Toddler dead, 23 others missing as hippo capsizes boat in Malawi | CNN
CNN — A toddler has died after a boat ferrying more than 30 villagers across the Shire River in Malawi’s Nsanje district was attacked by a hippo, causing it to…
Uganda’s President Museveni to return anti-LGBTQ+ bill to parliament | CNN
CNN — Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni does not oppose a controversial anti-LGBTQ+ bill and plans to finalize it next week, Uganda’s ruling party, the National Resistance Movement (NRM), said on…
Global scientists urge Uganda’s president to veto anti-LGBTQ bill | CNN
CNN — A group of leading global scientists and academics have signed an open letter urging Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni to veto a hardline bill criminalizing homosexuality in the country.…
Ghana’s president softens country’s stance on draconian anti-LGBTQ bill as Kamala Harris visits | CNN
CNN — Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo has said that “substantial elements” of a draconian anti-LGBTQ bill being considered by its parliament “have been modified” after an intervention by his government.…
Uganda parliament passes bill criminalizing identifying as LGBTQ, imposes death penalty for some offenses | CNN
CNN — Ugandan lawmakers on Tuesday approved some of the world’s harshest anti-gay laws, making some crimes punishable by death and imposing up to 20 years in prison for people…
UN and US join chorus of condemnation against Uganda’s hardline anti-LGBT bill | CNN
CNN — The United Nations and United States on Wednesday added to international outrage over a hardline bill passed by Ugandan lawmakers that criminalizes simply identifying as LGBTQ+, prescribes a…
Displaced by devastating floods, Nigerians are forced to use floodwater despite cholera risk | CNN
Bayelsa, Nigeria CNN — Nigeria’s southern Bayelsa state is officially nicknamed the ‘glory of all lands.’ But much of it is now a river that has driven entire communities away…
ISIS-linked militants are threatening huge natural gas reserves the world needs badly right now | CNN
CNN — Asmani Dadi had heard rumors about the insurgents. Then, one day, they came true. It was July 2020 and Dadi was a student in the town of Mocímboa…
Opinion: What the calls to boycott ‘The Woman King’ are really saying | CNN
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Three baby chimps were kidnapped from a sanctuary. Their abductors are demanding a ransom | CNN
CNN — An animal sanctuary in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is facing demands for ransom money, after kidnappers abducted three of its baby chimpanzees. “This is the first…