Mass prison escapes stoke panic in DRC after rebel advance
People warn of growing lawlessness amid concerns that thousands of escaped convicts may try to exact revenge Mass prison escapes during the chaos of fighting...
Month : March 2025
Athol Fugard, South African political dissident playwright, dies aged 92
A giant of political drama, Fugard captured the injustices of apartheid in works such as Sizwe Banzi Is Dead and The Island The South African...
Journalist quits role after comparing French actions in Algeria to Nazi massacre
Jean-Michel Aphatie stands by comments he made on broadcaster RTL A prominent French journalist has said he is stepping down from his role as an...
Internet shutdowns at record high in Africa as access ‘weaponised’
More governments seeking to keep millions of people offline amid conflicts, protests and political instability Digital blackouts reached a record high in 2024 in Africa...
Mexico: 200 pairs of shoes found at clandestine crematorium
Discovery in Jalisco is demonstration of country’s crisis of forced disappearance related to organised crime Two hundred pairs of shoes have been found at a...
Three suspects at large after shooting at Toronto pub leaves a dozen injured
Police say suspects are male, with one in a black balaclava seen fleeing the scene at the Piper Arms in a silver car Three suspects...
Global celebrations and protests mark International Women’s Day
From Istanbul and Warsaw to Athens and Madrid, activists demand equality and the end of gender-based violence Women took to the streets of cities across...
Around the world in 60 hours: Nigerian aims to set travel record with ‘low-mobility’ passport
Alma Asinobi wants to break Guinness world record for shortest time to visit seven continents In 2019, Alma Asinobi, a Nigerian postgraduate architecture student, gave...
South Sudan general among dozens killed in attack on UN helicopter
President Slava Kir appeals for calm while analysts say escalating tensions could lead to full-blown conflict A South Sudanese general and dozens of soldiers have...
Woman kidnapped as a toddler in the US 25 years ago found alive in Mexico
Andrea Michelle Reyes was two when her mother took her from her father in Connecticut and fled the country A woman who was abducted in...
