WHO reports on 'tsunami of e-waste'
Disposed electronic devices expose children and women to harmful chemicals
World Health Organisation has released a report on the risk posed by harmful chemicals found in disposed electronic devices; At least 15 people are killed after a bomber targeted a military training base in Somalia; Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda looks back at her nine years at the helm of the ICC; In Burkina Faso, people demand clarity over a mass killing that happened in 2015 in a small village. And a village in South Africa has become a hotspot for people looking for diamonds.
(Photo: A man sorting the recyclable junk in the outskirts of Accra. Credit: Maniglia Romano/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images))
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