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Nigerian woman rescued 10 years after kidnap by Boko Haram in Chibok
Lydia Simon, recovered along with three children born in captivity, was one of 276 schoolgirls taken in 2014
Nigerian troops have rescued a pregnant woman and her three children 10 years after she was abducted by Boko Haram
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War, grief and hope: the stories behind the World Press Photo award-winners
Images from Gaza, Ukraine, Madagascar and the US border chosen by global jury from more than 60,000 entries
• World Press Photo winners 2024 – in pictures
Photographs documenting the wars in Gaza and Ukraine, migration, family and dementia have topped this year’s World
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New types of mosquito bed nets could cut malaria risk by up to half, trial finds
Adding another insecticide to the protective netting has proved effective in fight against the disease that killed 600,000 in 2022
Two new types of mosquito bed nets have been found to reduce cases of malaria by up to a half,raising hopes of combating the disease, which is becoming
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Lethal heatwave in Sahel worsened by fossil fuel burning, study finds
Deaths from record temperatures in Mali reportedly led to full morgues turning away bodies this month
The deadly protracted heatwave that filled hospitals and mortuaries in the Sahel region of Africa earlier this month would have been impossible without human-caused climate disruption, a new -
Europeans care more about elephants than people, says Botswana president
Westerners see elephants as pets, said Mokgweetsi Masisi, whose government threatened to send 30,000 elephants to Germany and the UK to demonstrate their dangers
Many Europeans value the lives of elephants more than those of the people who live around them, the president of Botswana has said, amid tensions over potential
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Rwandan leader went to Arsenal game as country marked 30 years since genocide
Paul Kagame flew to UK for Champions League match while national police told citizens to restrict activities including football
The president of Rwanda, whose police force has asked the country’s people to restrict football-related activities during the 30-year anniversary of the Rwanda massacre, is facing questions after flying to the UK and watching Arsenal play Bayern
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US resumes deportation flights to Haiti despite continuing bloodshed
Critics condemn ‘reckless and cruel’ expulsions and say deportees likely to be targeted by armed gangs who control much of country
More than 70 Haitians expelled from the United States have been flown back to Haiti on the first deportation flight since heavily armed gangs launched a bloody insurrection which has paralysed the capital and forced the prime minister from office.
The
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France urged to repay billions of dollars to Haiti for independence ‘ransom’
Coalition of civil society groups says Paris should return harsh reparations imposed on Caribbean state two hundred years ago
France should repay billions of dollars to Haiti to cover a debt formerly enslaved people were forced to pay in return for recognising the island’s independence, according to a coalition of civil society
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Panama’s presidential frontrunner vows to ‘close’ Darién Gap
In announcement three weeks before election, José Raúl Mulino gave no details of how he would stop migrant flow
Panama’s presidential frontrunner has vowed to “close” the Darién Gap, the swampy jungle straddling the border with Colombia that has become an unavoidable ordeal for many US-bound migrants – but experts criticised the idea as unworkable and potentially
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US reimposes sanctions on Venezuela as hope for democracy crumbles
Relief had been granted after president Nicolás Maduro promised to hold free and fair elections this year
The Biden administration has reimposed crushing oil sanctions on Venezuela, admonishing the president Nicolás Maduro’s attempts to consolidate his rule just six months after