Mozambique confirms first wild poliovirus case in 30 years
Case in child in Tete province follows detection of similar strain in Malawi in February, officials say Mozambique has identified its first case of wild...
Category : Africa
‘Huge spike’ in global conflict caused record number of displacements in 2021
Those fleeing combat were internally displaced 14.4m times, with biggest toll in sub-Saharan Africa, report reveals Conflict and violence forced people from their homes a...
‘History repeating’: Amazon base in Cape Town splits Indigenous groups
Building work is quiet, for now, on £200m project that pits different visions of South Africa’s future against one another Smoke curls into the air,...
UN confirms death of one of last Rwandan genocide fugitives
Phénéas Munyarugarama is second person wanted for their involvement in 1994 mass killings to die One of the last five fugitives wanted for his role...
‘I thought the UK was a good country’: Sudan massacre refugee faces removal to Rwanda
Mohammed is among first asylum seekers to face removal under Home Office’s controversial scheme It took Mohammed more than three years and a journey of...
US supreme court abortion reversal would be global ‘catastrophe’ for women
If Roe v Wade is overturned, it will encourage anti-choice groups – particularly in the developing world, activists warn The probable demise of abortion as...
The ‘Spider-Man’ of Sudan: masked activist becomes symbol of resistance
Dressed in red and blue, ‘Spidey’ is a fixture at protests against the military regime – and the subject of a new Guardian documentary Violence...
Clashes in Tripoli as would-be prime minister attempts to claim power
Fathi Bashagha forced to withdraw in the face of opposition from Libya’s military Fighting broke out in Tripoli after one of the two rival Libyan...
Biden reverses Trump withdrawal of US army trainers from Somalia
Up to 500 special forces advisers will train Somali forces to combat growing threat of al-Shabaab militants, says White House The US will send up...
Rwanda president suggests UK extradite genocide suspects after asylum deal
Exclusive: Comments raise concerns UK will find it difficult to refuse requests from Kigali on sensitive issues Paul Kagame, the president of Rwanda, has suggested...
