Communities in Senegal are replanting their lost mangrove forests, which help reduce carbon emissions, protect villages from coastal erosion and offer residents economic benefits. #africa #cop27 #bloombergquicktake ——– Like this…
Continue ReadingFood insecurity in Burkina Faso has rocketed over the last year as extremist attacks and political instability mounts. Getting supplies to those who need it the most has grown increasingly…
Continue ReadingAs Lake Turkana expands despite four failed rainy seasons, much of East Africa is experiencing a drought which has killed hundreds of thousands of animals and pushed millions of people…
Continue ReadingThe United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday overwhelmingly voted to condemn Russia’s annexation of parts of Ukraine, a move US President Joe Biden said sent a "clear message" to Moscow.…
Continue ReadingRussian missiles have pounded dozens of Ukrainian cities and towns over the past 24 hours, while the head of one of the regions annexed by Russia told residents on Thursday…
Continue ReadingUkraine’s Nato-led allies have announced deliveries of advanced air defence weapons to Kyiv after a spate of Russian missile strikes. The weaponry promised by the UK, Canada, France and the…
Continue ReadingThe United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday overwhelmingly condemned Russia’s move to annex four partially occupied regions in Ukraine, calling on all countries not to recognize it. Jessica Le Masurier reports. #UNGA #Russia…
Continue ReadingThe UN General Assembly is due to vote publicly on Wednesday or Thursday on a draft resolution that condemns Russia’s "illegal so-called referenda" and the "attempted illegal annexation" of Ukrainian…
Continue ReadingFrustrated motorists queued in long lines outside Tunisian petrol stations on Tuesday even after the energy minister had said a shortage would end on October 10 with a new delivery…
Continue ReadingUkraine has endured a third day of Russian missile strikes in an escalation which the US defence secretary says shows the ‘malice and cruelty’ of the war. The defence secretaries…
Continue ReadingRussia’s Deputy Energy Minister Pavel Sorokin said on October 12 that the price cap on Russian oil suggested by Western countries would harm the whole oil market. Speaking at the…
Continue ReadingAs informal climate talks wrap up in DR Congo, Kenyan president William Ruto published an open letter calling for a more multilateral approach to helping Africa fight climate change. FRANCE…
Continue ReadingUkraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba promised that his embattled country will do all it can to send more grain to Africa as he began his tour this week of the…
Continue ReadingPresident Vladimir Putin is "likely" to sign laws to incorporate four Ukrainian territories into Russia during the course of the day, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday. Earlier, the…
Continue ReadingAt the turn of the century, cricket was struggling to attract audiences and its commercial future was in doubt. Now it boasts the second-most valuable sporting franchise globally, behind only…
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