#theguardian.com. × #Jan.31.2025 × Starmer urges Mauritius to ensure deal that protects Chagos Islands from ‘malign influence’. The prime minister has stressed he wants ‘strong protections’ for the UK-US military base on the island chain
#Politics × #Mauritius #United Kingdom #Africa × #Iceland #Afro-Eurasia #USA #Europe #North America
#theguardian.com. × #Jan.30.2025 × DRC leader calls for military recruits as Rwandan-backed rebels advance. President Tshisekedi vows ‘a vigorous and coordinated response’ to the M23 group
#Politics × #Rwanda #Africa × #Republic of the Congo #Democratic Republic of the Congo
#theguardian.com. × #Jan.30.2025 × Sir Julius Chan, Papua New Guinea’s last ‘founding father’, dies aged 85. Outpouring of grief after death of Chan, the son of a migrant Chinese father and Indigenous mother, who served as prime minister twice
#Politics × #Guinea #China #Africa × #Asia #Insular Oceania #Papua New Guinea #Americas
#theguardian.com. × #Jan.30.2025 × ‘No hope’: wife’s fears for Ugandan opposition leader facing trial for treason. Kizza Besigye, veteran opponent of President Yoweri Museveni, may face death penalty but will not get justice in military court, warns Winnie Byanyima, UNAids chief
#Business #Politics × #Uganda #director #Africa × #Yoweri Museveni
#theguardian.com. × #Jan.28.2025 × Giorgia Meloni says she is under investigation for repatriation of Libyan warlord. Rome prosecutor launches investigation into controversial release of Osama Najim, who is wanted by the ICC for alleged war crimes
#Politics × #Libya #Africa × #Italy #Giorgia Meloni #Europe
#theguardian.com. × #Jan.28.2025 × Trump repeats suggestion Palestinians should leave Gaza for Egypt and Jordan. US president insists leaders of both countries would agree to move that could be ‘temporary or long-term’
#Politics × #Africa × #Asia #Egypt #Jordan
#theguardian.com. × #Jan.27.2025 × Australia news live: heatwave to hit Sydney as Victoria fights bushfires; Albanese to spruik childcare savings. Hot weather will continue in NSW but cool change has already kicked in for south-eastern states; figures show families have saved average of $2,768
#Politics × #Weather #Seychelles #Africa × #USA #Anthony Albanese #Australian continent #Australia #North America #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Jan.27.2025 × Rwandan-backed rebels M23 claim capture of eastern DRC city Goma. Fighters enter city on border with Rwanda after lightning advance, raising risk of broader regional war
#Politics × #Rwanda #Africa × #Republic of the Congo #Democratic Republic of the Congo
#theguardian.com. × #Jan.24.2025 × How world has responded to Trump’s Paris climate agreement withdrawal. From Europe to Canada, Africa, China and Brazil, most countries appear to have doubled down on their commitment to tackle crisis
#Politics × #Weather #France #China #Africa × #Brazil #Canada #South America #Europe #Asia #North America
#theguardian.com. × #Jan.24.2025 × Victoria and South Australian schools to be fully funded after securing landmark federal government agreement. But Queensland and New South Wales still hold out on agreement that will see southern states get a 5% boost in commonwealth public school funding
#Education #Politics × #Seychelles #Africa × #Australian continent #Australia #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Jan.23.2025 × Family of jailed dissident urge Lammy to prioritise case as he visits Egypt. ‘Moment of truth’ for UK foreign secretary over Alaa Abd El Fattah, who is still being held in a Cairo prison
#Politics × #Africa × #Egypt
#theguardian.com. × #Jan.22.2025 × Meloni faces questions after Italy frees Libyan general accused of war crimes. Case of Osama Najim puts spotlight on controversial migration pact between Italy and Libya
#Politics × #Libya #Africa × #Italy #Giorgia Meloni #Europe
#theguardian.com. × #Jan.21.2025 × Australia’s pro-Palestine movement shifts focus to pressuring Albanese to cut ties with Israel. Groups call for Benjamin Netanyahu’s arrest and urge Australia to pressure Israel on Palestine just as South Africa was over apartheid
#Politics × #Africa × #Palestine #South Africa #Australian continent #Australia #Benjamin Netanyahu #Asia #Insular Oceania #Israel
#theguardian.com. × #Jan.20.2025 × Australia news live: Victoria to cap petrol prices in ‘cost-of-living shakeup’; Dutton calls for six-year minimum sentences for terror crimes. Follow live
#Politics × #Weather #Seychelles #Africa × #Anthony Albanese #Australian continent #Australia #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Jan.16.2025 × US imposes sanctions on Sudan’s army chief over tactics in deadly civil war. Measures come a week after Washington also sanctioned Abdel Fattah al-Burhan’s rival, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo
#Business #Politics × #Sudan #director #Africa × #Abdel Fattah al-Burhan
#theguardian.com. × #Jan.16.2025 × Lawyer for Ugandan opposition politician ‘arrested and tortured’. Eron Kiiza, who was representing regime opponent Dr Kizza Besigye, was assaulted and sentenced to nine months’ jail, say colleagues
#Politics × #Uganda #Africa × #Yoweri Museveni #politician
#theguardian.com. × #Jan.15.2025 × UK stalls Chagos Islands deal until Trump administration can ‘consider detail’. Future of Diego Garcia military base should be considered before handover to Mauritius signed off, No 10 says
#Politics × #Mauritius #Africa ×
#theguardian.com. × #Jan.12.2025 × Somalia and Ethiopia agree to restore diplomatic ties after year-long rift. Somalia severed relations over sea access agreement Ethiopia signed with separatist region of Somaliland
#Politics × #Somalia #Ethiopia #Africa ×
#theguardian.com. × #Jan.11.2025 × Sudan’s army recaptures Wad Madani from rebel Rapid Support Forces. Strategic city fell into control of RSF, which has been accused of genocide by the US, in December 2023
#Politics × #Sudan #Africa × #USA #North America
#theguardian.com. × #Jan.06.2025 × UK cut health aid to vulnerable nations while hiring their nurses, research finds. Royal College of Nursing says Labour has a duty to fix health ‘double whammy’ by raising aid and funding for UK nursing
#Health #Politics × #Africa ×
#theguardian.com. × #Jan.06.2025 × Nicolas Sarkozy goes on trial accused of receiving illegal funding from Gaddafi. Former French president alleged to have received millions of euros from Libyan dictator’s regime to fund campaign
#Politics × #Libya #France #Africa × #Europe
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