Africa

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Kenyan former pro-footballer Rael Lomoti in 2021
CultureEntertainmentSports
Rael Lomoti quit pro football to stop girls from being sold into marriage in Kenya
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South African comedian Kevin Fraser in May 2026
Culture
Kevin Fraser walked away from his top-class DJ life to start over in comedy
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The branding for Heineken-owned Congolese beer Primus. 2009
Business
Heineken sells off Bralima and exits Congo after 40 years of operations
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Seasonal workers harvesting asparagus on a farm in Lottum, Horst aan de Maas, Limburg. 19 June 2021
Business
Netherlands should pivot toward countries with growing workforces, advisory council says
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Hornbill bird in nature.
Crime
Noord-Brabant man arrested for smuggling birds from Africa, Asia; 498 birds seized
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Plastic recycling
CrimeNature
Uithoorn man sentenced to community service for illegal plastic waste export
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Car theft
Crime
Sharp increase of car thefts in the Netherlands this year, insurers say
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Passengers line up for security screening behind the KLM logo at Schiphol Airport, 21 July 2022
Business
Portugal considering selling 49% of airline that Air France-KLM showed interest in
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Prime Minister Dick Schoof in Brussels for the European Council meeting. 17 October 2024
PoliticsWeird
Dutch PM defends "serious idea" to send rejected asylum seekers to Uganda
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Health Minister Fleur Agema (PVV) arguing that the Netherlands should stockpile Mpox vaccines instead of sharing them with African nations to stop an outbreak, as the World Health Organization recommended. 11 September 2024
HealthPolitics
Dutch politicians vote to order Cabinet to donate Mpox vaccines to Africa
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Fleur Agema
Politics
Health Min. admits she misled Parliament about mpox vaccines; MPs pushing for donation
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Fleur Agema
HealthPolitics
Dutch health minister will only donate mpox vaccine on parliament say so
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One type of the monkeypox virus
HealthPolitics
Majority of MPs call for mpox vaccine donation to Africa, health minister still refuses
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Workers on a tulip farm
BusinessNature
Heavy rainfall of the last few years is causing a tulip scarcity
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Fleur Agema
Politics
Health institute advised health minister to donate mpox vaccines to African countries
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One type of the monkeypox virus
HealthPolitics
The Netherlands will not yet donate any mpox vaccines to African countries
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Cropped view of a boy getting a vaccination
HealthPolitics
More vacationers asking for mpox vaccines, only limited supply of vaccine doses
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Close-up of monkeypox lesions on the arm and leg of a female child
Health
New mpox variant could also reach the Netherlands, says virologist
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A hissing Serval
Nature
Escaped serval in Lexmond has been recaptured
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Geert Wilders during a debate in Parliament on Russian money in European politics. 2 April 2024
Politics
Wilders does not want his speech at far right conference to cause a political problem
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Shell
Business
Shell trying to dodge blame for natural disaster by withdrawing from Nigeria: SOMO
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Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Politics
Dutch people in east Congo told to leave the area
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An aerial view of Amsterdam, facing south, in 2016
HealthPolitics
Dutch population growth slows to 140,000, bringing total to 17.9 million
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Flag of Netherlands against the backdrop of the river in Haarlem
Politics
Immigration to the Netherlands jumped 60% in 2022; Now above pre-pandemic levels