Nigeria’s opposition parties call for election to be scrapped
Labour party chairman Julius Abure says vote has been ‘irretrievably compromised’ Nigeria’s main opposition parties have called for the country’s presidential election to be scrapped,...
Month : February 2023
China should scrap ‘picking quarrels’ crime, says leading lawyer
Suggestion to abolish catch-all offence will be among thousands considered at Chinese Communist party summit China should abolish the catch-all crime of “picking quarrels and...
Dom Phillips’ widow to follow him in raising awareness of crisis in Amazon
Alessandra Sampaio preparing to visit remote area where husband and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira were murdered last year The widow of British journalist Dom Phillips...
Mexican president posts photo of what he claims is a Maya elf
Andrés Manuel López Obrador said the photo appeared to show an alux, a creature from Yucatán folklore Mexico’s president posted a photo on his social...
Nigeria election: early results put ruling party’s Bola Tinubu in strong lead
Tinubu appears on course for victory despite Labour candidate Peter Obi taking Lagos in surprise result Early results in Nigeria’s presidential and parliamentary elections have...
Weather tracker: Cyclone Freddy brings torrential rain to parts of Africa
Downpours lash Mozambique and Zimbabwe – meanwhile, unseasonably high and low temperatures hit east and west US The remnants of Tropical Cyclone Freddy continue to...
Covid-19 likely emerged from laboratory leak, US energy department says
Updated finding a departure from previous studies on how the virus emerged and comes with ‘low confidence’ The virus which drove the Covid-19 pandemic most...
Nigerians face tense wait in presidential election vote count
New polling system hit by significant technical problems with results unlikely to be confirmed on Sunday Nigeria is in the midst of a tense wait...
Australian professor and two local researchers held hostage in Papua New Guinea released
Foreign minister Penny Wong says all hostages, including a New Zealand-born Australian academic, have been freed Australia’s foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, has said all...
Hong Kong police arrest three after finding dismembered remains of model
Parents and brother of Abby Choi’s ex-husband arrested after police make grisly discovery at rented village home Hong Kong police have made three arrests over...