Ghanaian footballer Christian Atsu found dead after Turkey earthquake
Atsu’s body found under debris on Saturday, agent confirms Newcastle pay tribute to ‘talented player and special person’ The Ghanaian and former Premier League footballer...
Month : February 2023
Nicaragua: Ortega crackdown deepens as 94 opponents stripped of citizenship
Some of country’s most celebrated writers and journalists targeted as critics condemn ‘totalitarian drift’ under 77-year-old president Prisoners flew to freedom – but Ortega’s not...
Peruvian loggers given 28 years in jail for murder of four Indigenous leaders
Victims – among them environmental defender Edwin Chota – were tortured before their deaths in Peruvian Amazon in 2014 Five illegal loggers in Peru have...
Tunisia crackdown on opposition and media alarms rights groups
Ten public figures arrested since Saturday as President Kais Saied pursues what Amnesty calls a repression of dissent Rights groups have expressed grave alarm at...
Weather tracker: world braces for sudden stratospheric warming event
SSW phenomenon is linked to polar vortex, an area of low pressure across the North Pole There has been keen interest over recent weeks in...
Ruto ally says Telegram account was hacked before Kenyan election
Strategist says he noticed ‘increased activity’, after revelations about activities of a disinformation unit A senior strategist with close links to Kenya’s president, William Ruto,...
Peru’s ‘racist bias’ drove lethal police response to protests, Amnesty says
In a damning report, human rights group says state permitted ‘excessive and lethal use of force’ against Indigenous groups Peru used “excessive and lethal force”...
Brazil ministers to visit site of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira’s murder
Visit is part of push by Lula’s government to beat back illegal miners, loggers and poachers who wrought environmental havoc Indigenous activists are planning to...
Big pharma must value African lives above profits, warns head of UNAids
‘Racist’ inequalities leave sub-Saharan region bearing burden of more that half world’s new HIV infections, says Winnie Byanyima The head of UNAids, Winnie Byanyima, has...
At least 39 migrants killed in Panama bus crash after crossing Darién Gap
Vehicle carrying families migrating to the US plunged off escarpment near town of Gualaca when driver lost control – reports At least 39 migrants have...
