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More than one billion people are living in acute poverty across the globe, a UN Development Program report said Thursday, with children accounting for over half of those affected.The paper published with the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) highlighted that poverty rates were three times higher in countries at war, as 2023 saw …

UN report says 1.1 billion people in acute povertyThu, 17 Oct 2024 04:07:54 GMT Read More »

Inaction on the water crisis could put more than half of the world’s food production at risk by 2050, experts warned in a major report published Thursday.”Nearly 3 billion people and more than half of the world’s food production are now in areas where total water storage is projected to decline,” said the report by …

Water crisis threatening world food production: reportThu, 17 Oct 2024 00:14:22 GMT Read More »

Kenya’s Senate on Wednesday opened the impeachment trial of Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua after the embattled politician lost yet another court bid to stop the process.In a historic move last week, the lower house of parliament, the National Assembly, voted overwhelmingly to impeach Gachagua on 11 charges including corruption and abuse of office.The 59-year-old has …

Kenya Senate launches impeachment trial of deputy presidentWed, 16 Oct 2024 19:57:08 GMT Read More »

Ethiopia’s government on Wednesday launched a sale of shares in the historic telecoms operator Ethio Telecom, in what it called a “significant milestone” in modernising the country’s state-controlled economy.Addis Ababa last year said it planned to sell 45 percent of the publicly-owned provider, part of a push to open up the tightly controlled sector in …

Ethiopia launches sale of Ethio Telecom sharesWed, 16 Oct 2024 19:09:13 GMT Read More »

The European Union on Wednesday announced a 30-million-euro ($32.6 million) package to prevent irregular migration from Senegal, as scores risk their lives every year in a bid to reach Europe. Thousands die or disappear departing the West African country on the perilous Atlantic crossing every year, battling strong currents on overloaded and often unseaworthy boats.”I can …

EU announces 30 mn euros to stem Senegal irregular migrationWed, 16 Oct 2024 18:47:16 GMT Read More »

US President Joe Biden will now visit Angola in early December after postponing his first-ever visit to sub-Saharan Africa to deal with hurricane recovery efforts at home, the White House said Wednesday.Biden’s trip will come a month after the US presidential election and will honor a commitment he made last year to visit the African …

US President Biden reschedules Angola trip for DecemberWed, 16 Oct 2024 17:16:17 GMT Read More »

Nearly three million people have fled Sudan after 18 months of war in a still-growing exodus, the UN warned, with 25,000 fleeing to neighbouring Chad in the first week of October alone.Mamadou Dian Balde, the UN’s Sudan regional refugee coordinator, told AFP that the three-million mark will likely be crossed in the next two to …

Spiralling Sudan bloodshed sparks refugee surge into ChadWed, 16 Oct 2024 10:52:40 GMT Read More »

Kenya’s Senate on Wednesday launched the impeachment trial of Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua after the embattled politician lost yet another court bid to stop the process.In a historic move last week, the lower house of parliament, the National Assembly, voted overwhelmingly to impeach Gachagua on 11 charges including corruption and abuse of office.The 59-year-old has …

Kenya Senate begins impeachment trial of deputy presidentWed, 16 Oct 2024 09:17:59 GMT Read More »

Niger bid goodbye to the Avenue Charles de Gaulle on Tuesday as its ruling junta renamed several historic sites in the capital Niamey which previously bore references to old colonial master France.Since taking power in a coup in July 2023, the Sahel nation’s military rulers have turned their backs on Paris, instead forging ties with …

Adieu Paris as Niger nixes colonial French place namesWed, 16 Oct 2024 07:10:57 GMT Read More »