DHL cargo plane splits in two after crash landing at Costa Rica airport
Mechanical failure prompted pilot to request emergency landing shortly after plane took off from Juan Santamaria airport A Boeing 757-200 cargo aircraft operated by DHL...
Month : April 2022
Peruvian prime minister’s praise of Hitler sparks wave of protest
Aníbal Torres said his words were misunderstood but offered to apologize in person to Israeli ambassador Asaf Ichilevich The Israeli embassy in Lima has led...
Brazil military ‘posed as NGOs on social media’ to play down deforestation
Facebook owner Meta removes network from social media in move which could damage President Jair Bolsonaro Facebook owner Meta Platforms has removed a network of...
Thieving sea lions break into salmon farm and refuse to leave
Conservationists say the farms are a danger to sea lions and other marine mammals, who can become entangled in their nets Dozens of thieving sea...
Peru president at bay as fuel and fertiliser prices detonate political crisis
Pedro Castillo lifted a curfew in Lima but is still facing calls to resign after a rash of bad decisions and allegations of corruption Peru’s...
El Salvador press cries censorship as anti-gang law targets media
El Salvador’s congress has authorised sentences of 10-15 years for media spreading gangs’ messages El Salvador’s congress has authorised prison sentences of 10 to 15...
Burkina Faso’s ex-president guilty of complicity in murder of predecessor
Blaise Compaoré sentenced to life imprisonment at military tribunal over role in 1987 killing of Thomas Sankara Burkina Faso’s former president Blaise Compaoré has been...
Médecins Sans Frontières suspends operations in parts of Cameroon over detained staff
Health charity in an ‘untenable position’ in anglophone parts of the country as it is accused of taking sides in internal strife Medical charity Médecins...
Tigray has been the scene of ‘ethnic cleansing’, say human rights groups
Human Rights Watch-Amnesty report accuses Ethiopian paramilitaries of war crimes and crimes against humanity Ethiopian paramilitaries have carried out a campaign of ethnic cleansing in...
Russian mercenaries and Mali army accused of killing 300 civilians
Human Rights Watch says deaths during anti-jihadist operation in Moura ‘the worst atrocity in Mali in a decade’ Suspected Russian mercenaries participated in an operation...
