The new arrival is a boost for the critically endangered species, which has been hard-hit by unrest in eastern CongoA lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species, has been born in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s famed Virunga national park, aut…
Central Africa: fighting kills six soldiers and 22 jihadists in Lake Chad region
Three-week operation by troops from Niger and Nigeria targeted area that has become a bolthole for Boko Haram and Isis-linked militantsSix soldiers and at least 22 jihadists have died in fighting in the Lake Chad region of central AfricA, a joint force…
French zoo closes after pack of nine wolves escapes
Four wolves were shot dead by park workers and five anaesthetised by officials at sceneAuthorities in the south of France have temporarily shut down a zoo after a pack of nine wolves escaped from an enclosure during visiting hours, officials have said….
Rio Tinto lithium mine: thousands of protesters block roads across Serbia
Crowds chanted slogans condemning government of Aleksandar Vučić, which backs planned Anglo-Australian $2.4bn mineThousands of demonstrators blocked major roads across Serbia on Saturday as anger swelled over a government-backed plan to allow mining co…
Solomon Islands unrest: New Zealand to send dozens of peacekeepers
New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern says she is ‘deeply concerned by the recent civil unrest and rioting in Honiara’New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern has ordered police and troops to join an international peacekeeping mission in the crisi…
Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi braced for verdict in incitement trial
The democratically elected leader faces years in jail if she is found guilty on charges that also include corruption, fraud and breaking Covid rulesOusted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi is braced to hear the verdict in her trial for incitement against…
Asia had hottest year on record in 2020 – UN
Every part of the region affected with extreme temperatures displacing millions of peopleAsia suffered its hottest year on record in 2020, the United Nations has said ahead of the CoP26 summit, with extreme weather taking a heavy toll on the continent’…
Pakistani nuclear weapons scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan dies aged 85
PM pays tribute to ‘national icon’ who turned country into atomic power but later admitted smuggling nuclear secretsAbdul Qadeer Khan, considered to be the father of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons programme and later accused of smuggling technology to Iran…
Hong Kong University orders removal of Tiananmen Square massacre statue
Pillar of Shame to be taken down amid China-imposed crackdown, with its Danish sculptor ‘shocked’ at plan to ‘desecrate’ memorialThe University of Hong Kong has ordered the removal of a statue commemorating protesters killed in China’s 1989 Tiananmen S…
Shia mosque bombing kills dozens in Afghan city of Kunduz
Large number of worshippers killed or wounded during Friday prayers in blast claimed by ISKPAt least 100 worshippers have been killed or injured in a suicide bombing that targeted a packed Shia mosque in Afghanistan during Friday prayers.Responsibility…