Congress that it will remove Cuba from its list of state sponsors of terrorism in a deal the country’s communist
Bodies recovered from illegal goldmine in South Africa where many feared dead
Thirty-six bodies have been brought out of an illegal goldmine in South Africa and 82 people have been taken out alive since Monday, after police
Tuesday briefing: What Ukraine might gain from two North Korean captives
Good morning. In a grinding war where significant changes at the front are hard to discern, a video released by Ukraine on Sunday is a
Yoon Suk Yeol impeachment: trial of suspended South Korean president begins
The first hearing in the impeachment trial of South Korea’s suspended president, Yoon Suk Yeol, ended after just a few minutes on Tuesday as Yoon
Peru prosecutors pursue whiff of scandal over president’s secret nose job
The Peruvian president, Dina Boluarte, has appeared before prosecutors to explain a two-week absence for plastic surgery on her nose that she insists was medical,
South Africa launches operation at illegal gold mine amid fears many dead
The South African government has launched a mission to bring to the surface potentially hundreds of people in an illegal mine who last year had
Cyclone Dikeledi kills three in Madagascar, and Mayotte is hit again
Over the weekend, eastern parts of Africa were threatened by Tropical Cyclone Dikeledi. What started as a slight tropical disturbance between Indonesia and Australia on