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‘Bringing our people home’: Ukraine and Russia swap hundreds of prisoners 

23 May 2025

News|Russia-Ukraine war Russia and Ukraine say that they have swapped hundreds of prisoners in the first phase of a maj...

South Sudan refugees in Ethiopia face ‘health catastrophe’, charity warns 

23 May 2025

News|Politics Doctors Without Borders, known by its French initials MSF, has warned of a looming “health catastrophe�...

Pakistan, Afghanistan move towards ‘restoring ties’ in talks with China 

23 May 2025

Islamabad, Pakistan – As Pakistan remained embroiled in a war of words with its archrival India – following a drama...

Rescue bid launched for hundreds trapped in South African gold mine 

23 May 2025

News|Mining Rescue efforts were under way in South Africa on Friday as more than 200 miners were trapped at a gold mine ...

Borders and ballots: Why Essequibo is controversial in Venezuela’s election 

23 May 2025

However, the case has been slowly winding its way through the international court since 2018. And the Maduro government ...

Israel maintains minimal aid deliveries to Gaza amid hunger crisis 

23 May 2025

Aid agencies have continued to criticise Israel after it announced it had sent a small convoy of trucks carrying vital s...

Will the United States deport people to Rwanda? 

23 May 2025

After a plan by the United Kingdom to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda was scrapped last year, Kigali is now in discussio...

DR Congo strips ex-President Kabila of immunity 

23 May 2025

News|Armed Groups The Senate in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has voted overwhelmingly in favour of lifting...

US banana giant Chiquita fires thousands over Panama strike 

23 May 2025

News|Agriculture Banana producer Chiquita has announced mass layoffs in Panama amid an ongoing strike. The United States...

‘Tortured’ Ugandan activist dumped at border following arrest in Tanzania 

23 May 2025

News|Politics A Ugandan human rights activist, arrested in Tanzania after travelling to the country to support an opposi...