Media captionWhy the Amazon rainforest helps fight climate change Seven South American countries have agreed measures to protect the Amazon river basin, amid global concern over massive fires in the world’s largest tropical forest. Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru and Suriname signed a pact, setting up a disaster response network and satellite monitoring. At […]
Media captionWhy the Amazon rainforest helps fight climate change Seven South American countries have agreed measures to protect the Amazon river basin, amid global concern over massive fires in the world’s largest tropical forest. Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru and Suriname signed a pact, setting up a disaster response network and satellite monitoring. At […]
Image copyright AFP Image caption Canan Kaftancioglu has suggested the charges are politically motivated A leading secular politician in Turkey has been sentenced to nearly 10 years in jail for “terror propaganda and insults” against the Turkish state. Canan Kaftancioglu, 47, was convicted mainly over tweets which date back several years. She has said the […]
Image copyright AFP Image caption Canan Kaftancioglu has suggested the charges are politically motivated A leading secular politician in Turkey has been sentenced to nearly 10 years in jail for “terror propaganda and insults” against the Turkish state. Canan Kaftancioglu, 47, was convicted mainly over tweets which date back several years. She has said the […]
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Mexico deployed thousands of National Guard troops as part of the crackdown Mexico says it has successfully curbed the number of undocumented migrants crossing into the United States by 56% since May. Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard announced the reduction of numbers at a government news conference on Friday. The two […]
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Mexico deployed thousands of National Guard troops as part of the crackdown Mexico says it has successfully curbed the number of undocumented migrants crossing into the United States by 56% since May. Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard announced the reduction of numbers at a government news conference on Friday. The two […]
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Mexico deployed thousands of National Guard troops as part of the crackdown Mexico says it has successfully curbed the number of undocumented migrants crossing into the United States by 56% since May. Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard announced the reduction of numbers at a government news conference on Friday. The two […]
Media captionZimbabwean and global reaction to Mugabe’s death Robert Mugabe, the Zimbabwean independence icon turned authoritarian leader, has died aged 95. Mr Mugabe had been receiving treatment in a hospital in Singapore since April. He was ousted in a military coup in 2017 after 37 years in power. The former president was praised for broadening […]
This week saw a wave of looting and violence mostly targeting nationals of other African countries in South Africa. But some videos and images that have been shared on social media about the attacks are not all they seem. BBC Africa debunks some of the videos that went viral, which are old or even from […]
Media captionZimbabwean and global reaction to Mugabe’s death Robert Mugabe, the Zimbabwean independence icon turned authoritarian leader, has died aged 95. Mr Mugabe had been receiving treatment in a hospital in Singapore since April. He was ousted in a military coup in 2017 after 37 years in power. The former president was praised for broadening […]
