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A worker is seen at a recycling plant in Nakuru, Kenya. (Photo by James Wakibia/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

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…

Uganda police disperse crowds in Kayunga town as they gather to welcome Ugandan musician-turned-politician Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine, on December 1, 2020. (Sumy Sadurni/AFP)

‘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…

They allege that the British army and colonial administrators deployed rape

‘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

Jogger’s paradise: Locals helped turn Karura Forest into a safe

Reclaiming Nairobi’s forest

It took 10 years to rescue Karura from land-grabbers and criminals and turn it into an urban refuge

A handful of soldiers have been charged by Myanmar for involvement in a single massacre but UN special rapporteur Yanghee Lee has tempered expectations that Myanmar’s generals would stand trial anytime soon. (Reuters)

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

In a note to shareholders, Tiger Brands said no specific damages were being claimed. The first stage of the class action is concerned with liability, and not the cost of damages, it said.

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.

Freedom denied: Political detainees in the Kanjedza prison camp in Nyasaland

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

Malaysia and Indonesia on Wednesday announced their countries would end a much-condemned policy of turning away boatloads of starving migrants.

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.

At its CEC meeting

​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’

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.

‘Lost’ penguin perks up after surgery

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.