World Dec 02 Israeli offensive moves south in Gaza, driving up death toll a day after truce with Hamas ends Israel pounded targets in the crowded southern half of the Gaza Strip on Saturday and ordered more neighborhoods designated for attack to evacuate, driving up the death toll even as the United States and others urged it to do more…
Politics Sep 06 African Climate Summit issues unanimous call for world leaders to support global carbon tax on fossil fuels The first African Climate Summit has ended with a call for world leaders to rally behind a global carbon tax on fossil fuels, aviation and maritime transport.
Politics Sep 05 Africa Climate Summit links 'unfair' debt burden with calls to make continent's green assets pay off Kenya's president says the continent of more than 1.3 billion people is losing 5 percent to 15 percent of its GDP growth every year to the impacts of climate change.
World Sep 04 The first Africa Climate Summit opens in Nairobi The first African Climate Summit is opening with heads of state and others asserting a stronger voice on a global issue that affects the continent of 1.3 billion people the most, even though they contribute to it the least.
World Sep 03 Africa's upcoming climate summit highlights urgent need for better weather data Much of the world takes daily weather forecasts for granted. But most of Africa's 1.3 billion people live with little advance knowledge of what’s to come. That can be both deadly and expensive, with damage running in the billions of…
World Aug 29 The U.N. says at least 183 people have been killed in Ethiopia in Amhara region unrest since July The U.N. office also says the human rights situation in Ethiopia is deteriorating, with more than 1,000 people reportedly arrested under a state of emergency declared early this month over the unrest.
World Aug 24 Scores of women and girls were sexually assaulted after peace deal in Ethiopia, study shows Scores of women and girls in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region were sexually assaulted, often by multiple men alleged to be combatants, after a peace agreement last year ended the conflict there.
World Aug 04 In Niger, the U.S. seeks to hang on to its last, best counterterrorism outpost in West Africa Abandoning Niger risks not only a surge in jihadist groups in West Africa, but even greater influence by Russia's Wagner mercenary group.
World Aug 03 U.S. pushes for Kenya to lead multinational force in Haiti but some warn of abuse Kenya's police have long been accused by rights groups of killings and torture. That includes gunning down civilians during Kenya’s COVID-19 curfew and fatally shooting more than 30 people during protests in July.
World Jul 27 How the coup in Niger could expand the reach of Islamic extremism, and Wagner, in West Africa More than 1,000 U.S. service personnel are in Niger to combat the growing threat from various groups of Islamic extremists.