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Sinkholes, scarred land and scapegoats: the scourge of illegal gold mining in Johannesburg | Mining

Cora Bailey has been encountering illegal miners ever since she first started treating injured animals in the townships around Roodepoort, west of Johannesburg, in...

Egypt fines prominent editor Lina Attalah and shuts independent news outlet Mada Masr | Egypt

Lina Attalah, a prominent Egyptian journalist and the editor-in-chief of the news outlet Mada Masr, has been released from detention by Egypt’s authorities and...

Africa’s ‘unprecedented’ Ebola outbreak could reach UK, says top health official | Global development

The “unprecedented” spread of the Ebola outbreak means it could reach the UK and other countries, according to one of Africa’s top health officials.As...

Guinea-Bissau denies it has approved controversial vaccine trial in newborns | Guinea-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau has not approved the controversial hepatitis B study in newborns that would be funded by the US government and private partners, the African...

Controversial vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr gets go-ahead in Guinea-Bissau | Vaccines and immunisation

A controversial research trial that will withhold hepatitis B vaccines from some African newborns was given approval to move forward this week.It is a...

Isaias strengthens to become first Atlantic hurricane of 2026 season | Hurricanes

Isaias has become the first Atlantic hurricane of the 2026 season, with wind speeds of 80mph and a minimum pressure of 975mb. It is...

Seychelles giant tortoise numbers hit record 180,000 in conservation triumph | Wildlife

A survey of the world’s largest free-roaming giant tortoise population has revealed that the once endangered species is thriving.A population of Aldabra giant tortoises...

Kenya confirms first Ebola case as virus ‘surges’ in DR Congo province | Ebola

Kenya has reported its first-ever Ebola death, the health minister announced on Tuesday, as the disease continues to spread rapidly through the north-east of...

Tigray rebel groups ‘forcibly recruiting boys as young as 15’ as fighting spreads | Global development

As renewed fighting has threatened a fresh humanitarian crisis in the northern region of Ethiopia, reports are emerging that a new alliance of armed...

Guardian readers fund life-changing surgery for Somali boy injured in US airstrike | Global development

On the rickshaw ride to the hospital, Marian Haji Abdi Guled felt a mixture of joy and apprehension: the day they had been waiting...

Egyptian journalist faces terrorism charges after entire newsroom detained | Egypt

An Egyptian journalist has been charged with joining a terrorist group, days after an entire newsroom was detained in what rights groups have said...

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