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The United Nation’s cultural organisation announces its choice of sites for inclusion in its world heritage list this week, with pre-historic caves, former centres of repression, forests, marine bio-systems and others vying for the coveted spots.Making the UNESCO’s heritage list often sparks a lucrative tourism drive, and can unlock funding for the preservation of sites …

Dozens of sites vie for UNESCO world heritage list spotWed, 09 Jul 2025 14:06:27 GMT Read More »

In a leafy Nairobi suburb, a Kenyan firm helps foreigners track shoplifters, monitor lung damage from Covid-19 and identify whales — tapping into the outsourcing market’s artificial intelligence-boosted boom.Cloudfactory started in Kenya in 2014, initially doing simple tasks like transcription for overseas clients.But since 2024, it has taken on a wide array of AI-powered business …

Can Kenya attract the outsourcing jobs of the AI future?Wed, 09 Jul 2025 05:39:18 GMT Read More »

An armed gang killed at least 40 members of village self-defence groups in a weekend ambush and related attack in Nigeria’s central Plateau state, the Red Cross and residents told AFP on Tuesday.One resident described the assaults as a “revenge” attack on local vigilante groups set up to defend communities from the gangs.For years, the …

Nigerian gangs kill 40 in ‘revenge’ attack, ambush on self-defence groupsTue, 08 Jul 2025 11:29:44 GMT Read More »

An armed gang in central Nigeria’s Plateau state killed at least 40 members of village self-defence groups in a weekend ambush and related attack, the Red Cross and residents told AFP on Tuesday.While the restive state is often the scene of deadly farmer-herder conflicts over dwindling land and natural resources, local officials blamed Sunday’s attacks …

Ambush, gang clashes kill at least 40 in central Nigeria: Red Cross, residentsTue, 08 Jul 2025 09:27:58 GMT Read More »

Wading through water up to his knees, Hassan Kargbo points to the vast ocean before him, which is eroding the land and imperilling residents’ survival on his island off Sierra Leone.”Where we are now, it used to be my house, and we used to have a big football field,” Kargbo said, but “the water destroyed …

S.Leone islanders despair as rising ocean threatens survivalTue, 08 Jul 2025 05:33:39 GMT Read More »

Lhoussaine Youabd knows nearly all the languages spoken in Morocco, a useful skill in his role warning the population of growing climate-related risks in the country braving increasingly common heatwaves.”Every time a weather alert is issued, I go on the media to warn Moroccans,” Youabd, 52, a meteorological engineer at the national weather service, told …

As heatwaves intensify, Morocco ups effort to warn residentsTue, 08 Jul 2025 02:39:26 GMT Read More »

US President Donald Trump reignited his trade war by threatening more than a dozen countries with higher tariffs Monday — but then said he may be flexible on his new August deadline to reach deals.Trump sent letters to trading partners including key US allies Japan and South Korea, announcing that duties he had suspended in …

Trump says new tariff deadline ‘not 100 percent firm’Tue, 08 Jul 2025 02:04:22 GMT Read More »

At least 10 people died across Kenya and hundreds were arrested during anti-government demonstrations on Monday, a rights group and police said, following clashes between police and protesters in the capital Nairobi’s outskirts.The Kenyan National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) also accused the police of cooperating with criminal gangs, as a heavy deployment of the …

At least 10 dead in Kenya during protests after heavy police deploymentTue, 08 Jul 2025 00:05:18 GMT Read More »

President Donald Trump announced tariffs of 25 percent on Japan and South Korea on Monday, ramping up pressure on the two key US allies and a dozen other economies to reach trade deals with Washington.Trump issued similar letters to a dozen other trading partners including Indonesia, Bangladesh, Thailand, South Africa and Malaysia, saying he would …

Trump unveils first wave of steeper US tariffs in push for dealsMon, 07 Jul 2025 21:31:22 GMT Read More »

President Donald Trump threatened Japan and South Korea with 25 percent tariffs Monday, stepping up pressure on the two historical US allies and a dozen other economies to reach trade deals with Washington.Trump had said at the weekend that starting from Monday he would send a first batch of up to 15 letters to countries, …

Trump threatens allies Japan, South Korea with 25% tariffsMon, 07 Jul 2025 18:22:28 GMT Read More »