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Frustration as latest talks on global plastic treaty close
Ninety percent of plastic is not recycled, with most dumped in nature or improperly burned
Nations negotiate terms of plastics treaty in Nairobi
While there is broad consensus a treaty is needed, there are very different opinions about what should be in it
Ugandans vote in charged election under internet blackout
The internet went down on the eve of the vote, with some parts of the country reporting complete disruptions or significant slowdowns, after one of the most violent campaigns in…
‘It is extreme’: Uganda tightens screws as vote looms
Tear gas, midnight arrests, threats and intimidation — the tactics employed every election cycle in Uganda are familiar to all who dare challenge President Yoweri Museveni’s…
‘There is blood in the tea’
Kenyans who were expelled from their land by British colonisers — to make way for tea plantations — are demanding justice
Reclaiming Nairobi’s forest
It took 10 years to rescue Karura from land-grabbers and criminals and turn it into an urban refuge
Catalogue of abuse: Seeking justice for the Rohingya
Different teams of investigators in the world’s biggest refugee camp in Bangladesh have been quietly documenting the events of 2017
Smog in Delhi affects players in international cricket match
Play is routinely suspended due to poor weather, low visibility, lightning or rain, but a stoppage as a result of pollution is almost unheard of.
10,000 Rohingya poised to move to Bangladesh as exodus swells again
Over 500 000 Rohingya have streamed into Bangladesh in the past five weeks and numbers are expected to swell again with another 10 000 waiting to move
UN warns of ‘ethnic cleansing’ of Myanmar’s Muslims
The Rohingya, a stateless Muslim minority, have faced decades of persecution in Myanmar where they are regarded as illegal immigrants.
Islands pay price for electronic gadgets rush
One-third of the world’s tin comes from the Indonesian islands of Bangka and Belitung, where thousands risk death in the mines.
Kiwis panic at the thought of ‘Marmageddon’
The company that makes New Zealand’s favourite spread, Marmite, says it has run out of the product after being forced to close its factory months ago.
Sorrow binds world as September 11 remembered
Ten years on from the day the 9/11 attacks changed so much for so many people, the world’s leaders and millions of citizens are pausing to reflect.
NZ zoo takes in penguin that mistook sand for snow
One homesick penguin, stranded on a New Zealand beach 3 218km from Antarctica and eating sand it mistook for snow, has been rescued by a zoo.