Africa

Belgian colleagues kindly explained the basics of how modern societies work; I adhered to a rule of never engaging Americans on Irish politics

Accounts for Irish aid agency Goal show it received €103 million in funding from USAID in 2023

Shutting down USAID could affect Irish programmes in Africa

Vulnerable populations already feeling impact as US president cuts off billions of dollars in US aid

Fighting around Mukwinja, a town of more than one million people, is slowing the rebel advance

Most victims were locals who rushed to scoop up petrol after truck overturned, authorities say

Total of 10,547 migrants died trying to reach Spain by boat last year, according to monitoring group Caminando Fronteras

Agreement signed between Department of Foreign Affairs and BTYSTE to support science in developing countries, especially Africa

South Africa, Botswana, Mozambique and Namibia elections suggest people are punishing parties for decades of misrule

Emanuel Macron has visited France’s Indian Ocean department devastated last weekend’s storm but for some residents promises of support from Paris ring hollow

Band Aid revisionism hasn’t dropped from the clear blue winter sky. It’s been there since the start

Amid pressure from petrostates, Donald Trump’s looming US presidency, curtailed activism and continuing implementation difficulties, the progress was better than nothing - but way short of what is required

Worldview: Johan Grimonprez’s Soundtrack to a Coup D’Etat weaves extraordinary archive footage, personal testimonies and jazz into a compelling account of the killing of Patrice Lumumba

Unprecedented public rebuke by Cop28 host comes as fuel producers try to derail transition promise made at last year’s talks

‘Standing still is retreat and the world will rightly judge us very harshly if this is the outcome’ warns UK’s Ed Miliband

Wealthy G20 countries meeting on other side of world must send signal, backed by finance, to tackle climate crisis or ‘face economic carnage’

Rite & Reason: One in seven Christians in the world faces persecution or extreme discrimination because of their faith

Johan Grimonprez’s propulsive account of jazz, colonialism, and the murder of Patrice Lumumba

‘It will be hard to get agreement in a world that is so divided and under such stress, but that is what we have to do’

‘This is a delay we can’t afford as we see alarming evidence on a weekly basis the Earth is moving towards dangerous environmental tipping points’, said Grace Carr of Irish Wildlife Trust

The French-Senegalese film-maker won this year’s Golden Bear in Berlin for her breathtakingly imaginative new release

Mozambique’s opposition parties and international observers allege vote-rigging in the election

Worldview: The UK leaves the Chagos Islands much as it governed them, with a total disregard for the feelings or aspirations of its displaced indigenous people

Ethiopia is among many countries suffering hunger, poverty and misery due to the Global North’s destruction of the planet and its banks financing damaging agricultural programmes and fossil fuel expansion

Europe struggling to navigate growing force of Brics countries on international stage

South Africa is seen by many as well placed to argue the case of the developing world’s desire for greater representation on the international stage

Understanding immune response in animals pivotal to developing breeding techniques and more to prevent disease before animals sicken

Ally Mohamed Kibao, a senior member of main opposition party Chadema, was found murdered on Saturday

China backs call for reparations to be paid for slave trafficking and colonialism, while African leaders remain committed to ‘one China principle’

The last three months of 2023 in Africa were a particularly violent time for the Wagner fighters, says US-based conflict-monitoring group

Global conservation pledges pose risk for local communities as frameworks to be established to protect Indigenous people

Africa could start mpox vaccinations within days, health agency says

Africa’s biggest stars are filling stadiums, winning Grammys and forging collaborations across the world. It’s finally putting them in control of their stories

Many countries in Africa are experiencing surge in cases as virus crosses borders

Variant of virus causing concern in Africa, and now detected in Sweden, different to strain seen in State in 2022

Nigerians have organised protests against ‘bad governance’ and said they will sustain their action for 10 days

Ella McSweeney: Leaving these gaps isn’t always compatible with insulation projects, but there are alternatives that don’t cost a huge amount

First landslide buried people in country’s southern Gofa zone before a second one engulfed those who came to help

META-FINES (UPDATE 1):UPDATE 1-Nigeria fines Meta $220 million for violating consumer, data laws

Lotfi Mraihi, leader of the Republican Union Party, is a prominent critic of President Kais Saied