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Many of the most polluting countries are failing to cut carbon emissions from their energy sectors quickly enough to meet the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, a watchdog said on Tuesday.The report comes days after the United Nations said the world was facing catastrophic climate change and was perilously far from …

Efforts to clean up power sector too slow: watchdogTue, 19 Sep 2023 15:10:13 GMT Read More »

Two weeks into a military trial over the killing of more than 50 civilians in eastern DR Congo, the circumstances of how soldiers came to open fire are still unclear.Who gave the order, at what point and why did Congolese soldiers shoot to prevent an anti-UN protest in the city of Goma are key but …

DR Congo trial over shootings sparks questions, tensionTue, 19 Sep 2023 14:55:50 GMT Read More »

Grief etched into her face, 15-year-old Ibrar struggled to find the words to describe her pain at the loss of three friends in the huge flood that shattered her Libyan hometown.”We will never forget that day in Derna,” she said, while trying hard to remember how her father managed to save her along with her …

‘Worse than war’: trauma of Libya flood haunts survivorsTue, 19 Sep 2023 14:49:22 GMT Read More »

An attack on two military camps in northern Mali, claimed by armed rebel groups, killed five soldiers, while 11 others are missing, the army said late Monday.It was the latest attack against army positions in northern Mali, which, in addition to suffering frequent attacks by jihadists, has seen a resurgence of activity by separatist armed …

Attack kills 5 soldiers in northern MaliTue, 19 Sep 2023 13:42:30 GMT Read More »

The European Union, the United States and other members of the international community said on Tuesday they were following with the “greatest vigilance” the run-up to presidential elections in Madagascar, after disputes over its regularity.Representatives of eight countries and international organisations including the EU, US, France and Japan, said “confidence” in the electoral process would …

EU, US vow ‘greatest vigilance’ over Madagascar electionTue, 19 Sep 2023 13:07:29 GMT Read More »

In the earthquake-hit mountains of Morocco, 13-year-old Abdessamad El Berd gets up before dawn to make the long trek to the tent city that is his new school, walking by torchlight and careful to avoid roaming dogs.His father accompanies him on the 14-kilometre (nine-mile) walk from their remote village of Tinghar to the makeshift school set …

Children trek to tent school in quake-hit MoroccoTue, 19 Sep 2023 11:46:10 GMT Read More »

In a Libyan hospital ward, trauma and grief mix with disbelief and anger among the survivors of the flood disaster that killed untold thousands in the devastated city of Derna.A tsunami-sized flash flood crashed through the Mediterranean city, razing entire neighbourhoods, after two upstream dams burst amid torrential rains on September 10.”Two years ago, the …

‘We need a state’: anger among Libya flood survivorsTue, 19 Sep 2023 10:23:22 GMT Read More »

A Sudanese activist on Monday blasted world leaders for excluding young people from key decisions affecting the future of the planet and urged them to step up the fight against climate change and poverty.Addressing a hall full of heads of state and dignitaries at a United Nations anti-poverty summit in New York, Sudanese doctor and …

Sudanese activist demands youth inclusion at UN summitMon, 18 Sep 2023 18:36:51 GMT Read More »

Large numbers of elephants from Zimbabwe’s biggest national park are moving to neighbouring Botswana in a search for water, a spokesman said Monday. “Many animals have and are moving from Hwange National Park into Botswana” Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority spokesman Tinashe Farawo told AFP.  Hwange National Park covers an area of more than 14,600 square kilometres …

Water shortage drives elephant migration from ZimbabweMon, 18 Sep 2023 17:38:39 GMT Read More »

A senior US official on Monday applauded tough reforms taken by Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu since coming to office in May, saying they provided an opportunity for Africa’s largest economy.Tinubu has ended a long-standing fuel subsidy that kept the price of petrol artificially low but cost the government billions of dollars and also freed up …

Top US official applauds Nigerian economic reformsMon, 18 Sep 2023 17:10:36 GMT Read More »