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Who was Agnes Wanjiru, Kenyan woman killed near army base in 2012?
Relatives remember a dependable, kind and funny woman and remain traumatised by her death
Perhaps the Kenyan market town of Nanyuki’s greatest claim to fame was that it straddles the equator. But now it has become synonymous with something darker. It was here where Agnes Wanjiru was born and lived and where she was brutally killed.
Her family searched for her for months before her
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Kenya seeks arrest of former British soldier over alleged murder of Agnes Wanjiru
High court judge issues arrest warrant, saying a suspect has been charged in relation to 2012 death of 21-year-old
A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a British national on suspicion of the murder of the Kenyan woman Agnes
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Lesotho villagers complain of damage from water project backed by African Development Bank
About 1,600 people file complaint to AfDB demanding transparency over forced relocations and compensation
Eighteen rural communities in Lesotho have filed a complaint with the African Development Bank (AfDB) over its funding of a multibillion-pound water project whose construction process they claim has ruined fields, polluted water sources and damaged homes.
About 1,600 people
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Two men found guilty of witchcraft plot to kill Zambia’s president
Conviction comes as Hakainde Hichilema faces growing criticism for suppressing political opposition
Two men have been convicted in Zambia of planning to use witchcraft to kill the president, Hakainde Hichilema.
Leonard Phiri, a village chief, and Jasten Mabulesse Candunde, a Mozambican citizen, were arrested in December after a cleaner reported hearing strange noises. Authorities
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Politicians in at least 51 countries used anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric during elections, NGO finds
Rights group also finds rise in openly gay, bisexual and transgender people running for office in 36 countries
Politicians in at least 51 countries used homophobic or transphobic rhetoric during elections last year, from depicting LGBTQ+ identity as a foreign threat to condemning “gender ideology”, according to a new study of 60 countries and the EU.
However, there were also gains
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Rocks on train tracks strand 900 Machu Picchu tourists amid protest
About 1,400 visitors were evacuated but hundreds were left stuck because of action linked to bus contract dispute, say Peru authorities
At least 900 tourists were stranded near the ancient Inca citadel of Machu Picchuon Tuesday, Peru’s tourism minister said, after a passenger train service
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‘We’re still in the dark’: a missing land defender and the deadly toll of land conflict on Indigenous people
Julia Chuñil is one of 146 land defenders who were killed or went missing last year, a third of them from Indigenous communities
One day last November, Julia Chuñil called for her dog, Cholito, and they set off into the woods around her home to search for lost livestock. The animals returned but Chuñil, who was 72 at the time, and Cholito did not.
More than 100 people joined her
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Bolsonaro ordered to pay damages for racist remarks in office
Court rules former president, sentenced to 27 years for coup attempt, must pay R$1m for ‘cockroaches’ comment in 2021
Jair Bolsonaro has been ordered to pay R$1m (£138,000) in collective moral damages for remarks deemed “racist” while he was in office.
The latest ruling, delivered by a state appeals court, came less
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UN tries to limit staff going to Cop30 in Brazil due to high price of hotels
Accommodation costs at climate summit in Belem are pricing out some developing countries and media outlets
The United Nations has urged its staff to limit attendance at the Cop30 climate summit in Brazil in November due to high accommodation prices, while government delegations are still scrambling to find rooms within their budgets.
The move comes as delegations grow
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Trump announces deadly US strike on another alleged Venezuelan drug boat
President says three people killed in strike against vessel he said was transporting drugs ‘headed to the US’
Donald Trump said on Monday that the United States had carried out a strike on a second Venezuelan boat and killed three alleged terrorists he claimed were
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