Militants and separatists launch coordinated attacks across MaliAl-Qaida-linked group JNIM claims responsibility for strikes on airport in capital, Bamako and four other citiesIslamic militants and separatists attacked several locations in Mali's capital and other cities on Saturday in one of the largest coordinated attacks in the country in recent years.The al-Qaida-linked militant group JNIM claimed responsibility for the attacks on Bamako's international airport and four other cities in central and northern Mali on its website, Az-Zallaqa. It said the attacks were carried out jointly with the Azawad Liberation Front, a Tuareg-led separatist group. Continue reading...
US millionaire big-game hunter dies after being crushed by elephantsErnie Dosio, a 75-year-old vineyard owner, was hunting an antelope species in Africa when the incident occured An American millionaire big-game hunter has died after being crushed by a group of elephants during a hunting expedition in Gabon.Ernie Dosio, a 75-year-old vineyard owner, was hunting yellow-backed duiker, an antelope species, in the central African country of Gabon when the incident occurred last Friday. While in the Lope-Okanda rainforest, he and his guide unexpectedly came across five female elephants accompanied by a calf. Continue reading...
British woman died in Ghana trying to recoup money from scammers, inquest toldJanet Fordham died in crash after travelling to see man who claimed he would help to recover money from earlier scamsA British woman who was scammed out of up to £1m in a string of so-called romance frauds died in a road crash after travelling to west Africa to try to recoup some of her lost fortune, an inquest in Devon has heard.Janet Fordham was cheated of her life savings and her home over a period of five years by fraudsters apparently based in the UK, Germany, the US and Ghana, the inquest in Exeter was told. Continue reading...
Heatwaves, floods and wildfires pose rising threat to democracy, report findsResearch shows natural hazards linked to climate crisis disrupted 23 elections in 18 countries in 2024Democracy is under mounting threat from the climate crisis, with new analysis documenting how elections are increasingly shaped not only by political forces but also by floods, wildfires and extreme weather.At least 94 elections and referendums across 52 countries have been disrupted by climate-related impacts over the last two decades, researchers found. Continue reading...
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