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Opposition anger as Guinea’s junta leader is frontrunner to be elected president
Mamady Doumbouya accused of betraying his promise to be the restorer of democracy after leading 2021 coup
In September 2021, a tall, young colonel in the Guinean army announced that he and his comrades had forcibly seized power and toppled the longtime leader
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Israel becomes first country to recognise Somaliland as sovereign state
Diplomatic breakthrough criticised by African Union, which said it could have ‘far-reaching implications for peace and stability across the continent’
Israel has become the first country to recognise Somaliland as a sovereign state, a breakthrough in its quest for international recognition since it declared independence from Somalia 34 years ago.
The Israeli foreign minister,
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British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah arrives in UK after travel ban lifted
Family say campaigner, who has a son in Brighton, will be able to travel freely between UK and Cairo months after his release from Egyptian jail
The British-Egyptian dissident Alaa Abd el-Fattah has arrived in London after the Egyptian government lifted a travel ban that it had imposed on him despite
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Trump supporters hail US strikes in Nigeria as ‘amazing Christmas present’
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Nigeria provided US with intelligence for strikes on Islamist militants, says foreign minister – as it happened
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Venezuela says it released 99 people detained for 2024 election protests
Government said the move was due to its ‘unrestricted respect for human rights’ in the face of US aggression
Venezuela has said it has carried out its largest release of political prisoners this year, claiming to have freed 99 people detained for taking part in protests after the 2024 election, widely believed to have been stolen
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Weather tracker: Deep freeze grips Canada as US records warmest Christmas
Temperatures plunge below -50C in the Yukon, while swaths of US experience springlike weather
Northern Canada has been gripped by an intense and prolonged cold spell, with temperatures hovering between -20C and -40C for weeks. On Tuesday, Braeburn in the Yukon recorded -55.7C, its coldest December temperature since 1975.
Meanwhile, Mayo and Dawson endured 16 consecutive nights
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‘They’re scared of us now’: how co-investment in a tropical forest saw off loggers
Low-cost tech and joined-up funding have reduced illegal logging, mining and poaching in the Darién Gap – it’s a success story that could stop deforestation worldwide
There are no roads through the Darién Gap. This vast impenetrable forest spans the width of the land bridge between South and Central America, but there is almost no way through it: hundreds have lost their lives trying to
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‘It’s the wildest place I have walked’: new national park will join up Chile’s 2,800km wildlife corridor
Government poised to officially protect 200,000 hectares of remote Patagonian coastline and forest
Chile’s government is poised to create the country’s 47th national park, protecting nearly 200,000 hectares (500,000 acres) of pristine wilderness and completing a wildlife corridor
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Trump-backed candidate Asfura declared new president of Honduras
Winning margin of 28,000 votes announced a month late but before review of all ‘inconsistent’ ballots was completed
Donald Trump-backed candidate Nasry “Tito” Asfura has been declared the winner of Honduras’s presidential election after a vote count that dragged on for almost a month and was marred by fraud allegations and