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Kate Hairsine

Reporter and senior editor

Kate is passionate about statistics and numbers and writing about them in a way that everyone can understand. She also loves languages and traveling and is currently addicted to making the perfect chicken curry.

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Workers from Niger and China are seen on the construction site of an oil pipeline in the Niger in 2022.

Benin-Niger oil export row flares again

Niger has accused Benin of kidnapping five oil workers, while Benin claims the men entered an oil terminal illegally.
PoliticsJune 12, 2024
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa sits in front of a giant image of himself smiling.

South Africa: Pros and cons of a national unity government

The ANC has suggested a national unity government after recent elections. Would that even work in the fractured nation?
PoliticsJune 11, 2024
A mural depicts the silhouette of five men in different poses holding weapons.

Why Burkina Faso is muzzling foreign media

Burkina Faso's military junta has suspended more international media, including DW.
Press FreedomApril 29, 2024
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Packages on the street and a FedEx delivery truck

US ends tariff exemption for low-value parcels

US ends tariff exemption for low-value parcels

The Trump administration has abolished a rule allowing packages valued at $800 or less to enter the US duty-free.
TradeAugust 29, 2025
People wearing white personal protective suits carry the body of a victim to a waiting van in Cali, Colombia, on August 21 2025.

Colombia: truck bomb, helicopter downing kill at least 17

Colombia: truck bomb, helicopter downing kill at least 17

Colombian authorities blame the two incidents on dissident factions of FARC, the disbanded leftist guerrilla group.
CrimeAugust 22, 2025
US federal agents stand either side of a woman, holding her arms. The woman has her hands bound with a cable tie, on January 31, 2025, in Miami, Florida.

US to review all visa holders, stop truck driver visas

US to review all visa holders, stop truck driver visas

The moves are the latest in the Trump administration's crackdown on immigration.
MigrationAugust 22, 2025
The leader of Mali's ruling junta, Assimi Goita, center, is flanked by other soldiers as he walks. Behind him dignitaries sit under canopies.

Mali says thwarted coup supported by 'foreign states'

Mali says thwarted coup supported by 'foreign states'

Mali's military junta arrested two generals and a French national and accused them of plotting a coup.
PoliticsAugust 15, 2025
A line of Serbian riot police block a road during during an anti-government protest near Serbian Progressive Party office in Belgrade, Serbia, Thursday, August 14, 2025.

Serbia police arrest dozens of anti-government protesters

Serbia police arrest dozens of anti-government protesters

Clashes between rival groups of protesters in Serbia flared again late on Thursday.
PoliticsAugust 15, 2025
Flowers placed on a stone at the Peace Park in Nagasaki on August 9, 2025

Nagasaki warns of nuclear war on 80th A bomb anniversary

Nagasaki warns of nuclear war on 80th A bomb anniversary

On the 80th anniversary of the US atomic bombing of Nagasaki, the city's mayor warns of growing threat of nuclear war.
ConflictsAugust 9, 2025
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