Home Office planning new deportation flight to Rwanda
Some asylum seekers have received letters saying government intends to remove them, the Guardian has learned The Home Office is planning a new deportation flight...
Month : August 2022
Togo achieves ‘major feat’ of eradicating four neglected tropical diseases
WHO hails west African country as first in world to stamp out Guinea worm, lymphatic filariasis, sleeping sickness and trachoma Togo has been praised by...
Fighting in northern Ethiopia shatters months-long truce
Tigrayan rebels and government each accuse the other of striking first as conflict resumes Fighting has erupted between government forces and Tigrayan rebels in northern...
Kenyan tea pickers on Scottish-run farm to pursue health issues in UK court
Prolonged bending to gather tea for James Finlay Kenya is argued to accelerate ageing of pickers’ backs by up to 20 years More than a...
Egyptian NGOs complain of being shut out of Cop27 climate summit
Civil society groups say covert screening process excluded government’s critics A group of Egyptian civil society organisations have been prevented from attending the Cop27 climate...
Kenya elections bring new wave of female leaders to the fore
Record win for women is a cause for celebration as acrimony over the presidency continues More women won parliamentary seats in Kenya’s elections this month...
Mexico: journalist in Guerrero becomes 15th media worker killed in 2022
Fredid Román, who ran an online outlet focused on state-level politics, gunned down in his car in state capital A local journalist who ran an...
Famed Churchill portrait stolen from hotel and replaced with fake
An employee at the Château Laurier in Ottawa spotted something amiss with ‘Roaring Lion’ portrait by photographer Yousuf Karsh Police in Canada are investigating the...
Anglo-French oil firm threatens Amazon reserve for isolated Indigenous people
Perenco sues Peru government for repeal of law that offers recognition to proposed Napo-Tigre reserve Isolated Peruvian tribes face a threat to their existence from...
Lula vows to take on Amazon crime if returned to power in Brazil elections
Ex-president says he will clamp down on illegal miners and loggers after murders of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira The leading candidate to become Brazil’s...
