African nations expected to make case for big rise in fossil fuel output
Exclusive: leaders expected to say at Cop27 they need accesss to their oil and gas reserves despite effect on global heating Leaders of African countries...
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Tunisia referendum approves expansion of president’s powers – officials
Electoral commission – controlled by President Kais Saied – says 95% voted yes in constitutional referendum, which was boycotted by opposition groups Tunisian president Kais...
Oxford University may return items looted from Nigeria by Britain in 1897
University council supports claim for 97 artefacts, including bronzes, currently held in city’s museums Oxford University could return almost 100 artefacts that were looted by...
Spain reports first death in Europe related to monkeypox outbreak
Announcement on Friday follows report hours earlier from Brazil of first such death outside Africa Spain has reported what is thought to be Europe’s first...
Fears that Egypt may use Cop27 to whitewash human rights abuses
Naomi Klein and Caroline Lucas among signatories to letter voicing concerns over country’s hosting of climate summit A hundred days before the Cop27 summit is...
Eritrean refugees say they are being arbitrarily detained in Ethiopian camps
Tigrinya speakers say they face beatings, detention and privation, and blame UN for ‘abandoning’ them, despite right to be in Ethiopia Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia...
At least 15 killed in second day of anti-UN violence in DRC
Protesters and United Nations personnel among dead after incidents that left about 50 injured At least 15 people were killed and about 50 wounded during...
Tunisia president celebrates projected victory to give him almost total power
Kais Saied’s supporters fill central Tunis as some fear return of authoritarian rule in birthplace of Arab spring Tunisian president Kais Saied has celebrated the...
Lavrov’s African tour another front in struggle between west and Moscow
Analysis: Foreign minister seeks to win friends and influence people in countries where closeness can be traced back to USSR Sergei Lavrov, the Russian foreign...
Tunisians vote in referendum on handing president almost total power
Critics of Kais Saied fear he will rip up democracy that emerged from 2011 revolution Tunisians have begun voting in a referendum on a new...
