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Egypt, host of the next United Nations summit on climate change, will push countries to make good on their pledges to sharply reduce greenhouse gas emissions, facilitate “non-adversarial” talks on compensation to developing countries for global warming impacts and allow climate activists to protest, said the incoming president of COP27. In an interview on Monday with The Associated Press, the… Read More

Zimbabwe has opened an international conference to try to win international support for its campaign to be allowed to sell its stockpile of seized ivory. If the southern African country is not permitted to sell off its 130 tons of ivory, estimated to be worth $600 million, officials warn it may quit the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species,… Read More

A woman who aged 12 survived the 2009 Yemenia Airways crash in the Comoros islands that killed all 152 others onboard described Monday the terrifying moments leading up to her plunge into the ocean and subsequent miraculous rescue, in the French trial against the airline. Bahia Bakari, now 25, has sat through several hearings with her father but had not… Read More

Ghana’s central bank has raised its main interest rate by 200 basis points to 19% to control inflationary pressures and promote macroeconomic stability, Ernest Addison governor of the central bank announced on Monday. Experts had predicted that the BoG was going to increase the policy rate following increases in the past two months. In March, the Bank of Ghana raised… Read More

Swedish filmmaker Tarik Saleh has premiered his latest film “Boy from Heaven” at the 75th Cannes International Film Festival and now waits with bated breath to see if he might scoop the coveted Palme d’Or award. In the movie, the young protagonist Adam, who is the son of a small-town Egyptian fisherman, is offered the privilege of studying at the… Read More

The World Health Organization on Monday warned that the global Coronavirus pandemic is not yet over. Addressing the opening session of the WHO’s annual assembly in Geneva, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told governments to increase their vigilance and attention toward the disease. In his speech, he pointed out the reluctance towards the pandemic whereby the mandatory Covid-19 measures have been relaxed… Read More

It has now been a year since at least 2000 houses were destroyed and thousands of families displaced after theNyiragongo volcanic eruption, Goma, North Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Today, many families in the area continue to live in deplorable conditions in the makeshift shelters. Those who found refuge in a site set up in the courtyard of… Read More

Senegal President and current chair of the African Union (AU) Macky Sall said Sunday he would travel to Russia and Ukraine soon on behalf of the AU. The trip had been due to take place on May 18 but didn’t go ahead due to scheduling issues and new dates have been put forward, Sall said at a joint press conference… Read More

The Nabeul community perpetuates the know-how of their ancestors as the inhabitants keep alive the tradition of picking and distilling orange blossoms, neroli, geranium and roses. In North-Eastern Tunisia, the city of Nabeul is the capital of fragrance. The town hosts each year a traditional organic floral water fair and many fair exhibitors specialized in floral waters participate. To obtain… Read More

On Sunday, at least four people were confirmed dead in the latest building collapse that occurred in the Lagos Island area. The previous toll was 1. On Sunday, at least four people were confirmed dead in the latest building collapse in the Lagos Island area. The bodies were recovered from the rubble after an edifice collapsed on Saturday in Nigeria’s economic… Read More