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‘Blatant disregard for rights’: concern grows over Gabon’s social media clampdown
Activists claim use of laws to curtail internet freedoms part of well-documented history of cracking down on dissent
When Gabon’s media regulator indefinitely suspended major social media platforms in February, citing security concerns during anti-government protests, it became the talk of town – literally.
Within weeks of the announcement, use of Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)
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Internal displacements caused by violence or conflict at record high in 2025
The 32.3m surpasses those caused by disasters for the first time, as 82.2m people displaced in total around world
The number of internal displacements triggered by conflict or violence around the world reached a record high in 2025, surpassing the number of disaster-driven internal displacements for the first time.
A report published by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
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Gaborone gold rush: how Botswana rose to the top of men’s sprinting
Country with a population of just 2.5m credits investment in young athletes for its rise but this progress is under threat
It was a fairytale ending to the World Athletics Relays in Gaborone. In the final strait, Collen Kebinatshipi surged past South Africa’s Zakithi Nene to win the men’s 4x400m relay for Botswana. The home crowd, a sea of light blue, went wild.
“It means so many
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Weather tracker: US and Mexico brace for heatwave as deadly floods hit South Africa
Temperatures soar in California and Arizona, while deluge continues across Western and Northern Cape
Heat is expected to intensify across western parts of the US and Mexico this week as a ridge of high pressure pushes temperatures well above the seasonal norm. Daytime highs are forecast to reach 10-15C above average in some areas.
The US National Weather Service has issued heat
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Body of missing US soldier recovered off coast of Morocco
1st Lt Kendrick Lamont Key Jr was participating in military exercise among US, Nato allies and African countries
A search team recovered the body of a US soldier who went missing near a cliff during a training exercise in Cap Draa, Morocco, the US army said on Sunday.
Moroccan searchers found the remains on Saturday in the water within a mile (1.6km) of where the soldier went
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Bahamas re-elects Progressive Liberal party’s Philip Davis as prime minister
Davis is the country’s first leader to serve a second consecutive term in nearly 30 years
The Bahamas prime minister, Philip Davis, and his ruling Progressive Liberal party (PLP) have been re-elected, making him the country’s first leader to serve a second consecutive term in
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Official marking of land for Brazil’s uncontacted Kawahiva people begins after 27-year wait
Demarcation of 410,000 hectares of territory is intended to protect the Amazonian community from farming, illegal mining and logging
More than 25 years after the existence of one of the Amazon’s most vulnerable nomadic hunter-gatherer communities was confirmed, the Brazilian government has begun demarcating the
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The Bahamas goes to polls in three-way battle with immigration a key issue
Rising cost of living such as high gas prices also a concern in election that will have record number of voters
Voters in the Bahamas head to the polls on Tuesday in a hotly contested general election featuring high-profile candidates such as the former basketball champion Rick Fox.
Voters in the Caribbean archipelago are divided over concerns about immigration, especially from
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Drug gang attacks ‘force hundreds of Indigenous families to flee’ in Mexico
Violence in Guerrero state has driven as many as 1,000 households from their homes, rights group says
Hundreds of Indigenous families have been forced to flee their homes in the mountains of central Mexico by intense attacks from a local criminal group, including drone bombings, an Indigenous rights organisation
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Six people found dead inside train car at rail yard near Texas-Mexico border
Discovery was made by Union Pacific employee inspecting stopped train at the yard in Laredo before it continued its journey north