An eighth journalist has been killed in Haiti so far this year, the Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) reported, as the Caribbean nation grapples with surging gang violence and targeted attacks…
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Australia: Defence Minister moves to block pilots from training Chinese military
Australia’s Defence Minister Richard Marles has ordered an urgent review of secrecy polices in the military in response to concerns that Australian pilots were among Western military personnel recruited to…
Kenya: Drought forces farmers to sell prized animals
It’s market day at Kimana market in Kajiado, south-western Kenya. Anxious farmers stand at different strategic points with their animals hoping to attract prospective buyers. In years gone by they…
Gambia: Education authorities address religious discrimination in school
Education authorities in Gambia have moved to address a row over religious clothes at the country’s best secondary school that many worried was going to get out of hand. Female…
Egypt: Sri Lankan President accuses the West of double standards
Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe said governments were quick to divert billions of dollars to the war in Ukraine but slow to spend serious money on climate change. “Double standards…
Egypt: Tax oil firms to pay for climate damage, island nations say
A group of small island nations has joined calls for a windfall tax on oil companies to compensate developing countries for the damage caused by climate change-induced natural disasters. Developing…
Pakistan: Journalist killed in Kenya was ‘targeted’, says official
Pakistan’s Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah has said Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif appears to have been the victim of a targeted killing in Kenya, and not an accidental shooting. Sharif, a…
Sri Lanka: UN warns of worsening food crisis in amid economic woes
The number of people in Sri Lanka needing urgent humanitarian help has doubled to 3.4 million, the United Nations has said as it warned of a worsening food crisis in…
Germany: Sportswear wars-Adidas hires Puma CEO Bjorn Gulden as its new CEO
Adidas has hired Puma head Bjorn Gulden as its new chief executive officer, adding a new chapter to the decades-old rivalry between the two German sportswear makers. The 57-year-old Norwegian…
Uganda: Schools to close early after eight children die of Ebola
Schools across Uganda will close two weeks before the scheduled end of term after 23 Ebola cases were confirmed among pupils, including eight children who died. Education Minister Janet Kataha…