4+ hour ago  (1346+ words) Displaced Chagos islanders have led legal challenges for years over their expulsion Britain indicated Saturday it is shelving plans to return the Chagos Islands -- which hosts the strategic Diego Garcia US-UK military base -- to Mauritius, after US President Donald Trump…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (1017+ words) Six-time major winner Phil Mickelson said Thursday he will not compete in next week's 90th Masters due to family health issues Phil Mickelson, a six-time major winner and three-time Masters champion, said Thursday he will not compete in next week's 90th Masters…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (1535+ words) The feather-shaped namele leaf is being enlisted to protect some of the country's most important forests The feather-shaped namele leaf is so central to Vanuatu it features on the national flag, and now it is being enlisted to protect some…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (1135+ words) The new IPI body was recommended in a G20 report authored by US economist Joseph Stiglitz Talks towards creating a new international panel to address extreme wealth disparities, modelled on the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), opened in…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1178+ words) The African Growth and Opportunity Act has allowed the US to buy items duty-free from select African countries African manufacturers warned on Wednesday that a one-year extension to the long-standing duty-free deal with the United States was only a temporary…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (989+ words) The latest bout of flooding has claimed nearly 140 lives in Mozambique since October 1 The United Nations warned Friday of severe overcrowding in temporary accommodation shelters hosting an estimated 100, 000 people displaced by flooding in Mozambique, and appealed for more international support....

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (994+ words) Fewer than 10, 000 breeding pairs of the small, black and white African Penguin are left globally Endangered penguins living off South Africa's coast have likely starved en masse due to food shortages, a study said Friday, with some populations dropping by…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1247+ words) Tourists were stranded at Zanzibar airport during the election unrest in October The white beaches of Zanzibar are usually a huge attraction for tourists Mount Kilimanjaro and surrounding safari parks have been an increasingly popular draw for Western tourists Tanzania's…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1159+ words) Total Energies's Mozambique LNG Project in Cabo Delgado province Britain's government said Monday it would withdraw its financial support for Total Energies' gas project in Mozambique, which the French group aims to resume after halting it over a jihadist attack....

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1218+ words) European Council President Antonio Costa speaks with Angola's President Joao Lourenco The summit was hosted by Angola, a former Portuguese colony that this year marked 50 years of independence European leaders sought to put some meat on the bones of pledges…...