The Google navigation apps Waze and Google Maps will stop directing road users through Cape Town’s Nyanga township and surrounding areas amid rising insecurity, the company’s South Africa head Alistair…
France: Ex-gynaecologist on trial over Rwanda genocide
A former gynaecologist from Rwanda has gone on trial in France on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity. In 1995 – a year after the Rwandan genocide – a…
Somalia: Floods cause food security concerns
Flooding in Somalia has left residents without homes and food shortages. Around 1.6 million people in Somalia are thought to be affected by the heavy seasonal downpours. The UN Office…
Liberia: National voting in presidential run-off
Voting is proving fast-paced in Liberia’s presidential run-off, meaning the queues at polling stations are not long here in the capital, Monrovia. Voters are choosing between George Weah, who is…
Mali: Amry troops enter rebel-held Kidal
The Malian armed forces have entered the northern town of Kidal, which has been in the control of rebel forces. This happened after inflicting heavy losses and carrying out a…
Mexico: First non-binary magistrate Jesús Ociel Baena found dead
Mexico’s first openly non-binary member of the judiciary and prominent LGBTQ+ activist Jesús Ociel Baena has been found dead at their home. The body of the magistrate was discovered on…
India: Race to save 40 workers trapped in collapsed tunnel
Authorities in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand are racing to rescue around 40 workers who are trapped inside a collapsed tunnel. The workers were building the tunnel when a…
France: March against antisemitism exposes division in the country
Something unprecedented is happening this weekend in Paris, brought about by the war between Israel and Hamas and its spill-over in Europe. For the first time ever, a major demonstration…
UK: Regulator banks on overseas doctors to fill 10,855 vacancies
Attracting skilled overseas-trained doctors to the UK will remain “crucial”, despite plans to train more healthcare staff here, the doctors’ regulator has said. The General Medical Council (GMC) found that…
USA: Republican Senator Tim Scott exits presidential race
US Republican Senator Tim Scott from South Carolina has dropped out of the 2024 presidential race. He had hoped to become the first African-American to secure the Republican nomination. He…