Pope Leo says not seeking ‘new debate’ with Trump on trip to Angola
Leo is the third pontiff to visit the fossil fuel-rich country after John Paul II in 1992 and Benedict XVI in 2009.
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‘Junk’: Faulty electronics from rich countries flood Nigeria with e-waste
Discarded, near-end-of-life electronics shipped from developed countries are adding to Nigeria’s growing e-waste burden.
In Cape Town’s historic Bo-Kaap, locals priced out by rich foreign buyers
Amid digital nomads, a tourism boom and a housing crisis, can the people who built the city still afford to live in it?
Cuba restores power after 29-hour blackout amid US oil blockade
The national power grid comes back on after Cuba’s 10 million people were plunged into darkness overnight.
How Carney’s ‘build fast’ push divides Canada’s Indigenous peoples
Some First Nations are challenging Carney’s resource-extraction plans to strengthen Canadian economy from US threats.
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Republic of Congo election: Who is running and what’s at stake?
Analysts say Congo Brazzaville’s election are a mere formality as President Sassou Nguesso is set to extend his rule.
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Poor in oil-rich Republic of Congo: As election looms, youth want change
In an oil-producing country where 60 percent of people are under 25, nearly half the population lives in poverty.
‘Nothing changes’: Four decades in power, Congo’s Nguesso seeks a new term
Is Brazzaville’s stability a result of gradual democratic consolidation or carefully organised political continuity?
‘It’s segregation’: Row over S Africa’s multimillion-dollar crime wall plan
As Cape Town plans security measures along N2 highway, shack dwellers say the project will separate the poor from rich.
Cuba’s economy on edge: Fuel shortages and rising hardship
Havana’s streets have changed as a US fuel blockade restricts the movements of vehicles and people and hits businesses.
Zimbabwean child waste-pickers work ‘hazardous’ jobs to help their families
Boys as young as six scout for scrap metal to sell in a country where 14 percent of children have jobs.
