LISBON( AFP)-Jorge Sampaio, a former Portuguese president who later served in various UN posts

Jorge Sampaio, a former two-term president of Portugal and one of the most prominent political

In this July 9, 2004 file photo, Portuguese President Jorge Sampaio speaks at Lisbon's Belem palace

shooting.In a statement, Mr Phillips’ wife Alessandra Sampaio said: “ Although we are still awaiting

platform X in Latin America’s largest country, Shirley Sampaio wasn’t bothered.... “ But people don

By Reuters Staff2 Min ReadBISSAU( Reuters)-More than 30 people have died because a health workers’ strike in Guinea-Bissau has paralysed the healthcare system, a spokesperson for the nurses’ union said on Wednesday. The boycott over working conditions, pay and other issues was launched on Monday in the small West African nation where chronically under-equipped hospitals and clinics have long angered workers and endangered patients.“ I hold the government responsible for the death toll and for th

British journalist Dom Phillips’ quest to unlock the secrets of how to preserve Brazil’s Amazon was cut short this month when he was killed along with a colleague in the heart of the forest he so cherished.... Some of his discoveries may yet see the light of day. Phillips in 2021 secured a yearlong fellowship with the Alicia Patterson Foundation to write a book, building on prior research.... It was extremely ambitious, but he had the experience to pull it off, ” said Andrew Fishman, a close f

Pereira, a 41-year-old indigenous peoples advocate and former official of the government agency Funai, was traveling with Phillips as he researched a book on attempts to save the rainforest when they disappeared on Sunday June 5.... The Javari Valley indigenous association Univaja, which searched tirelessly for the men, said their murder was a" political crime" and called on the government to better protect their land.... " He's always been outspoken and confident, so journalism was a natural

RIO DE JANEIRO( Reuters)-Brazilian police have interviewed two people among the last to have seen a British journalist and indigenous expert who went missing in a remote and lawless part of the Amazon jungle, the federal police said in a statement on Tuesday.... The two witnesses were not arrested, the statement said.... Indigenous patrols, who complain of weaker environmental law enforcement since President Jair Bolsonaro took office calling for fewer restrictions on tribal lands, regularly c

A fisherman has confessed to killing British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira in a remote area of the Amazon, Brazilian police said on Wednesday. Phillips, 57, and Pereira, 41, had been missing since 5 June after they were last seen in a remote part of the Amazon rainforest in the Javari Valley, the second-largest Indigenous territory plagued with violent crimes by illegal poachers, drug traffickers and illegal miners. The suspect led the officers deep into the forest