SA to press rich nations for more money at COP27
Johannesburg – South Africa needs much more money to green its economy than what rich nations have promised so... Read more
5 Nov, 2022
Egypt’s COP27 climate summit comes at a ‘watershed moment’
Cairo – Leaders of a divided world meet in Egypt on Monday tasked with taming the terrifying juggernaut of global... Read more
5 Nov, 2022
South Africa gets $497 million from World Bank to move away from coal
Johannesburg – South Africa, one of the world’s largest greenhouse-gas emitters, has been granted financing of $497 million to... Read more
5 Nov, 2022
Millions at risk of hunger in South Sudan: UN
Juba – Almost eight million people in South Sudan, or two thirds of the population in the deeply-troubled country,... Read more
4 Nov, 2022
Nobel laureates urge Egypt to release jailed dissident
Cairo – Fifteen Nobel laureates called on COP27 host Egypt to release jailed dissident Alaa Abdel Fattah, in an... Read more
3 Nov, 2022
Choking on factory waste: the Nile’s rising scourge
Jinja – As tourists pose for selfies on the shores of Lake Victoria in Uganda, factories within spitting distance... Read more
3 Nov, 2022
Sinking Alexandria faces up to coming catastrophe
Alexandria – Alexandria, Egypt’s fabled second city and its biggest port, is in danger of disappearing below the waves... Read more
3 Nov, 2022
Egypt president invites Brazil’s Lula to COP27
Cairo – UN climate summit host Egypt has invited incoming Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, whose victory... Read more
2 Nov, 2022
Calls for Egypt protests trigger security clampdown ahead of COP27
Cairo – Rights defenders say Egyptian authorities are cracking down on activists over a mysterious call for protests on... Read more
1 Nov, 2022
Jailed Egypt dissident to launch full hunger strike ahead of COP27
Cairo – Over 200 days into a partial hunger strike, jailed dissident Alaa Abdel Fattah will fully refrain from... Read more
1 Nov, 2022
