When software developer Rose Njeri created a pro-democracy tool to help Kenyans object to a contested finance bill, she was thrown in jail and targeted by an online smear campaign.Njeri is the latest victim of a sophisticated online apparatus that targets and harasses government critics in Kenya, where rights groups warn of an escalating crackdown …
Africa has everything it takes to become a “renewable superpower”, UN head Antonio Guterres said Thursday, as he called for greater investment in green energy across the resource-rich continent.Guterres spoke at a three-day development conference in Japan attended by African leaders, where Tokyo is offering itself as an alternative to China as African nations reel …
Africa could become ‘renewable superpower’, says GuterresThu, 21 Aug 2025 05:12:13 GMT Read More »
Soaring numbers of tourists and expanding research projects are increasingly polluting Antarctica, scientists warned Wednesday, a fresh blow for one of Earth’s most pristine environments already threatened by human-driven climate change.In Antarctic areas where humans have been active, the concentration of fine particles containing heavy metals is 10 times higher than it was 40 years …
Surging tourism is polluting Antarctica, scientists warnThu, 21 Aug 2025 03:32:25 GMT Read More »
Tunisian mother Mouna Jebali had long used a flat iron to straighten her thick hair, but with women everywhere challenging the stigma around natural looks, she has finally learned to love her curls.To help her make what she called the “transition” to wearing her hair curly, she visited the North African country’s first beauty salon …
‘Curly is beautiful’: Tunisian women embrace natural hairThu, 21 Aug 2025 01:26:40 GMT Read More »
On the streets of Sudan’s capital Khartoum, builders clear rubble from houses pockmarked with bullet holes, haul away fallen trees and repair broken power lines, in the city’s first reconstruction effort since war began over two years ago.Fighting between Sudan’s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which broke out in April 2023, has …
Sudanese lay first bricks to rebuild war-torn KhartoumThu, 21 Aug 2025 01:09:52 GMT Read More »
Faced with climate change diminishing farmers’ yields, Nestle announced Wednesday that it was working on a technique to produce chocolate by using up to 30 percent more of the cocoa fruit.Chocolate is traditionally made using only cocoa beans taken from inside the pod, meaning that a large amount of the fruit — including the pulp, …
Rights groups on Wednesday accused the Rwanda-backed M23 militia of abuses in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, with Human Rights Watch alleging its fighters carried out ethnically targeted “mass killings”.Both the M23 and the Wazalendo, a disparate collection of militias loyal to the Congolese government, were responsible for rights abuses including gang rapes and …
World champions South Africa will play Japan at Wembley on November 1 the first time they have met in England since the Japanese recorded one of the greatest upsets in Rugby World Cup history in 2015.Japan, then as now coached by Eddie Jones, overcame the Springboks 34-32 in an absolute thriller of a match in …
World champions Springboks to play Japan at WembleyWed, 20 Aug 2025 10:40:34 GMT Read More »
Japan hosted African leaders on Wednesday for a three-day development conference, offering itself as an alternative to China as the continent reels from a debt crisis exacerbated by Western aid cuts, conflict and climate change.Attendees at the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) included Nigerian President Bola Tinubu, South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa, William Ruto …
Japan hosts African leaders for development conferenceWed, 20 Aug 2025 06:47:49 GMT Read More »
Recent clashes in Somalia’s semi-autonomous Jubaland region are alarming experts, exposing cracks in the country’s federal system and creating an opening for extremist militant group Al-Shabaab to gain ground.Following years of conflict, Somalia is a loose federation of five semi-autonomous member states — Puntland, Jubaland, Galmudug, Hirshabelle and South West — that maintain often fractious …
