Revealed: Saudi Arabia’s grand plan to ‘hook’ poor countries on oil
Climate scientists say fossil fuel use needs to fall rapidly – but oil-rich kingdom is working to drive up demand Saudi Arabia is driving a...
Category : Africa
Australian Christian group fights claim it was linked to leader of Kenya starvation massacre doomsday cult
Kenyan parliamentary committee report finds Paul Mackenzie, held responsible for more than 400 deaths, was ‘influenced’ by Australians Dave and Cherry McKay, which they vehemently...
Sierra Leone imposes nationwide curfew after attack on army barracks
Government says those attempting to break into an armoury in the capital Freetown had been repelled A military armoury in Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown came...
Madagascar’s Andry Rajoelina re-elected after boycotted presidential poll
Ten of the dozen other candidates had refused to campaign and called on voters to shun the ballot The president of Madagascar, Andry Rajoelina, has...
Shell to face human rights claims in UK over chronic oil pollution in Niger delta
More than 13,000 Nigerian villagers can bring legal claims against oil firm, rules high court Thousands of Nigerian villagers can bring human rights claims against...
Oscar Pistorius granted parole and will be released from prison in January
South African former Paralympic star jailed for killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp to be freed on 5 January South Africa’s parole board has granted early release...
Who is Oscar Pistorius and why is he being released from jail?
The first amputee runner to compete at an Olympic Games in 2012, he killed his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, in 2013 Oscar Pistorius is a former...
Weather tracker: Ethiopia hit by severe drought amid east Africa floods
More than 50 people dead in Tigray and Amhara regions while UN warns of ‘crisis-level hunger or worse’ in Somalia The regions of Tigray and...
Cheap over-the-counter nail drug found to work on crippling flesh-eating disease
‘Momentous’ breakthrough as trial finds treatment for nail infections to be highly effective for neglected tropical disease A cheap and easily taken drug used to...
Madagascan heatwave ‘virtually impossible’ without human-caused global heating
Study finds impact of heat on millions of people went unrecorded, highlighting limitations many African countries face A record-breaking heatwave in Madagascar in October would...