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Weather tracker: South Africa floods kill at least 11 people
Cape Town mayor declares major incident as roads closed and 80,000 people left without electricity
Extreme rain and strong winds across South Africa’s Western Cape province have caused flooding, torn off roofs, destroyed crops and damaged roads this week. It is estimated that the 48-hour rainfall totals between Sunday and Monday were between 100mm to 200mm (4-8in) in this
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Investigation launched into killings and evictions on World Bank tourism project
Tanzania government blamed for violence against villagers in national park, while thousands more people face losing their homes
The World Bank is investigating allegations of killings, rape and forced evictions made by villagers living near the site of a proposed tourism project it is funding in Tanzania.
The bank has been accused of “enabling” alleged violence by the Tanzanian
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‘I had to drink my own urine to survive’: Africans tell of being forced into the desert at Tunisia border
As EU prepares to send money as part of €1bn deal, people trying to reach north African country detail border ‘pushbacks’
Migrants from sub-Saharan Africa have spoken of their horror at being
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‘It’s a torment’: refugee tells how his family died in desert on quest for a future in Europe
Pato Crepin’s wife and six-year-old daughter were repeatedly pushed back by authorities in Tunisia, which has signed a €1bn deal with the EU
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Zimbabwe opposition figures detained in crackdown after disputed election
Opposition politicians and activists arrested since President Emmerson Mnangagwa won second term
Barely a week after being sworn in as an opposition MP following elections in Zimbabwe last month, Gift Siziba found himself in police custody facing several charges,
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South African anti-migrant ‘vigilantes’ register as party for next year’s polls
Operation Dudula changes tactics from evictions and violence, with plans to fight elections on platform of expelling foreigners
An anti-migrant vigilante organisation in South Africa has registered as a political party and plans to contest seats in next year’s general elections.
Operation Dudula, whose name means “to force out” in Zulu, wants all foreign nationals who are in the
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Original letter from Columbus announcing ‘discovery’ of America goes on sale for first time
The explorer is widely thought of as an exploiter today, and didn’t know east from west. But a version of his boastful missive is expected to fetch up to £1.2m at auction
In 1493, Christopher Columbus wrote a letter that would change the landscape of the modern world. “I sailed to the Indies with the fleet that the illustrious King and Queen, our sovereigns, gave me, where I discovered
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Brazil bank’s past slavery ties to be investigated in unprecedented inquiry
Banco do Brasil, one of country’s biggest banks, under scrutiny as institutions called to account for role in trafficking of Africans
Brazilian prosecutors have launched a civil investigation into one of the country’s largest banks’ historical links to slavery, in an unprecedented move to hold Brazilian institutions to account for their role in the enslavement of millions of
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Peruvian man arrested for making more than 150 bomb threats to US schools
Suspect, arrested in Peru, allegedly threatened schools after failing to ‘sextort’ nude photos from schoolchildren
A Peruvian man was arrested in Peru for sending more than 150 fake bomb threats to US schools, airports and a synagogue.
Eddie Manuel Núñez Santos, 33, was arrested by Peruvian officials on Tuesday in Lima,
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Cuban officials warn of increased blackouts due to fuel shortages
Citizens of the island nation were told that power outages of up to 10 hours a day could be expected outside Havana
Cuban officials have warned that blackouts on the island will increase significantly due to a lack of fuel, potentially worsening the country’s plight as it deals with food and medicine shortages.
Local governments have already begun announcing restrictions on power
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