Technology
Economic growth and democratic decline: the ‘cotton king’ who reshaped Benin
Patrice Talon has transformed the west African country’s economy and infrastructure at the expense of political freedom
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I have seen with pride how British overseas aid saves children’s lives. That is why I say cuts should be reversed
I understand the pressure on the public purse, but I have also seen the effect of our spending on the ground, says actor...
Technology
Using AI to ‘talk to animals’ might make us feel clever – but what, if anything, does it do for them?
As animal behaviorists increasingly use AI in their research, they grapple with how to wield the technology responsibly
Automobile
Rising Up at Night review – community spirit shines bright in Kinshasa’s shadows
Religion and collective resilience are beacons of hope in an electricity-deprived DRC in this otherworldly documentary d...
Finance
Banished to alien lands: Trump’s secret deportation deals
After a plane journey in shackles, an Iranian woman found herself in the middle of Africa in a country she did not know...
World
British woman who was kidnapped in Malawi rescued by police after shootout
The battle to rescue Nusrat Osman saw four of her alleged abductors killed and a police officer wounded
Health
‘We demand the truth’: Olga Tokarczuk and JM Coetzee lead calls for proof of life of disappeared Eritrean writers
More than 180 writers sign letter renewing calls for information on 12 authors detained incommunicado since 2001 crackdo...
Science
‘A map is never neutral’: meet the cartographers who took on centuries of western bias
Equal Earth projection, adopted by the UN last week, provides an alternative to 16th-century Mercator display
Finance
More than 1,000 women invested in companies at heart of Britain’s slave trade
Women used profits from trafficking of enslaved Africans to secure their families’ futures, research reveals
World
Secret son revelation ignites bitter succession dispute in Ugandan kingdom
Family of late King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV reject committee’s choice of cousin and TV presenter as new monar...