Africa

One of Prince Harry's conservation charities has had its right to manage wildlife reserves withdrawn.

Prince Harry charity axed after ‘disrespect’ towards government

An African wildlife charity partly run by Prince Harry, has had its mandates to manage key animal reservations in Chad withdrawn by the country's government.

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Chantale Zuzi in Rwamwanja Refugee Settlement, Kamwenge District, Uganda, Aug. 20, 2025.

‘Curse’: Her grandma wanted to kill her because of her skin

THE NEW YORK TIMES: She was born with albinism and carried on while school kids acted as if her difference was contagious.

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Jane Goodall observes Tess, 5 or 6 years old, left, Sophie, 7 , center, and Bahati, 3, eating at the Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary near Nanyuki, 170 kms (110 miles) north of Nairobi Sunday December 6, 1997.  When young, orphaned chimps first come to the sanctuary, they are given lots of affection to compensate for the loss of their mothers. Jane Goodall, 64, who spent three decades studying chimpanzees, advocates animal rights, raising money for chimpanzee sanctuaries and doing conservation work.

‘Rich emotional life’: Jane Goodall’s primate breakthroughs

Her discoveries as a primatologist in the 1960s about how chimpanzees behave in the wild broke new ground and were hailed as ‘one of the Western world’s great scientific achievements’.

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In a photo provided by Nicholas Kristof shows, mothers wait to see doctors and nurses at a hospital in southwestern Uganda. President Trump’s cuts to humanitarian assistance abroad have hurt all kinds of people. But from what I see on the ground, those suffering the most are women and girls — and that will leave all of us, including men and boys, worse off, Nicholas Kristof writes. (Nicholas Kristof via The New York Times) – NO SALES, FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY WITH NYT STORY KRISTOF-COLUMN OF SEPT. 27, 2025. ALL OTHER USE PROHIBITED —

Trump’s aid cuts are a tax on women and girls

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Trump’s cuts to humanitarian aid abroad have hurt all kinds of people. But from what I see on the ground, women and girls are suffering the most — and that will leave all of us worse off.

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Weapon-mounted vehicles on the eastern edge of Zamzam camp after it was seized by Rapid Support Forces paramilitaries.

Starving children eat animal feed in besieged Sudanese city

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Doctors shelter in foxholes during bombing raids, and malnourished patients are sustained with animal feed.

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THE NEW YORK TIMES: In Sudan there’s no debate about genocide — and no response either

Sudan: No debate about genocide but no response either

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Whatever you think of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza we should recognise our collective failure to address this other crisis with an even higher death toll. 

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Amber Lee Hughes, 29, was found guilty of raping and murdering four-year-old Nada-Jane Chalita

Female preschool teacher raped, drowned partner’s daughter

She admitting to killing the four-year-old but denied raping her. Now the girl’s grieving father has only ‘two-thirds’ of closure. WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT

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Two women have been killed in a brutal elephant attack.

Two women killed in horrifying elephant rampage

Two female tourists have been killed in a terrifying elephant ‘rampage’ while on a holiday safari.

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Hieroglyphs adorn the graves of senior statesmen in the Dra' Abu al-Naga necropolis area in Luxor. (AP PHOTO)

What’s inside the three tombs just discovered in Luxor

Egyptian archaeologists have discovered tombs dating back to the New Kingdom period from 1550-1070 BC, revealing what is inside the ancient discoveries.

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The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces earlier this month launched drone attacks on Port Sudan.

Twenty killed, 50 injured after drone attacks jail

Sudanese authorities say a suspected drone attack has killed at least 20 prisoners in the southern region of Kordofan.

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A bodyguard for prominent Ugandan opposition figure Bobi Wine has been abducted in Kampala.

‘Castrate him’: Ugandan president’s son has opposition figure in his basement

The son of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has reportedly abducted a key opposition figure and is threatening to castrate him in his basement.

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Sudan's notorious paramilitary group has ramped up attacks in the western Darfur region. (EPA PHOTO)

Multiple fatalities as RFS storm capital in new attack

Over 30 people have been killed in Sudan’s war-torn Darfur region as paramilitary fighters stormed the main city, igniting fears over what could come next.

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Almost 150 people are dead after a boat caught fire in Democratic Republic of Congo.

At least 148 passengers perish after horrific ferry fire

A boat carrying as many as 500 passengers in the Democratic Republic of Congo has caught fire, killing almost 150 people, the country's media is reporting.

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Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has ordered an investigation into the massacre.

Gunmen massacre at least 40 people on Christian farm

At least 40 people in a Christian farming community in Nigeria have been killed by Muslim gunmen, the latest atrocity in a spate of increasing violence.

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Marco Rubio says South Sudan has failed to accept the return of its citizens. (AP PHOTO)

‘Taking advantage’: US to revoke all South Sudan visas

The US is revoking all visas held by South Sudanese passport holders over the African nation's failure to accept the return of repatriated citizens.

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