China says committed to climate fight at UN summit
Sharm el Sheikh – China’s top climate envoy told a UN summit on Tuesday his country would not retreat... Read more
9 Nov, 2022
Morocco jails activist over social media posts, says family
Rabat – A Moroccan court has sentenced human rights activist Rida Benotmane to three years jail for “contempt of... Read more
9 Nov, 2022
Ukraine’s Zelensky tells COP27 Russia’s war harms climate efforts
Sharm el Sheikh – A fast-heating world “cannot afford a single gunshot”, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told the UN... Read more
9 Nov, 2022
Last apartheid leader De Klerk’s Nobel Prize stolen from his Cape Town home
Johannesburg – The Nobel Peace Prize medal awarded to South Africa’s last apartheid president, FW de Klerk, was stolen... Read more
9 Nov, 2022
Island nations call for oil tax, anti-fossil fuel treaty at UN summit
Sharm el Sheikh – Small island nations led calls at the UN climate summit Tuesday to tax oil companies’... Read more
9 Nov, 2022
World ‘burning up faster’ than it can recover, says Pakistan PM
Sharm el Sheikh – Climate change is outpacing the capacity of developing nations to cope with its devastating impacts,... Read more
9 Nov, 2022
Chad agrees to probe into protest deaths
N’Djamena – Chad has accepted the principle of an international inquiry “as soon as possible” to shed light on... Read more
9 Nov, 2022
Sudan forces fire tear gas at pro-democracy protesters
Khartoum – Sudanese security forces fired tear gas on Tuesday as they confronted thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators in the... Read more
9 Nov, 2022
Tanzania plane wreckage removed from Lake Victoria
Dar es Salaam – Tanzanian authorities on Tuesday said the wreckage of a plane that crashed in Lake Victoria... Read more
9 Nov, 2022
Ethiopians mourn ‘musical genius’ Ali Birra
Addis Ababa – Artists, politicians and ordinary music fans came together in the Ethiopian capital on Tuesday to pay... Read more
9 Nov, 2022
