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Trump administration ends temporary protected status for Somalis in US
Noem claims conditions have improved in east African country so Somalis no longer qualify for legal protections
The Trump administration is terminating temporary protected status (TPS) for Somalis living in the United States, giving hundreds of people two months
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Quarter of developing countries poorer than in 2019, World Bank finds
Global growth ‘downshifted’ since Covid pandemic and sub-Saharan Africa particularly affected, report says
A quarter of countries in the developing world are poorer than they were
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Author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie accuses Lagos hospital of negligence after son’s death
Lawyers for Adichie and her husband serve Euracare hospital with legal notice after death of 21-month-old
The Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has accused a Lagos hospital of negligence after the death of one of her 21-month-old twin boys.
Nkanu Nnamdi died on 6 January after a brief illness. He was one of twin boys born to Adichie and Ivara Esege, a doctor, in 2024 by
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Attempt to overturn the Gambia’s ban on FGM heard by supreme court
Case brought by Muslim leaders and MP follows failed 2024 bid and seen as part of global anti-women’s rights backlash
A group of religious leaders and an MP in the Gambia have launched efforts to overturn a ban on female genital mutilation at the country’s supreme court.
The court case, due to resume this month, comes after
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Two weeks on, questions linger over targeting and impact of US airstrikes in Nigeria
Very little information has been shared about strikes in Sokoto state
Two weeks after the US carried out Christmas Day airstrikes in north-west Nigeria on what it described as Islamic State fighters, questions remain over the specific group
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US plan to exploit Venezuela’s oil could eat up 13% of carbon budget to keep 1.5C limit
Exclusive: ClimatePartner analysis shows how move would risk plunging Earth further into climate catastrophe
US plans to exploit Venezuela’s oil reserves could by 2050 consume more than a tenth of the world’s remaining carbon budget to limit global heating to 1.5C, according to an exclusive analysis.
The calculation highlights how any moves to further exploit the South American
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Trump’s other Latin American feud: why Colombia’s Petro is not Maduro
Leftwing leader rallies his supporters as US president accuses him of drug trafficking and threatens military action
A leftwing South American firebrand calls for his followers to rally in public squares nationwide to defend his country’s sovereignty and decry verbal attacks from Donald Trump. The US president accuses the leader of personally flooding American streets with illegal drugs
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US frackers were already facing a global oil supply glut. Trump’s Venezuelan dream could make it worse
Picture is as murky as a barrel of oil, with US companies in 2026 expecting their first production drop in four years
US shale-oil producers were already contending with oil prices at four-year lows. News that they may soon face a significant competitor in their back yard probably wasn’t how frackers wanted to greet 2026.
The
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Carney heads to Beijing as Trump’s America First agenda forces Canada into trade rethink
Canada’s PM seeks to smooth over past ructions in relationship with China as trade war takes its toll
During the final stretch of Canada’s spring election campaign, Mark Carney told a debate audience that China was the country’s “biggest geopolitical risk”. He pointed to its attempts to meddle in elections and its recent efforts to disrupt Canada’s Arctic claims.
When Carney’s
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Trump threatens to block ExxonMobil from Venezuela after CEO calls country ‘uninvestable’
US president says company is ‘playing too cute’ after CEO responds sceptically to his push for oil investment after deposing Nicolás Maduro
Donald Trump has said he might block ExxonMobil from investing in Venezuela after the oil company’s chief executive called the country “uninvestable” during a White House meeting last week.
Darren Woods told the US president that Venezuela
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