'Expect mass culling next': Botswana lifting of ban on elephant hunting angers conservationists
Botswana has lifted its ban on elephant hunting in a country with the world's highest number of the animals, a decision that has brought anger from some wildlife protection groups and warnings of a blow to lucrative tourism. The southern African nation is home to ...
A South African mountaineer reached the top of Mount Everest on Thursday, becoming the first black African woman to conquer the world's highest mountain, her expedition organizer and her government said. Saray N'kusi Khumalo, a 47-year-old e-commerce executive, scaled the 8,850-meter (29,035-foot) mountain after three ...
Facebook busts Israel-based 'fake news' campaign to disrupt elections worldwide
Facebook said Thursday it banned an Israeli company that ran an influence campaign aimed at disrupting elections in various countries and has canceled dozens of accounts engaged in spreading disinformation. Nathaniel Gleicher, Facebook's head of cybersecurity policy, told reporters that the tech giant had purged ...
25 years after Rwanda massacre, remains of nearly 85,000 genocide victims finally laid to rest
The remains of nearly 85,000 people murdered in Rwanda's genocide were laid to rest Saturday in a somber ceremony in Kigali a quarter of a century after the slaughter. Mourners sobbed as 81 white coffins containing the remains of 84,437 victims of the 1994 mass ...
147 asylum seekers airlifted to Italy in U.N.-organized Libya evacuation
A group of 147 asylum-seekers have arrived in Italy as part of a U.N.-backed humanitarian evacuation from Libya. The U.N. refugee agency says it's the fifth such evacuation since 2017, though previous airlifts have taken migrants to Niger and elsewhere. The group that arrived Monday at ...
Migrant journey on global scale stalls in southern Mexico town
Thousands fleeing conflict or poverty in Nigeria, Cameroon, Bangladesh, Haiti and Cuba have traveled across oceans, through the jungles and mountains of South America, up through Central America, on a route that — so far — ends here: the steamy, crumbling Mexican city of ...
Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono to visit Saudi Arabia and Africa
Foreign Minister Taro Kono will make separate visits to Saudi Arabia and Africa by the end of Golden Week, it was announced Friday. During his visit to Saudi Arabia, Kono, who left for the Middle East the same day, hopes to hold talks with dignitaries ...
Sudan's army ruler vows to hand 'power to the people' as protesters' deadline looms
Sudan's military leader vowed Sunday the army was committed to handing power to the people, as a protesters' deadline for unveiling a rival civilian council loomed. New army ruler Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan also pledged to respond to demonstrators' demands within a week. Saudi Arabia and ...
Cairo wants to boost its cooperation with Tokyo to aid Africa, Egyptian ambassador says
Egypt is hoping to deepen its cooperation with Japan to help African countries improve access to medical care, Ayman Aly Kamel, Cairo's ambassador to Tokyo, said in a recent interview. Egypt is keenly anticipating its chance to make the proposal as Japan gears up to ...
Critics need to understand that very few people in need care about the color of the skin of those who are helping them or where they're from.
Global life expectancy up 5.5 years since 2000; income and access to care play key roles: WHO
Global life expectancy grew by 5.5 years between 2000 and 2016, the World Health Organization said Thursday, warning though that unequal income and access to health care translates into far shorter lives for many. The U.N. health agency also stressed significant gender differences in life ...
How Japan can help Africa escape China's 'debt trap'
Japan should export its profitable public transport business model to help African countries repay Chinese infrastructure loans.
