A South African beauty pageant contestant with a Nigerian father has been subjected to relentless online abuse and interrogations of her right to compete for
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Children ‘at death’s door’ as famine declared in Sudanese refugee camp
Famine has been declared in a Sudanese displacement camp in the besieged city of El Fasher. About 600,000 people are estimated to be living in
Up to seven reportedly dead in Nigeria after clashes between police and citizens
As many as seven people have died, according to reports, after clashes between Nigerian security personnel and citizens on the first day of a weeklong
Stephen Lawrence’s body to be returned to UK 31 years after murder
Stephen Lawrence’s body will be returned to the UK from Jamaica 31 years after his racist murder, his mother, Doreen, has said. In a statement
Anger mounts over environmental cost of Google datacentre in Uruguay
Google’s plans to build a datacentre in Uruguay have angered environmentalists, who say the project will release thousands of tonnes of carbon dioxide and hazardous waste. Uruguay’s
US man who planned 2020 Venezuela coup attempt arrested for arms smuggling
A former US Green Beret who, in 2020, organized a failed crossborder raid of Venezuelan army deserters to remove President Nicolás Maduro has been arrested
Colombian guerrillas withdraw threat to disrupt UN biodiversity summit
A dissident rebel group has backed down from its threat to disrupt the UN biodiversity summit in Colombia later this year. The Central General Staff
Guinea court finds former dictator guilty in stadium massacre trial
A court in Guinea has found the former dictator Moussa Dadis Camara and seven other military commanders guilty of crimes against humanity in a long-awaited
Nigerian singer, actor and activist Onyeka Onwenu dies aged 72
Onyeka Onwenu, the singer, actor, broadcaster and activist whose love ballads and songs about women’s rights were a soothing balm during Nigeria’s rocky 1980s and
Somalia arrests another journalist as press clampdown intensifies
The arrest of a journalist for reporting on drug use in the Somali military is the latest incident in an apparent clampdown on critical reporting