A court in the Democratic Republic of Congo has found President Felix Tshisekedi’s chief of staff guilty of corruption. Vital Kamerhe was sentenced to 20 years’ hard labour on Saturday, after facing charges of embezzling almost $50m (£39m) of public funds. Kamerhe’s supporters say the trial is a political move designed to prevent him from […] The post DR

Skywatchers along a narrow band from west Africa to the Arabian Peninsula, India and southern China will witness the most dramatic “ring of fire” solar eclipse to shadow the Earth in years on Sunday, June 21. Annular eclipses occur when the Moon – passing between Earth and the Sun – is not quite close enough […] The post Rare ‘ring of fire’