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London council seizes social housing flat rented by Sierra Leone first lady
Fatima Jabbe-Bio kept tenancy in Southwark despite living for much of year at presidential lodge in Freetown
A social housing flat rented by Sierra Leone’s first lady has been seized by a London council.
Southwark council confirmed it had repossessed the two-bedroom home in Walworth previously occupied by Fatima Jabbe-Bio, whose tenancy was reported by
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Trump targeting immigrants from countries hit most by climate shocks
A Guardian analysis reveals how most of 39 countries facing US entry restrictions are most vulnerable environmentally
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Global brands ‘likely’ using mineral that funds rebels accused of atrocities in DRC, investigation finds
Amazon and Sony among firms that may have sourced coltan, used in phones, from supply chains controlled by the M23 rebels, says Global Witness
Leading global brands including Amazon, Ericsson and Sony are “likely” to have sourced minerals linked to a militia accused of widespread sexual violence, summary executions and torture, a new investigation claims.
The companies allegedly,
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Man shot dead during protest against proposed US Ebola quarantine facility in Kenya
Police dispersed demonstrators in Nanyuki, 120 miles from Nairobi, amid rising anger at US plans
Kenyan police have shot dead a man during a protest against a proposed Ebola quarantine facility for US citizens.
Patrick Wahome, who has organised protests in Nanyuki against the centre, told Reuters on Tuesday the man died from a gunshot wound to the head. Reporters from the agency
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Bandits in north-west Nigeria abduct villagers they invited to discuss peace talks
Thirty-nine people taken near Magamin Diddi village in Maradun municipality, north-west Zamfara state, police say
Armed bandits in north-west Nigeria abducted dozens of villagers whom they invited to a meeting about potential peace negotiations, authorities and residents said on Monday, highlighting the region’s worsening security.
According to local police, 39 people were seized
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US musician Oliver Tree, 32, killed in helicopter crash in Brazil
Alternative singer and internet personality among six who died when two helicopters collided over Rio de Janeiro
The American musician Oliver Tree has died in a helicopter crash in Brazil at the age of 32, according to reports.
Two helicopters collided over Rio de Janeiro on Sunday morning and crashed in the city’s western zone, killing all six people onboard, including Tree,
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Mother hopes to get justice for murdered daughter in retrial in Dominican Republic
Shirley Firth is hoping those responsible for Lindsay de Feliz’s death in 2019 will finally be convicted
A Cambridgeshire mother in her 90s is hoping to finally see justice for her murdered daughter when a retrial into her death is due to open in the Dominican Republic this week.
The body of
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Jamaican beach access campaigners go to court to fight privatisation of coast
Activists are challenging colonial-era law and demanding ‘free, legal, unfettered, forever rights’ to use beaches
Campaigners in Jamaica are heading to court next week
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Jamaica’s beach access crisis: ‘We shouldn’t be forced to fight for what is already ours’
Activists argue business model is ‘plantation tourism’ designed to benefit elite and disadvantage most Jamaicans
Devon Taylor remembers when the Mammee Bay shoreline in St Ann, Jamaica, was
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Trump says leader of Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang killed in US strike
President says Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores killed in ‘swift and lethal’ military strike with help from Venezuela
The US military has killed a leader in the Venezuelan street gang Tren de Aragua, Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, with the help of Venezuela, Donald Trump announced on Friday.
“At
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