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Somaliland recognition prompts celebrations, condemnation
AFP, Published on 29/12/2025
» MOGADISHU - People gathered in several towns in the breakaway region of Somaliland on Sunday to celebrate its recognition by Israel -- a decision condemned by the Somali president as a "threat" to stability in the Horn of Africa.
Mongolia PM loses parliament confidence vote, resigns
AFP, Published on 03/06/2025
» ULAANBAATAR - Mongolian Prime Minister Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene resigned on Tuesday, a parliamentary statement said, after losing a confidence vote among lawmakers.
UK court gives govt green light to reach Chagos Islands deal
AFP, Published on 22/05/2025
» LONDON — A British court on Thursday paved the way for a government deal on returning the remote Chagos Islands to Mauritius, lifting a temporary ban which had forced an 11th-hour halt to an accord being signed.
Afghan refugees suffer 'like prisoners' in Pakistan crackdown
AFP, Published on 02/01/2025
» ISLAMABAD - The space in which refugee Shaharzad has to live has shrunk to the small courtyard of a guesthouse in Pakistan's capital, reminiscent of her life under Taliban rule in Afghanistan.
UK cedes Chagos Islands sovereignty to Mauritius
Reuters, Published on 03/10/2024
» LONDON - Britain said on Thursday that it would cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a deal it said secured the future of the UK-US Diego Garcia military base, and which could also pave the way for people displaced decades ago to return home.
Brazil ridding rainforest of illegal gold mines
Reuters, Published on 14/09/2024
» SURUCUCU, Brazil - Brazilian authorities say they have almost squashed the illegal gold rush that drew thousands of wildcat miners to Yanomami indigenous land in the Amazon rainforest and caused a humanitarian crisis of disease and malnutrition.
Malaysia evicts 500 ‘sea nomads’
Reuters, Published on 06/06/2024
» KUALA LUMPUR - More than 500 people from seafaring communities along the coast of Sabah state have been evicted from their homes this week as part of a Malaysian government crackdown on undocumented migrants, local activists said.
'Save our village': Indonesians resist eviction for China-backed project
AFP, Published on 27/09/2023
» REMPANG (INDONESIA) - Sitting on a creaky bridge linking stilt houses, Indonesian fisherman Sadam Husen fears for his people and their traditions, knowing they may be uprooted from their ancestral land to make way for a China-funded megaproject worth billions.
Welcome to the Anthropocene, Earth's new chapter
AFP, Published on 10/07/2023
» PARIS - Since 2009, a cloistered band of hard-rock geologists and other scientists have toiled on a mission of great consequence.
Authorities begin demolition of vast Mayotte shantytown
AFP, Published on 22/05/2023
» KOUNGOU (FRANCE) - Authorities on the French Indian Ocean island of Mayotte on Monday began demolishing homes in a large slum as part of a contested operation against sub-standard housing and illegal migration.