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Violence-ridden Haiti in limbo as transitional council wraps up
AFP, Published on 07/02/2026
» PORT-AU-PRINCE - Nearly two years after it was created to restore order in impoverished, violence-ravaged Haiti, the transitional council is ending its work -- with no end to the crisis in sight.
South Africa: US boycott of G20 ‘their loss’
AFP, Published on 12/11/2025
» JOHANNESBURG - President Cyril Ramaphosa said Wednesday the United States boycott of the G20 summit in South Africa later this month would not prevent the meeting of the world’s leading economies from going ahead.
Over 1m evacuate as deadly Super Typhoon Fung-wong nears Philippines
AFP, Published on 09/11/2025
» MANILA - More than a million people have been evacuated and at least two people killed as floodwaters rose in the Philippines on Sunday before Super Typhoon Fung-wong's expected landfall on the east coast.
Hong Kong reports first local chikungunya fever case in at least 11 years
South China Morning Post, Published on 27/10/2025
» Hong Kong has recorded its first local chikungunya fever case in at least 11 years, with health authorities warning that the 10,000 people who live in the same neighbourhood as the 82-year-old patient face higher risks of infection.
Covid cases spike in Hong Kong, Singapore
Bloomberg News, Published on 15/05/2025
» HONG KONG — Health authorities in densely populated Hong Kong and Singapore have warned that Covid-19 cases are spiking, as a resurgent wave spreads through Asia.
Haiti jazz festival is rare respite for violence-racked capital
AFP, Published on 07/04/2025
» PORT-AU-PRINCE - Residents of Haiti's gang-plagued capital could enjoy a brief escape from daily lives scarred with violence this weekend as the PapJazz festival entertained around 100 music fans.
Caribbean states step up calls for slavery reparations
Reuters, Published on 20/02/2025
» Former colonial powers must apologise and pay compensation for their historic role in the enslavement of Africans, Grenadian Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell has told European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
M23 seize key city amid mounting fears of DR Congo breakup
AFP, Published on 16/02/2025
» BUKAVU (DR CONGO) - Columns of M23 fighters allied with Rwandan troops on Sunday entered the centre of another key city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo as the African Union highlighted growing fears that the strife-torn country could break up.
UN chief warns against regional war over DR Congo
AFP, Published on 15/02/2025
» ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - United Nations chief Antonio Guterres on Saturday demanded the Democratic Republic of Congo’s “territorial integrity” be respected and a regional war avoided, at an African summit the day after Rwandan-backed fighters seized a second DRC provincial capital.
US freezes funding contributions to Haiti multinational security force: UN
AFP, Published on 05/02/2025
» UNITED NATIONS (UNITED STATES) - The United States has frozen its financial contributions to a multinational security support mission in Haiti, a United Nations spokesperson said on Tuesday, a move that would stop $13.3 million in pending aid.