Death toll in Sudan’s ethnic clashes rise to 13: UN
Khartoum – The death toll from ethnic clashes sparked by “land issues” in the latest unrest in Sudan’s south... Read more
18 Oct, 2022
Bomb kills two peacekeepers in Mali, UN says
Bamako – Two United Nations troops were killed and four others were badly injured by a roadside bomb in... Read more
18 Oct, 2022
Senegal not giving up on oil and gas
Saint-Louis – The new offshore gas terminal appears through the morning mist cloaking the Atlantic Ocean near Saint Louis,... Read more
17 Oct, 2022
Green future is cause for worry in South Africa’s coal belt
Kendal – Miner Thokozani Mtshweni, 37, looks spent as he readies for a 12-hour shift huddled under a carport... Read more
17 Oct, 2022
New UN envoy starts work in Tripoli
Tripoli – The United Nations’ new Libya envoy, Abdoulaye Bathily, took up post in Tripoli Friday, vowing to work... Read more
15 Oct, 2022
Nearly a million affected by South Sudan floods, says UN
Nairobi – Around 909 000 people have reportedly been affected by flooding in South Sudan, the UN’s emergency response... Read more
12 Oct, 2022
Heatwaves will make regions uninhabitable within decades: UN, Red Cross
Geneva – Heatwaves will become so extreme in certain regions of the world within decades that human life there... Read more
11 Oct, 2022
54 poor nations urgently need debt relief, says UN
Geneva – Cascading global crises have left 54 countries – home to more than half of the world’s poorest... Read more
11 Oct, 2022
‘Respect refugee rights’ Merkel tells leaders as she accepts UN prize
Geneva – Former German chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday urged leaders to refrain from sending people back to countries... Read more
11 Oct, 2022
Heat-resilient Red Sea reefs offer last stand for corals
Marsa Alam – Beneath the waters off Egypt’s Red Sea coast a kaleidoscopic ecosystem teems with life that could... Read more
10 Oct, 2022
