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Crocodiles and snakes ‘washed into communities’ as flood hits Nigerian zoo
Park in Borno state says more than 80% of its animals have been killed and urges residents to take precautions
Floods in northern Nigeria have killed more than 80% of the animals in a large zoo housing wildlife from lions and crocodiles to buffalo and ostriches, the facility has said.
“Some deadly animals have been washed away into our communities, like crocodiles and snakes,” the
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South African farmer accused of killing two women and feeding them to pigs
Farm owner and two employees allegedly shot dead Locadia Ndlovu and Maria Makgatho after they trespassed
A South African farmer and two of his employees have been accused of killing two women and feeding their bodies to his pigs.
The killings of Maria Makgatho and Locadia Ndlovu, also named in local media as Kudzai Ndlovu, allegedly took place when the two women trespassed on a
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Egypt and Turkey’s nascent alliance tested by new crisis in Libya
Fallout from Libyan central bank governor’s dismissal presents immediate challenge for Sisi and Erdoğan
A new alliance between Egypt and Turkey designed to end a long-running dispute over events in the Middle East faces it first major test in the shape of a worsening political crisis in Libya linked to control of its oil wealth.
Egypt and Turkey fell out in the aftermath of the
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Former partner accused of killing Rebecca Cheptegei dies from burns
- Hospital confirms Dickson Ndiema Marangach’s death
- Cheptegei died four days after being set on fire
Dickson Ndiema Marangach, the former partner of the Uganda runner Rebecca Cheptegei, who had been accused of killing her by
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Tens of thousands of artefacts looted from Sudan museum, says official
Thefts at Khartoum’s National Museum, one of most important in Africa, took place in region controlled by Rapid Support Forces group
Tens of thousands of artefacts have been looted from a Sudanese museum regarded as one of the most important in Africa, an
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Senegal’s leaders face harsh reality check after promises of radical reform
Six months after coming to power, president and PM locked in stand-off with parliament
Within a week of being inaugurated in April as Senegal’s youngest president, Bassirou Diomaye Faye named his political mentor, Ousmane Sonko, as prime minister and announced
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Brazilian president flies into Amazon amid alarm over droughts and wildfires
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says Amazonia suffering its worst drought in more than 40 years
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has flown into the Amazon amid growing alarm over the droughts and wildfires sweeping the rainforest region and others parts of Brazil.
Speaking during a visit to a riverside community near the city of Tefé, the Brazilian president said Amazonia was suffering its
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Sex ed Paraguay-style: condoms are unsafe, silence on LGBTQ+ people
Country awash with teenage pregnancies to launch new school curriculum on sex – but is it worse than none at all?
Paraguay, which has the second highest rate of teenage pregnancy in South America, is about to approve its first national sex education curriculum.
But activists, students and parents have expressed concern about the new guidelines, which warn that condoms cannot be
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Almost 200 people killed last year trying to defend the environment, report finds
Latin America was the most deadly region in which to defend ecosystems from mining and deforestation, with Indigenous people among half the dead
At least 196 people were killed last year for defending the environment, with more than a third of killings taking place in Colombia, new figures show.
From campaigners who spoke out against mining projects to Indigenous communities
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Anti-Maduro campaign ‘stronger than ever’ after Venezuelan election, says Machado
Opposition leader María Corina Machado said exile of key figure Edmundo González ‘changes absolutely nothing’
The Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has insisted the campaign to end Nicolás Maduro’s authoritarian rule is “stronger than ever”, but the banishing of one of its key figures to Spain has thrown many supporters off balance.
Edmundo González, who the US and
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