More than 50 people, including three US citizens and a Belgian, have gone on trial in the Democratic Republic of Congo over what the army
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Rwanda opposition leader barred from standing against president
A prominent opponent of the Rwandan president, Paul Kagame, has been barred from standing in next month’s election to challenge his three-decade rule. Diane Rwigara,
Uruguayan woman given proper burial 47 years after abduction by dictatorship
A Uruguayan woman who was abducted by security forces during the country’s military dictatorship has received a proper burial, nearly 50 years after she was
Argentina’s far-right president poised to shut down anti-gender violence agency
Javier Milei, Argentina’s far-right president, is poised to dissolve the government department responsible for tackling gender violence, prompting a furious backlash from human rights activists.
‘Greed’: John Deere rolls out hundreds of US layoffs and sends work to Mexico
US workers at John Deere plants have accused the company of acting on “greed” as America’s most famous agricultural equipment company plans to shift more
BAT subsidiary lobbies Pakistan to allow export of cigarettes to Sudan
A subsidiary of British American Tobacco is lobbying the government of Pakistan to allow it to export 10-packs of cigarettes to war-torn Sudan, prompting criticism
Cyril Ramaphosa open to forming South African unity government with rivals
South Africa’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, has said that his African National Congress (ANC) would seek to form a government of national unity with a broad
At least 100 killed after RSF paramilitary group attacks village in Sudan
At least 100 people were killed and dozens more injured after the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) attacked a village in Gezira province in Sudan
Russia to send combat vessels to Caribbean to project ‘global power’, US official says
Russia plans to send combat vessels into the Caribbean region this summer as part of naval exercises that will probably include port calls in Cuba
Rise of far right makes reparations debate tough, says Cape Verde president
Cape Verde’s president, José Maria Neves, said the rise of rightwing populism has made it difficult to hold a serious debate about colonial reparations but