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Africa’s under-strain hospitals battle coronavirus surge
- Africa
- January 18, 2021, 17:36
A growing coronavirus second wave is threatening to overwhelm fragile healthcare systems across Africa after months of relatively mild impact across t(...)

Bobi Wine: The election hopes of Uganda’s reggae politician
- Africa
- January 9, 2021, 06:00
On Thursday, the people of Uganda will cast their ballots in that country’s 2021 presidential election. The incumbent, President Yoweri Museveni, is a(...)

Libya: coronavirus has deadly impact on life-saving evacuations
- Africa
- January 1, 2021, 15:20
Mahdi spent most of this year pleading for urgent evacuation from Libya so his daughter’s life could be saved. The little girl, Mahjah, was just 17 m(...)

Ireland’s climate: A year of extremes, from wettest February to driest spring
- Environment
- December 31, 2020, 01:25
Any notion Ireland in 2020 escaped the effects of global heating that is triggering more extreme weather events does not tally with Met Éireann’s data(...)

The Irish Times view on the Arab Spring 10 years on: lessons from a righteous revolt
- Editorial
- December 20, 2020, 21:30
‘Al-Sha’b Yurid Isqat al-Nizam.” “The people demand the overthrow of the regime.” This battle cry of rebellion in Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, Libya and Syr(...)

Aid workers fear South Sudan already experiencing famine
- Africa
- December 20, 2020, 19:20
Famine is likely already happening in parts of South Sudan, according to reports, as aid workers worry that the severity of the situation is not being(...)

George Clooney: ‘I’d kill for some loneliness right now’
- Film
- December 19, 2020, 05:00
The actor-director on his new film, Covid-19 and why he’s not allowed to ride a motorcycle George Clooney has learned a valuable lesson in lockd(...)

A decade after the Arab Spring, dreams of a better future lie crushed
- Middle East
- December 17, 2020, 17:52
When a Tunisian street vendor set himself alight a decade ago to protest over the confiscation of his handcart and fruit by police, he never imagined (...)

Yemen tops IRC emergency watchlist as most at risk of humanitarian catastrophe
- Middle East
- December 16, 2020, 16:30
Yemen is the country most at risk of humanitarian catastrophe in the coming year, according to a report by the International Rescue Committee (IRC). (...)

Moroccan-Israeli relations ‘already normal’, Rabat claims
- Africa
- December 14, 2020, 19:16
Morocco has defended its decision to normalise ties with Israel, saying the kingdom’s bilateral relations with Israel were “already normal” before the(...)