The Anglophone crisis in Cameroon must remain a priority for the European Union, particularly the need for humanitarian support for those displaced, said EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini in an address to the European Parliament. “Regrettably, unlawful killings and atrocities continue to be reported regularly, allegedly involving both the…
Paleontologists at Ohio University in the United States say they have discovered a new species of large carnivore, after taking a second look at fossils stored in a drawer at the National Museums of Kenya. The 22-million-year-old fossils were found in Kenya decades ago by researchers focused on ancient apes,…
The Human Rights Watch organization is the latest to press the case for turning over the ousted Sudanese leader Omar al-Bashir to the International Criminal Court (ICC), to face charges on war crimes that date to 2009 and 2010. The HRW appeal comes as Uganda signals that it’s open to…
China will welcome African leaders to Beijing next week for the second Belt and Road…
Members of the Convergence for Social Democracy (CPDS) in Equatorial Guinea continue appeals for the…
Attacks on residential neighborhoods in Tripoli continued overnight into Wednesday with new fatalities reported in…
Environmental defenders in mining areas of South Africa face harassment, intimidation, and violence, according to a joint…
People all around the world were riveted by the flames as the Cathedral of Notre…
Authorities in Singapore say they’ve seized yet another illegal shipment of pangolin scales, this time adding another 12.7 tons to last week’s interdiction of 12.9 tons of scales – or about 21,000 endangered pangolin. The latest seizure came after inspection of a 40-foot container that was en route to Vietnam…
The United States has added a “risk of kidnapping” metric to travel advisories issued by its Department of State, just days after a U.S. tourist and her driver were abducted and then safely released in Uganda. The new “K” indicator is meant to more clearly communicate the risk of hostage…
With both global temperatures and economic power rising in the developing world, the number of air conditioners is expected to grow from 1.2 billion today to 4.5 billion by 2050. That means that without clean and efficient cooling, greenhouse gas emissions in 2050 will be up 90 percent over 2017…
Zimbabwe is moving forward with a process to compensate former farm owners whose land was taken from them because they were white during the country’s fast-track land reform program (FTLRP). “The registration process and the list of farmers should be completed by the end of April 2019, after which the…