Deforestation displaces chimps and puts water supply at risk in Sierra Leone
At the Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary, in Sierra Leone's capital Freetown, two baby chimps in their caretakers' arms are unaware that deforestation and illegal building are threatening their habitat. Aside from the wildlife, the threat to the forests is also endangering the city's water supply — a risk experts warn could spark security concerns in a country already vulnerable to climate change.
Police, protesters clash outside Argentine Congress during IMF protest
A small group of protesters throw rocks at Congress and at police who push them back by firing rubber bullets during a demonstration outside Argentina's Congress as lawmakers debate a plan for the country to repay a ruinous $45-billion debt to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
'Until the dead are your dead' Covid is ignored: Uruguayan hospital staff
People do not take seriously the severity of Covid-19 "until the dead are your dead," say the medical staff of a private hospital in Uruguay, which went from being an example in the management of the pandemic to, in the last month, leading the rankings for daily Covid-19 infections per capita in the world.