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  • Anthony Joshua’s driver charged with dangerous driving after fatal crash in Nigeria
    Freitag, 2. Januar 2026 18:54 Uhr

    British boxer was injured in collision that killed his personal trainer Latif Ayodele and strength coach Sina Ghami

    Nigerian police have charged Anthony Joshua’s driver with causing death by dangerous driving after a fatal crash that killed two people.

    Adeniyi Mobolaji Kayode, 46, was also charged with driving without a valid driving licence and “driving without due care and attention, causing bodily harm and damage to property”. He is due to appear in court on 20 January.

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  • Cremation pyre in Africa thought to be world’s oldest containing adult remains
    Donnerstag, 1. Januar 2026 20:00 Uhr

    9,500-year-old pyre uncovered in Malawi offers rare insight into rituals of ancient African hunter-gatherer groups

    A cremation pyre built about 9,500 years ago has been discovered in Africa, offering a fresh glimpse into the complexity of ancient hunter-gatherer communities.

    Researchers say the pyre, discovered in a rock shelter at the foot of Mount Hora in northern Malawi, is thought to be the oldest in the world to contain adult remains, the oldest confirmed intentional cremation in Africa, and the first pyre to be associated with African hunter-gatherers.

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  • US ‘adapt, shrink or die’ terms for $2bn aid pot will mean UN bowing down to Washington, say experts
    Donnerstag, 1. Januar 2026 14:00 Uhr

    Afghanistan and Yemen excluded from list of 17 priority countries chosen by Trump administration to receive aid laden with demands

    The $2bn (£1.5bn) of aid the US pledged this week may have been hailed as “bold and ambitious” by the UN but could be the “nail in the coffin” in changing to a shrunken, less flexible aid system dominated by Washington’s political priorities, aid experts fear.

    After a year of deep cuts in aid budgets by the US and European countries, the announcement of new money for the humanitarian system is a source of some relief, but experts are deeply concerned about demands that the US has imposed on how the money should be managed and where it can go.

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  • Guinea’s junta chief elected president after opposition boycott
    Mittwoch, 31. Dezember 2025 08:54 Uhr

    Mamady Doumbouya reneged on promise not to stand and hand west African country back to civilian rule

    The head of Guinea’s junta, Mamady Doumbouya, who had pledged not to run for office after seizing power four years ago, has been elected president after the country’s electoral commission said he had secured a sweeping majority of the vote.

    Doumbouya, 41, faced eight rivals for the presidency but the main opposition leaders were barred from running and had urged a boycott of the vote held over the weekend.

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  • Tensions between Saudis and Emiratis over future of Yemen reach boiling point
    Dienstag, 30. Dezember 2025 18:19 Uhr

    Dispute has potential to create civil war in south of Yemen and spill over into neighbouring countries

    Tensions between the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia over the future of Yemen and the imminent possibility of the declaration of an independent southern state have reached boiling point with Saudi Arabia in effect accusing the UAE of threatening its future security.

    The dispute has the potential to create a civil war within the south of Yemen and also spill over into other disputes including in Sudan and the Horn of Africa where the two countries often find themselves backing opposite sides. Yemen could yet become only one theatre in which the two vastly wealthy Gulf states vie for political influence, control of shipping lanes and commercial access.

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  • Trump renews push to acquire Greenland, says US will get millions of barrels of Venezuelan oil – as it happened
    Mittwoch, 7. Januar 2026 04:00 Uhr

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    My colleague Sibylla Brodzinsky has reported on the relationship between the US and Colombia, home to significant oil reserves. Here is an extract from her story:

    Colombia has long been a close partner of the US in the fight against drug trafficking and enjoyed bipartisan support in Washington but relations have soured dramatically since Trump came to office.

    Colombia’s narcotics trade is largely controlled by illegal armed groups such as the Gulf Clan, the National Liberation Army (ELN) and dissident factions of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) guerrilla group, the majority of whose members demobilised after a 2016 peace deal …

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