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The true size of Africa
If the usual distortion in Mercator world maps is removed, the result is a completely different, non-discriminatory picture.
Read the background to why Africa is still depicted too small today, while Europe and America are too large: https://www.geo.de/wissen/mercator-projektion-wie-weltkarten-unser-bild-der-erde-verzerren-30181168.html
Ousted Madagascan president stripped of citizenship
25.10.2025
BBC
Former Madagascan President Andry Rajoelina, who was ousted in a coup last week, has been stripped of his citizenship by the new regime.
The order, signed by new Prime Minister Herintsalama Rajaonarivelo, cited local laws stipulating that people who acquired foreign citizenship should lose their Malagasy nationality.
Rajoelina, 51, obtained French citizenship a decade ago, prompting calls for his disqualification from the 2023 presidential election. But he defied those calls and went on to win.
Criminal court finds ex-militia chief guilty
(dpa) - A good twenty years after the massacres in Darfur in Sudan, an ex-militia chief has been found guilty by the International Criminal Court. Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman was convicted by the judges in The Hague of 31 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity - including murder, rape and torture. The sentence will be decided at a later date.
Youth unemployment in Nigeria a "time bomb"
Agenzia Fides
It currently stands at 53 percent and is a reason for increasing kidnappings, armed robberies, drug abuse, sectarianism and ritual killings, including human sacrifices.
Archbishop Lucius Ugorji, Chairman of the Nigerian Bishops' Conference