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Tuesday, November 11, 2025
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Topic: Africa

Elephants mysteriously dying in Botswana since March, more than 350 carcasses found

While 356 is the official number of carcasses found, researchers suggest it is possibly higher given their flights only covered a limited area.

The African Union has failed to ‘silence the guns’

The African Union pledged in the Lusaka Road Map to end armed conflict by 2020. But it has only increased.

Africa outperforms the world in handling coronavirus mayhem

Barring South Africa, the continent finds itself with fewer Covid-19 cases than other heavily populated regions. Even after testing almost tripled to 1.2 million.

Racial unrest impedes US bid to counter China in Africa

African animosity towards US has been fuelled by Trump’s derogatory reference to African countries and his plans to quit WHO -- headed by a former Ethiopian health minister.

Lockdown has hit access to menstrual hygiene products in India, some other countries: Survey

The survey by Menstrual Health Alliance of India reveals that most women are dependent on schools and community organisations for these products and are not able to access them now.

Be like Kerala or Africa, Covid pandemic is making ‘first world’ countries lose sheen

Covid-19 has squashed myths about 'first world' and 'third world' countries.

African countries struggle for test kits, Russia to end lockdown & other global Covid news

As the Covid-19 pandemic shows no signs of letting up, ThePrint highlights the most important stories on the crisis from across the globe.

Drones are delivering PPE and test samples to clinics in Covid-hit Africa

China used drones to disinfect streets and Chile used them to supply medicine to small communities. Now Africa is using them too.

India sends drugs, medical supplies to 13 nations as govt shifts Covid aid focus to Africa

The Indian government has drawn up a list of 17 medical products, including HCQ, paracetamol and azithromycin, to send to poorer African countries.

How China is building political influence in Africa through Covid aid

China is Africa’s largest trading partner and creditor, and Beijing moved swiftly to provide aid as the virus spread.

On Camera

BBC scandal: Britain’s elite establishment is rapidly sinking

The impact of all this upheaval is unmooring. We search for the BBC to confirm that Britain still exists and find it missing.

India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.