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21 06 2024 | 18:20

G7: Leaders hold session on investments in Africa

The G7 summit opened Thursday (Jun. 13) in Italy. A session focused on investments and infrastructures projects in Africa. The Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment (PGI) program…

21 06 2024 | 18:17

Armed conflicts hit post-WWII record in 2023

More armed conflicts took place in 2023 than in any other year since the end of World War II, a new study has found. The Peace Research Institute of Oslo (PRIO) said 59 armed conflicts took place…

21 06 2024 | 18:17

‘We need the world to wake up’: Sudan facing world’s deadliest famine in 40 years

Sudan is facing a famine that could become worse than any the world has seen since Ethiopia 40 years ago, US officials have warned, as aid deliveries continue to be blocked by the warring armies but…

21 06 2024 | 18:17

Russia's military presence in Sudan boosts Africa strategy

Malik Agar, the deputy chairman of the army-dominated Sudanese Transitional Sovereignty Council, left no doubt about his country's position in comments made in June on the sidelines of the…

21 06 2024 | 18:15

Bridging the Gender Gap: Sub-Saharan Africa’s Progress and Global Insights from the 2024 Global Gender Gap Report

The World Economic Forum’s 2024 Global Gender Gap Report reveals that achieving gender parity worldwide remains a distant goal, projected to take five more generations. However, this year’s historic…

21 06 2024 | 18:11

Nigeria's NNPC signs floating LNG deal with Golar LNG

ABUJA, June 11 (Reuters) - Nigeria's state firm NNPC has signed an agreement with Golar LNG (GLNG.O) to deploy a floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) vessel off the coast of its oil-rich Niger Delta…

21 06 2024 | 18:10

Heat dome brings dangerous weather to western US

More than 34 million Americans are preparing for extreme temperatures, as a heat dome descends on the western part of the US this week. Forecasters are warning residents in California, Nevada,…

21 06 2024 | 18:09

The Guardian view on Europe’s imperilled green deal: time to outflank the radical right

Following the European parliament elections of 2019, the newly elected president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, told MEPs: “If there is one area where the world needs our…

21 06 2024 | 18:08

Business Production starts at Senegal's first offshore oil project

Production has started at Senegal's first offshore oil project, the Australian group Woodside Energy said Tuesday, as the country's new government eyes higher profits from natural resources. "This…

21 06 2024 | 18:08

Kenya’s protest movement forces a U-turn on tax hikes

Kenyan lawmakers scrapped some unpopular tax hikes in a controversial finance bill after protesters spearheaded widespread criticism of the plans. Demonstrators took to the streets on Tuesday,…

21 06 2024 | 18:07

ALGERIA: France’s Danone now treats its wastewater in the wilaya of Béjaia

Food giant Danone is bringing another aspect of its eco-responsible approach to Algeria via Danone Djurdjura, a merger between the French group and the Algerian dairy Djurdjura. Since 5 June 2024, a…

21 06 2024 | 18:03

CAMEROON: Private solar farms in Maroua and Guider to be expanded to 64 MWp

As load shedding continues to plague economic activities across Cameroon, Norwegian company Release by Scatec has reached an agreement with the authorities and utility Eneo to extend its solar power…

21 06 2024 | 18:03

Banks Are Finally Realizing What Climate Change Will Do to Housing

Rising sea levels, biodiversity collapse, extreme weather—these are the grisly horsemen of climate apocalypse. But don’t forget the fretting loan officers. A study published earlier this year found…

21 06 2024 | 18:02

Senegal to launch a national fund to promote the green economy

Senegal is preparing to launch a national fund to promote the green economy, which will invest in agriculture, waste management and biodiversity in order to reduce the environmental impact of…

21 06 2024 | 18:00

UN Climate Change Opening remarks of Executive Secretary Simon Stiell Dialogue on the Enhanced Transparency Framework June UN Climate Meetings, Bonn (SB60)

In my opening speech I called the Paris Agreement the machinery for climate action. Together we make that machinery work. But it’s a complex and interdependent machinery. We can’t just demand it do…

21 06 2024 | 17:59

Revealed: drug cartels force migrant children to work as foot soldiers in Europe’s booming cocaine trade

Hundreds of unaccompanied child migrants across Europe are being forced to work as soldiers for increasingly powerful drug cartels to meet the continent’s soaring appetite for cocaine, a Guardian…

21 06 2024 | 17:59

The Dja Faunal Reserve in Cameroon: between natural wealth and community challenges

Located in the lush forest of the Congo Basin, the Dja Faunal Reserve (RFD) in south-east Cameroon is a vital ecological enclave shared between the administrative regions of East (80%) and South (20…

21 06 2024 | 17:59

Higher EU visa costs are set to boost earnings from rejected Africans

The European Union is set to generate millions of euros more from the high rejection rates of visa applications by African visitors with a new increase in non-refundable fees. Citizens of the 26…

21 06 2024 | 17:59

TUNISIA: Sotipapier acquires 70% of the assets of recycling company Eco-Gad

Sotipapier, the Tunisian supplier of corrugated base paper and kraft sack paper, has just completed the acquisition of a stake in the recycling company Eco-Gad, based in the Tunisian town of Sidi…