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Diphtheria cases spiralling in Somalia, health officials warn
MSF says low vaccination coverage and poor living conditions driving spread of deadly bacterial disease
Diphtheria cases are rapidly increasing across Somalia, officials and humanitarians warn, with children accounting for more than 97% of the cases.
Diphtheria, a highly contagious and deadly bacterial disease that mainly affects children, is preventable by a vaccine. While
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Zambian president’s feud with late rival continues over funeral plans
Family of Edgar Lungu trying to prevent repatriation of his body for state funeral presided over by his successor
A furious row is raging over whether the Zambian president, Hakainde Hichilema, will preside over the funeral of his predecessor, Edgar Lungu, as the former president’s family wage a legal battle in South Africa to try to prevent his body from being repatriated.
The
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African Union joins calls to end use of Mercator map that shrinks continent’s size
Member states back Correct the Map campaign that urges governments and organisations to use more accurate map
The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use by governments and international organisations of the 16th-century Mercator map of the world in favour of one that more accurately displays Africa’s size.
Created by the cartographer Gerardus Mercator for navigation,
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Mali’s junta arrests generals and French national over alleged coup plot
Development comes as the military continues to crack down on dissent after a pro-democracy rally in May
Mali’s military rulers say they have arrested a group of military personnel and civilians, including two Malian generals and a suspected French agent, accusing them of attempting to destabilise the country.
The security minister, Gen Daouda Aly Mohammedine, who announced the
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Weather tracker: Typhoon Podul pounds southern Taiwan
One person dies after storm whips up waves, while temperatures approach 50C as heatwave grips Middle East
Typhoon Podul crossed southern Taiwan on Wednesday with wind speeds of up to 110mph (177km/h), equivalent to a category 2 hurricane.
Podul had developed a week earlier, near the Northern Mariana Islands, and tracked west across the Philippine Sea, achieving typhoon status on
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Peruvian woman accused of trying to smuggle cocaine into Bali using sex toy
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Brazil issues last-ditch plea for countries to submit climate plans ahead of Cop30
Only 28 countries have submitted carbon-cutting proposals to the UN, with some of the biggest emitters yet to produce plans
Brazil has issued an urgent call for all countries to come forward with strengthened national plans on the climate, in a last-ditch attempt to meet a key September deadline.
Only 28 countries have so far submitted carbon-cutting proposals to the UN, with some
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Conservative leader wins Canada byelection, regaining parliament seat
Pierre Poilievre returns to House of Commons after shock April loss and narrower margin in Tory stronghold
Canada’s Conservative leader, Pierre Poilievre, has won a closely watched byelection in the province of Alberta, giving him a chance to return to parliament after
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Air Canada flight attendants reach ‘tentative’ deal with airline to end strike
Strike over wages and ground work has cancelled travel for 500,000 people worldwide
Air Canada flight attendants say they have reached a “tentative” deal with the airline to end a strike over wages and ground work that has cancelled travel for half a million people worldwide.
Roughly 10,000 flight attendants walked off the job after midnight Saturday, insisting Air Canada had
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Flight attendant union leaders ‘ready to go to jail’ as Air Canada strike outlawed
Arbitrator orders 10,000 striking staff back to work after government intervenes – unconstitutionally, union says
Union leaders representing 10,000 striking flight attendants have said they would be willing to go to jail rather than comply with an order to return to work, as Canada’s federal government seeks to end a bitter contract
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