The COP27 President-Designate, Sameh Shoukry, has labeled next month’s forum a “watershed moment” in the world’s plan to address the climate crisis. Shoukry made the remarks on Wednesday at the launch of a new report from UN Climate Change, which noted that despite countries bending the curve of global greenhouse gas emissions downward, the efforts…
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At least 11 killed in Egypt road crash
At least eleven people were killed in a grisly road crash in Egypt’s northern Nile Delta region, local media report citing authorities. The collision which occurred in Dakahlia province, some 150 kilometers from the capital Cairo, involved a truck and a public service minibus. “A minibus carrying 14 people, including the driver heading to a…
Over 100 al-Shabaab militants killed in Somalia security operations
More than 100 al-Shabaab militants, including ringleaders, were killed in separate security operations in Somalia over the last 48 hours. The operation is the latest in a series of operations by government security agencies and regional vigilante groups aimed at crushing the al-Qaeda affiliated group. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud pledged to crush the militant group…
Morocco triples migrants’ jail terms over border storming
A Moroccan appeals court more than tripled to three years prison sentences against 18 African migrants over the deadly storming of a Spanish enclave in June, a lawyer said. The migrants had been arrested after some 2,000 people, mostly from Sudan, tried to breach the frontier with the enclave of Melilla on June 24 in…
Museveni issues apology to Kenya for son’s controversial tweets
By Jerry Omondi Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Wednesday issued an apology to Kenya, following a series of controversial tweets from his son and army general, Muhoozi Kainerugaba’s, which drew a lot of attention. Gen Muhoozi made a series of bizarre social media posts between Monday and Tuesday in relation to a military operation in…
1 million people displaced in northern Mozambique
By Jerry Omondi Nearly one million people have been forced to flee their homes in conflict-hit northern Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province since extreme violence erupted there five years ago, the United Nations refugee agency said on Tuesday. UNHCR said its latest figures showed 946,508 people were displaced by the first half of this year, pointing…
Félicien Kabuga, Top Rwanda genocide suspect and financier goes on trial
By Halligan Agade A senior UN official welcomed the start of the trial against Rwanda Genocide suspect Félicien Kabuga for crimes committed during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Kabuga had a “substantial” role in the genocide, prosecutors said on Thursday at the opening of his trial in The Hague. Kabuga accused of encouraging and bankrolling the…
Election campaign kicks off in Nigeria
By Lauriane Noëlle Vofo Kana Updated at 0613 EAT on 0612 EAT The campaign for presidential and National Assembly seats officially kicked off Wednesday, Sept 28, in Nigeria. In accordance with Section 94(1) of the Electoral Act 2022, campaign in public by all political parties “commences 150 days before polling day [Editor’s note: Sept.28] and…
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