Pope Leo decries inequality in corrupt Equatorial Guinea
Pope Leo XIV continued his tour of Africa with a Mass in Equatorial Guinea. The pontiff called for more justice in the country as the nation’s president and his family looked on.
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British woman died in Ghana trying to recoup money from scammers, inquest told
Janet Fordham died in crash after travelling to see man who claimed he would help to recover money from earlier scams A 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…
US in talks to resettle 1,100 Afghans in Congo
US is in talks with the Democratic Republic of Congo to resettle 1,100 Afghans stranded in Qatar while awaiting US visas, according to an advocacy organisation working on their behalf.
Attacks in south Lebanon strain ceasefire on eve of Washington talks
An Israeli strike killed two people in southern Lebanon on Wednesday, Lebanon’s state news agency reported, and Hezbollah said it launched an attack drone at Israeli forces in the south, further…
As internal divisions simmer, Lebanese see echoes of civil war
An Israeli invasion of southern Lebanon, bombings in Beirut, massive displacement and rising sectarian friction. The year is 2026, but for those who lived through Lebanon’s civil war five decades…
US turns to Ukrainian counter-drone tech after Iran attacks
The U.S. military has introduced Ukrainian counter-drone technology in recent weeks at a key U.S. air base in Saudi Arabia
Iran seizes ships in Strait of Hormuz after Trump halts attacks
Iran seized two ships in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, tightening its grip on the strategic waterway after U.S. President Donald Trump called off attacks indefinitely with no sign of peace…
US in talks to resettle 1,100 Afghans in Congo, group says
The Trump administration is in talks with the Democratic Republic of Congo to resettle 1,100 Afghans who have been stranded in Qatar awaiting U.S. visas, according to an advocacy organisation that works on their behalf. The discussions underscore the legal hurdles facing Afghans who fled the Taliban after U.S. immigrant visa processing for Afghan nationals […]
‘Reparations take many forms’: what the UN’s landmark vote on enslavement means for restorative justice
As the United Nations recognises the transatlantic slave trade as a crime and calls for reparations, a growing ‘global diasporic movement’ is pushing for action • Don’t get The Long Wave delivered to your inbox? Sign up here Just under a month ago, a landmark vote was passed. The United Nations voted to describe the transatlantic chattel slave trade as the “gravest crime against humanity” and called for reparations as “a concrete step towards remedying historical wrongs”. This was the culmination of a long journey and decades of work. But it is by no means the end. I spoke to Ebony Riddell Bamber, director of the Scott Trust’s Legacies of Enslavement programme , about what the vote means, and the Guardian’s role in the global effort. Continue reading…
‘I cried so hard’ – the Kenyan WNBA star who beat US visa heartbreak
Madina Okot only started playing basketball six years ago, but the Kenyan’s rapid rise has seen her set a WNBA milestone at the age of 21.