Africa

South Africa, Botswana, Mozambique and Namibia elections suggest people are punishing parties for decades of misrule

Emanuel Macron has visited France’s Indian Ocean department devastated last weekend’s storm but for some residents promises of support from Paris ring hollow

Band Aid revisionism hasn’t dropped from the clear blue winter sky. It’s been there since the start

Amid pressure from petrostates, Donald Trump’s looming US presidency, curtailed activism and continuing implementation difficulties, the progress was better than nothing - but way short of what is required

Worldview: Johan Grimonprez’s Soundtrack to a Coup D’Etat weaves extraordinary archive footage, personal testimonies and jazz into a compelling account of the killing of Patrice Lumumba

Unprecedented public rebuke by Cop28 host comes as fuel producers try to derail transition promise made at last year’s talks

‘Standing still is retreat and the world will rightly judge us very harshly if this is the outcome’ warns UK’s Ed Miliband

Wealthy G20 countries meeting on other side of world must send signal, backed by finance, to tackle climate crisis or ‘face economic carnage’

Rite & Reason: One in seven Christians in the world faces persecution or extreme discrimination because of their faith

Johan Grimonprez’s propulsive account of jazz, colonialism, and the murder of Patrice Lumumba

‘It will be hard to get agreement in a world that is so divided and under such stress, but that is what we have to do’

‘This is a delay we can’t afford as we see alarming evidence on a weekly basis the Earth is moving towards dangerous environmental tipping points’, said Grace Carr of Irish Wildlife Trust

The French-Senegalese film-maker won this year’s Golden Bear in Berlin for her breathtakingly imaginative new release

Mozambique’s opposition parties and international observers allege vote-rigging in the election

Worldview: The UK leaves the Chagos Islands much as it governed them, with a total disregard for the feelings or aspirations of its displaced indigenous people

Ethiopia is among many countries suffering hunger, poverty and misery due to the Global North’s destruction of the planet and its banks financing damaging agricultural programmes and fossil fuel expansion

Europe struggling to navigate growing force of Brics countries on international stage

South Africa is seen by many as well placed to argue the case of the developing world’s desire for greater representation on the international stage

Understanding immune response in animals pivotal to developing breeding techniques and more to prevent disease before animals sicken

Ally Mohamed Kibao, a senior member of main opposition party Chadema, was found murdered on Saturday