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The rainforest the world forgot: the Congo basin is the second largest on Earth, so why is it being neglected?
It is one of the world’s most vital carbon sinks, but this tropical rainforest is losing out when it comes to climate policy and funding
In October 2023, leaders, scientists and policymakers from three of the world’s great rainforest regions – the Amazon, the Congo, and the Borneo-Mekong basins – assembled in Brazzaville, capital of the
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Nestlé accused of ’risking health of babies for profit’ over added sugar in cereals sold in African countries
Campaigners say the company is contributing to rising rates of childhood obesity, while the firm says it is helping to combat malnutrition
Nestlé is still adding sugar to most baby cereals sold across Africa, according to an investigation by campaigners who have accused the company of “putting the health of African babies at risk for profit”.
The food firm was accused of “double
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Nicki Minaj to spotlight plight of Nigerian Christians in UN speech arranged by White House
Rapper to give address on Tuesday after supporting Trump’s post condemning Nigerian government
The US-based Trinidadian rapper Nicki Minaj will work alongside the White House to highlight claims of Christian persecution in Nigeria.
Minaj is expected to deliver a
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Eswatini confirms receiving over $5m from US to accept deportees
Trump administration struck largely secretive deals with at least five African countries to accept migrants
Eswatini has confirmed for the first time that it had received more than $5m from the United States to accept dozens of people expelled under Washington’s aggressive mass deportation drive.
The tiny southern African kingdom has taken in 15 men since Donald Trump’s
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‘His role is to recruit’: the Sheffield-based propagandist for Sudan’s RSF militia
Abdalmonim Alrabea has appeared in hundreds of videos in which he expresses support for paramilitary group accused of committing genocide
A British citizen based in Sheffield appeared in a TikTok live broadcast laughing along while a notorious fighter from Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces group boasted about participating in
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Sheinbaum again dismisses Trump’s threat of sending troops to Mexico: ‘We do not want intervention’
Mexico’s president responds to Trump’s latest warning that he could authorize strikes against drug cartels in country
Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, has again dismissed Donald Trump’s threat of military action against drug cartels inside her country,
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Argentina judge fired after causing mistrial in case over Maradona’s death
Julieta Makintach’s role in a documentary series about negligence case over football star’s death led to mistrial
An Argentinian judge has been fired after causing a mistrial in the negligence case against the late football legend Diego Maradona’s medical team due to her involvement in a
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Venezuela’s top opposition leader claims ‘new era’ is coming despite lack of clear plan
María Corina Machado pens a ‘freedom manifesto’ as plan to force Nicolás Maduro from power remains unclear
Venezuela’s top opposition leader, the Nobel laureate María Corina Machado, has declared her country “at the edge of a new era” as Donald Trump refused to rule out a ground invasion to topple its authoritarian leader, Nicolás Maduro, but also signalled he was open to
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Cop30: UN accused of crackdown on Indigenous people – as it happened
As the summit entered its second week, complex issues remain with anxiety growing over conference outcomes
Colombia will host a first international conference on the phase out of fossil fuels in April next year, according to advocates of more ambitious action to eliminate the main source of the gases that are heating the planet.
The South American country, which has demonstrated
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UK downplays reports it has stopped sharing intelligence with US regarding narco-traffickers
Yvette Cooper makes first public comments by minister over issue linked to bombing campaign in Caribbean
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