Accidents and evictions by mining companies pile up as search heats up for minerals
(GIN)—Seydi Sow, a landowner in Djogo, Senegal, contemplated his eviction by a mining company with joint headquarters in Australia and France and which mines...
Yazidis, displaced again, fear more strife in Iraqi homeland
by Rashid Yahya and Samya Kullab ZAKHO, Iraq—Iraqis in a northern town still traumatized by memories of the Islamic State group feared more violence...
Virgin Islands protests UK’s direct rule plan after premier’s arrest in U.S.
Hundreds of people in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) protested against a proposal by the Queen of Britain to put the overseas British territory...
Extremism surging among Canadian military ranks, says report
The number of White supremacists and other violent extremists within Canada’s military is growing at an “alarming rate” and the officials have failed to...
Young innovators win video competition with ideas for a better future
Marking World Intellectual Property Day, on April 26 UN patent experts announced the champions of this year’s youth video competition. Selected among 142 entries from 63 countries, the...
Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi gets jail term for corruption
A court in Myanmar has reportedly sentenced former elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi to a five-year prison term after finding her guilty of...
Mali army discovers mass grave near former French base
Malian troops have discovered a mass grave close to a military base French forces handed back to the Malian army just days ago in Gossi. The...
Use sand resources ‘wisely’ or risk development fallout: UNEP report
All countries should be aware that their development is at stake unless they take better care of a common but precious resource, found on...
The history David Livingston and Zanzibar’s slave trade
Petina Gappa’s 2019 novel “Out of Darkness, Shining Light” about the explorer David Livingston and the extraordinary group of Africans that carried his body,...
Whistleblower reveals U.S. role in Zuma’s corruption inquiry
(GIN)—Business consultant Athol Williams said he witnessed high-level corruption under the presidency of Jacob Zuma—but a good portion of it emanated from a U.S....