Weather tracker: Nor’easter drenches US south-east coast
Up to 127mm of rain falls on Florida and gusty winds and flash flooding hit parts of Georgia and South Carolina Last weekend, a low-pressure...
Month : December 2023
Attack by rebels in western Burundi leaves 20 dead
Red-Tabara group claims responsibility for assault in Vugizo that killed 12 children, three women and five men An attack by rebels in western Burundi has...
Javier Milei’s radical economic policies for Argentina met with protests
New libertarian president accused of drawing up a ‘battle plan against working people’ Thousands of protesters have poured on to the streets of Buenos Aires...
Canada intelligence operation put diplomats in legal ‘grey zone’ – report
Program – under scrutiny after imprisonment of Canadians in China – said to lack safeguards to protect officers overseas A controversial intelligence-gathering program run by...
Mixed-race people become Brazil’s biggest population group
Grouping that includes descendants of Indigenous Brazilians as well as of Africans now outnumbers white population Mixed-race Brazilians are now the largest population group in...
US and Somali forces kill al-Shabaab commander with $10m bounty on head
Maalim Ayman was wanted over attack on airbase in Kenya in 2020 in which three Americans died Somali troops and US forces have killed a...
Colombia looks to recover billions in treasure from ‘holy grail of shipwrecks’
But critics say the raising of the San José, sunk in battle with British ships in 1708, might damage the country’s cultural heritage The Colombian...
Isabel dos Santos has £580m of assets frozen by UK high court
Billionaire daughter of Angola’s former president is being sued by telecoms company Unitel Isabel dos Santos, the former president of Angola’s self-exiled billionaire daughter who...
Calls grow for Liberia prison reform after more than 200 inmates protest
Jails are routinely severely overcrowded and access to basic medical facilities is lacking Calls for reform of Liberia’s notorious prison system have intensified after more...
Questions over DRC election remain as voting is extended into second day
Church observers allege further irregularities after difficult polling day, but main opposition leader declines to join call for rerun Voters in the Democratic Republic of...
