Africa

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Whites Only: Ade’s Extremist Adventure review – a woeful failure to challenge racism
Ade Adepitan is a charming presenter, but his ‘chilled-out’ approach to entering a ‘whites-only’ South African town is utterly feeble. At points, his passivity is borderline offensive

Leila Latif

18, Mar, 2024 @11:05 PM

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Move to overturn FGM ban in the Gambia postponed
Committee will examine for at least three months a bill proposing repeal of ban on female genital mutilation

Kaamil Ahmed

18, Mar, 2024 @6:49 PM

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Libya coastguard accused of hampering attempt to save more than 170 people
Médecins Sans Frontières says ‘dangerous manoeuvres’ by coastguard put refugees at even greater risk

Lisa O'Carroll in Brussels

18, Mar, 2024 @3:19 PM

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Idris Elba reveals ‘dream’ of building eco city on island off Sierra Leone
Actor and his childhood friend planning development on Sherbro to be a public-private partnership

Kevin Rawlinson

18, Mar, 2024 @2:06 PM

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Calvinia review – jarringly nostalgic look at a South African childhood
Ran der Merwe’s documentary returns the director to the Northern Cape where he grew up, but glosses over trauma and injustice

Phuong Le

18, Mar, 2024 @7:00 AM

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Safari Detective review – kids versus rhino poachers in warm-hearted adventure
A seven-year-old boy hits the trail of the bad guys with guns in this family movie which has lots for curious kids to pick up on, even if the PG jeopardy pulls no punches

Cath Clarke

17, Mar, 2024 @7:19 PM

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EU seals €7.4bn deal with Egypt in effort to avert another migration crisis
Six of bloc’s leaders sign agreement in Cairo aimed at boosting economy and bringing stability to region

Lisa O'Carroll Brussels correspondent

17, Mar, 2024 @5:48 PM

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Niger junta repudiates deal allowing US military bases on its soil
Spokesman for coup government stops short of calling for American personnel to leave but says their presence violates sovereignty

Guardian staff, with agencies in Niamey

17, Mar, 2024 @2:19 AM

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‘I saw many people suffer’: former Del Monte Kenya guards speak of violence on pineapple farm
Exclusive: Former guards tell of clashes on farm that is facing civil claims over allegations of killing, rape and beatings

Edwin Okoth and Emily Dugan

15, Mar, 2024 @7:09 PM

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The Guardian view on child mortality: it’s bad – but it’s getting better | Editorial
Editorial: The scale of loss is horrifying, but the global death toll is falling fast and can be reduced further

Editorial

15, Mar, 2024 @6:30 PM

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‘We don’t know where the money is going’: the ‘carbon cowboys’ making millions from credit schemes
Carbon schemes are touted as a way to transfer billions in climate finance to the developing world – but people at the Kariba project in Zimbabwe say most of the profits never arrive

Patrick Greenfield and Nyasha Chingono in Kariba

15, Mar, 2024 @7:00 AM

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Somalia has 99% of $2bn debt cancelled in major boost to fragile recovery
Paris Club of creditor nations agree cancellation as Mogadishu moves towards financial normalisation amid ongoing conflict

Faisal Ali

14, Mar, 2024 @3:01 PM

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