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Against a backdrop of food and energy crises, uncertain economic prospects and growing climate change impacts, the United Nations says an industrial transformation is needed to close the growing development gap between countries and achieve climate and sustainable development goals. In the 2023 Report on Financing Sustainable Development: Financing Sustainable Transformation, released Wednesday, the UN says urgent and massive investments… Read More

Gunmen have killed at least 50 people during two attacks on a village in north-central Nigeria, authorities said Thursday. Ruben Bako, chairman of the Otukpo local government where the massacre happened, said that gunmen killed 47 people on Wednesday in Umogidi village in Benue state. A day earlier, three other people had been slain in the same place, he said.… Read More

Demonstrations were organized Saturday night in different cities of Morocco to protest against the soaring prices of foodstuffs, at the call of a coalition of left-wing parties. In Casablanca, more than sixty people demonstrated their “fed up” against the high cost of living, at the Sraghna square in a popular district of the megalopolis, noted a journalist from AFP. “I… Read More

Israel Adesanya wanted a quick rematch after a November loss to Alex Pereira stripped him of the 185-pound championship belt he’d held since 2019. Five months later in UFC 287 in Miami early Sunday, Adesanya dropped the middleweight champion Pereira with two right hands, then raised his fists in triumph as he took back his middleweight championship belt and cemented… Read More

Ukraine, Middle East, international terrorism: Pope Francis condemned on Sunday the numerous “stumbling blocks” to peace in the world during his traditional message “Urbi et Orbi” for Easter. In front of some 100,000 faithful massed in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, the Argentine Jesuit expressed his “deep concern” because of the attacks of recent days” in the Middle East,… Read More

Some 65 kilometers north of the Ugandan capital Kampala, a lush green bamboo forest, it’s the brainchild of former journalist-turned farmer, Andrew Ndawula Kalema. Kalema switched from journalism to bamboo farming in order to contribute to the reversal of environmental damage being seen in the East African country. In 2010, Uganda had 6.93 million hectares of tree cover, extending over… Read More

Thousands of devotees from Ethiopia’s Muslim community took part in a large-scale street iftar, a fast-breaking dinner, during the holy month of Ramadan on Meskel Square in Addis Ababa, to raise funds to help internally displaced citizens. “People are displaced in our country because of man-made and natural causes. We want to help and support these people during this fast-breaking… Read More

In Senegal, Christians and Muslims reinforce their unity and solidarity with the “Ngalakh” dessert specially prepared for Easter. In Senegal, where approximately 4 percent of the population is Christian, the feverish preparation that started before Easter to be celebrated on 9 April continues unabated. Christian families prepare a special dessert for “Good Friday”, which represents the end of the Great… Read More

At least 30 people were killed in an attack on an internally displaced person’s camp in north-central Nigeria, the second major attack in the area this week, authorities said Saturday. Gunmen attacked civilians in Mgban village in Benue state Friday evening and an investigation is underway, said Sewuese Anene, a local police officer. While it’s unclear who was responsible for… Read More

A Ugandan court on Thursday charged a government minister and her brother with fraud and detained them in a rare corruption case against the country’s top official. The minister, Mary Goretti Kitutu, and her brother appeared before an anti-corruption court on charges of stealing roofing sheets for housing in the country’s poorest region. They were both charged with “two counts”… Read More