Macron says French-Algerian author under ‘arbitrary detention’ in Algeria
French president voices concern for health of Boualem Sansal, who is on hunger strike over his imprisonment The French president, Emmanuel Macron, has said he...
Month : February 2025
US shutdown of HIV/Aids funding ‘could lead to 500,000 deaths in South Africa’
USAid cuts to clinics dispensing antiretroviral drugs will be ‘death sentence for mothers and children’, expert warns Sweeping notices of termination of funding have been...
Hundreds protest in Cook Islands over PM’s handling of deal with China
Opposition leaders accuse prime minister of risking its relationship with New Zealand by continued secrecy around deal Hundreds of protesters have marched on Cook Islands’...
Argentina opposition calls for impeachment of Javier Milei after cryptocurrency collapse
President endorsed $Libra crypto token on Friday before it collapsed, leading some to call it a financial ‘rug pull’ Opposition politicians in Argentina have called...
Brazil asks UN to ditch proposed levy on global shipping
Those supporting the deal hope it will raise billions to help poor countries deal with climate breakdown Brazil has asked the UN to throw out...
Rwanda-backed M23 rebels capture eastern DRC’s second-largest city
Congolese authorities accused of abandoning Bukavu after government confirms fall to militia group M23 rebels have captured and occupied Bukavu, the second-largest city in the...
Shakira cancels Lima concert after being hospitalised during global tour
The Colombian star went to the emergency room in Peru’s capital on Saturday night, days after launching her first worldwide tour in seven years Shakira...
Contraception for capybaras: Buenos Aires suburb’s rodent plan stirs debate
Government in Nordelta approves plans to control numbers of world’s largest rodent – but not all are in agreement A contraception debate is gripping one...
Brother of British national held in Nigeria says UK has ‘turned its back’
Kingsley Kanu, brother of Indigenous People of Biafra leader Nnamdi Kanu, calls on PM to defend British citizens The brother of a British national being...
Muhsin Hendricks, world’s ‘first openly gay imam’, shot dead in South Africa
Police say motive for killing of Hendricks, who ran a mosque for LGBTQ+ Muslims near Cape Town, is unknown Muhsin Hendricks, considered the world’s “first...
