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Freed Nigerian schoolchildren to be reunited with families
Month-long ordeal ends but no details released on how they regained their freedom or who was behind abduction
A final group of 130 kidnapped Nigerian schoolchildren freed by the government on Sunday are expected to be reunited with their families in the central Niger state on
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Another 130 kidnapped schoolchildren released in Nigeria
Presidential spokesperson says all those abducted from a Catholic school in Niger state last month are now free
Nigerian authorities say they have secured the release of a further 130 schoolchildren kidnapped from a Catholic school in November, after
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Manchester Museum seeks help to uncover hidden histories of African collection
New Africa Hub confronts colonial-era silences by asking visitors to share insights on 40,000 objects
It’s a rare thing for a museum to talk about what it doesn’t know. But unanswered questions and archival silences are at the heart of the new Africa Hub at Manchester Museum, north-west England, which is inviting people around the world to help fill the gaps.
The museum holds more
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Sweden and Germany slash aid budgets to focus on Ukraine and defence spending
Echoing the dismantling of USAID, other countries are changing funding priorities and health and hunger programmes in Africa will lose out
The notion of humanitarian aid being used to combat poverty and hunger is being replaced in Europe with geopolitical “games” as states redirect aid to Ukraine and to defence spending, analysts warn after recent announcements by Sweden and
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Gunmen kill nine in Johannesburg township in South Africa’s second mass shooting this month
Attackers wound 10 others in Bekkersdal after opening fire at people in a bar and ‘randomly’ shooting in the street, police say
Nine people have been killed after gunmen opened fire at a bar near Johannesburg in the second mass shooting in South Africa this month.
Ten more were wounded in the early morning attack at the tavern in the impoverished Bekkersdal township in a gold
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Bolsonaro supporters ‘cancel’ Havaianas flip-flop brand over television ad
Son of jailed former Brazilian president says spokesperson for ‘national symbol’ sandals is ‘openly left wing’
Leaderless since its figurehead was jailed for attempting a coup, Brazil’s far right has found a new nemesis: the flip-flop brand Havaianas, which has been “cancelled” by
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Canada bill targeting refugees feared to signal new era of US-style border policy
Bill C-12 includes many changes around border security along with new ineligibility rules for refugee claimants
Canada’s Liberal government is pushing through sweeping new legislation targeting refugees that observers fear will usher in a new era of US-style border policies, fueling xenophobia and the scapegoating of
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‘Gunboat diplomacy on steroids’: US signs security deals across Latin America
Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro warns Trump administration may ‘destabilise the entire region’ amid rising tensions
While all eyes are on the four-month-long US military campaign against Venezuela, the White House has been quietly striking security agreements with other countries to deploy US troops across Latin America and the Caribbean.
As
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60 Minutes episode on brutal El Salvador prison, pulled from air by CBS, appears online
Segment that Bari Weiss had removed provides in-depth look at the Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo prison
A 60 Minutes episode investigating a brutal prison in El Salvador, which CBS News’ editor-in-chief, Bari Weiss,
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Russia and China pledge support for Venezuela as Trump ratchets up pressure on Maduro
Trump again called for Venezuela’s president to leave power and said the US would keep or sell the oil it had seized
China and Russia have expressed support for Venezuela as it confronts a US blockade of sanctioned oil tankers, while Donald Trump continues to ramp up his pressure campaign on the South American country’s president, Nicolás Maduro.
Amid reports of slowing activity
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