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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...

Hijacking pirates exploit regional chaos to return to seas off Somalia | Somalia

The scourge of Somali piracy targeting cargo ships and smaller dhows off the Horn of Africa has returned to levels not seen in a...

Weather tracker: Typhoon Saudel causes mass evacuations in south-east China | China

Typhoon Saudel brought days of torrential rain to Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian and Guangdong provinces in south-east China last week. The city of Putian, in...

Egyptian TV presenter among 12 sentenced to death for drug crime | Egypt

An Egyptian court sentenced a well-known television presenter and 11 others to death for manufacturing and trafficking narcotics in a sprawling drug case, official...

UN to vote on adopting new world map that shows Africa’s true scale | Africa

The UN general assembly will vote on Friday on a resolution for the world to formally phase out the traditional Mercator map of the...

Spain’s PM says no evidence ‘whatsoever’ Morocco behind Ceuta border breach | Spain

Spain has seen no evidence “whatsoever” that Morocco planned or facilitated a mass border breach into its north African territory of Ceuta, the Spanish...

Victims sue South African government over 1961 Sharpeville massacre that left 91 dead | South Africa

The day dawned brightly on 21 March 1960, as residents of the South African township of Sharpeville gathered to protest against pass laws, which...

New constitution in Guinea-Bissau will undermine democracy, opponents say | Guinea-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau voters have approved a new constitution, which critics say will undermine democracy, that significantly expands presidential powers ahead of elections due in December.According...

Almost half of world’s farmers poisoned by pesticides every year, experts find | Pesticides

Almost half of the world’s farmers are poisoned by pesticides every single year, a study has found.Using publicly available data from 2006-2023, the study,...

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