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Asylum Seekers · United KingdomAsylum seekers who have been detained under Rishi Sunak’s deportation policy are being handed a colourful promotional document entitled “I’m being relocated to Rwanda. What does it mean to me?”.See the Story
Detained asylum seekers given Home Office booklet saying Rwanda is ‘generally safe’
Coverage: 2 sources
Europe · Democratic Republic of the CongoCongo is struggling to contain its biggest mpox outbreak, and scientists say a new form of the disease detected in a mining town might more easily spread among people.See the Story
A new form of mpox that may spread more easily found in Congo's biggest outbreak
57% Center coverage: 23 sources
Africa · GeorgiaThe Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) network, supported by a new grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, aims to delve into the causes of death among adults living with HIV in Africa. CHAMPS, primarily focused on reducing child mortality, extends its reach to address the persistently high rates of HIV-related deaths in low-resource areas. Despite expanded access to antiretroviral therapy, HIV-related mortality …See the Story
CHAMPS Receives Grant to Investigate HIV-Related Deaths in Africa
Africa · Eastern CapeActivist Nonhle Mbuthuma founded a local organization along South Africa’s Wild Coast to fight a proposed strip mine 17 years ago. Despite ongoing personal threats, she’s still working to protect her Pondoland community from oil exploration and other harmful development.See the Story
How One South African Community Stopped Shell Oil in Its Tracks
100% Left coverage: 1 sources
Africa · MadridThere was a time when all of Humanity was concentrated in Africa. But around 60,000 years ago Homo sapiens, our species, left the dark continent and spread to the rest of the world. A long march that lasted tens of thousands of years and during which 'ours' reached the most remote corners of the planet, displacing in their wake the rest of the human species they were finding. But it didn't all happen all of a sudden. The current non-African popu…See the Story
Science Podcast | Our First Home Outside Africa
100% Right coverage: 1 sources
Theresa May · KenyaFloods and landslides across Kenya have killed 181 people since March, with hundreds of thousands forced to leave their homes, the government and Red Cross said on Wednesday, as dozens more were killed in neighbouring Tanzania and Burundi.
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Kenya flood toll rises to 181 as homes and roads are destroyed
41% Right coverage: 17 sources