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Cambridge University received ‘significant benefits’ from slavery, inquiry finds

An inquiry into Cambridge University’s historical links with the slave trade has concluded that the institution received “significant benefits” from slavery. The investigation, carried out by the Legacies of Enslavement Advisory Group, found that ...

22 Sept 2022 at 15:00

Monkeypox: 20 cases now confirmed in the UK

Eleven new cases of monkeypox have been confirmed in the UK, the Health Secretary has said. Sajid Javid tweeted that he had updated G7 health ministers on what is known about the spread of the virus. There are now 20 cases recorded in the UK. ...

20 May 2022 at 17:42

New monkeypox strain linked with travel to West Africa identified in UK

A new monkeypox strain has been identified in the UK, linked with travel to West Africa. One person has been admitted to the High Consequence Infectious Disease (HCID) unit at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital in Merseyside with the ...

02 Sept 2022 at 17:34

Patient who died with Lassa fever was a newborn baby, reports say

A patient who died from Lassa fever last week was a newborn baby, according to reports. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) confirmed on Friday that an individual with the Ebola-like disease had died in Bedfordshire, and that two other ...

15 Feb 2022 at 22:55

Food & Drink

Discovering Sierra Leonean flavours in South London

Chef Maria Bradford remembers the first time she came to Peckham market. Originally from Sierra Leone, she moved to England in her late teens, and after four years she was desperately homesick. She was living in Kent and felt far ...

26 Jul 2023 at 07:30

World

Niger’s president ‘detained in attempted coup’

Members of Niger’s presidential guard have surrounded the presidential palace in what African organisations called an attempted coup against the country’s democratically elected leader. The US said the rebelling soldiers have ...

26 Jul 2023 at 18:45

World

African Union suspends Niger until ‘restoration of constitutional order’

The African Union has suspended Niger from all of its institutions and activities “until the effective restoration of constitutional order” following last month’s coup. The council of the 55-nation bloc made the decision ...

22 Aug 2023 at 13:57

World

Italian investigator denounces Tunisian smugglers after 41 migrants feared dead

An Italian prosecutor investigating a capsizing that left 41 migrants feared dead in the Mediterranean Sea denounced Tunisia-based smugglers who launch boats so badly built that they quickly take on water, overturn or ...

10 Aug 2023 at 20:43

World

Niger coup leaders say they will prosecute deposed president for ‘high treason’

Niger’s mutinous soldiers have said they will prosecute deposed President Mohamed Bazoum for “high treason” and undermining state security, hours after they said they were open to dialogue with West African nations ...

14 Aug 2023 at 07:16

World

Foreign nationals evacuate Niger as regional tensions rise

Foreign nationals lined up outside an airport in Niger’s capital on Wednesday morning to wait for a French military evacuation flight, while a regional bloc continued talks about its response to the military coup ...

02 Aug 2023 at 14:46

Home

Minister Charlie McConalogue joins Donegal companies on Agri-Food Trade Mission to West Africa

Donegal Fianna Fáil TD and Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue TD., led an Agri-Food Trade Mission to West Africa last week. It focused on developing trade and economic ...

19 Sept 2023 at 09:33

At least seven dead and 38 rescued from migrant boat near Spain’s Canary Islands

World

Two dead and 38 rescued from migrant boat near Spain’s Canary Islands

Two bodies have been found in a migrant boat making the voyage from West Africa to Spain’s Canary Islands, and survivors said five other people died and were put overboard, maritime rescuers and the ...

12 Mar 2024 at 15:49

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