Category: World
‘The devil wants this pattern of mass death repeated’: Actors Guild of Nigeria calls for better regulation after two actors die
The president of the Actors Guild of Nigeria has called for mass prayers and increased unionisation after the death of two actors in Owerri, the [more…]
‘I hope I’ll one day be at peace’: civilians seek mental health help in war-ravaged eastern DRC
On a sunny morning in the city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, where fighting between the M23 rebel group and the [more…]
‘He listened to everyone’: Buenos Aires remembers pope as voice for the poor
Before he left Argentina and moved to Italy to become pope, Jorge Mario Bergoglio would visit the country’s villas miserias, not in a car flanked [more…]
Haiti nearing ‘point of no return’ amid gang violence, UN representative warns
Haiti, where rampant gang violence has surged in recent weeks, is approaching a “point of no return” leading to “total chaos”, the UN special representative [more…]
Wild chimpanzees filmed by scientists bonding over alcoholic fruit
Humans have gathered to feast and enjoy a tipple together for thousands of years, but research suggests chimpanzees may also bond over a boozy treat. [more…]
Indigenous river campaigner from Peru wins prestigious Goldman prize
An Indigenous campaigner and women’s leader from the Peruvian Amazon has been awarded the prestigious Goldman prize for environmental activists, after leading a successful legal [more…]
Grassroots activists who took on corruption and corporate power share 2025 Goldman prize
Grassroots activists who helped jail corrupt officials and obtain personhood rights for a sacred Amazonian river are among this year’s winners of the world’s most [more…]
El Salvador’s president proposes swapping US-deported Venezuelans with Maduro’s ‘political prisoners’
El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, has proposed sending 252 Venezuelans deported from the US and imprisoned in his country to Venezuela, in exchange for “political [more…]
US citizen wrongfully arrested by border patrol in Arizona held for nearly 10 days
Immigration officials detained a US citizen for nearly 10 days in Arizona, according to court records and press reports. As the NPR affiliate Arizona Public [more…]
Tunisian court hands prison sentences of up to 66 years in mass trial of regime opponents
A Tunisian court has handed down prison sentences of 13 to 66 years to politicians, businessmen and lawyers in a mass trial that opponents say [more…]
