Kenyan President William Ruto announced Sunday the lifting of a near six-year ban on logging, despite the concerns of environmental campaigners.Ruto said the move was “long overdue” and was aimed at creating jobs and opening up sectors of the economy that rely on forest products.”We can’t have mature trees rotting in forests while locals suffer …
Kenya’s Ruto lifts six-year logging banSun, 02 Jul 2023 17:41:39 GMT Read More »
South Africa’s Zulu king, head of the country’s most influential traditional monarchy, has undergone “thorough” medical examinations following the sudden death of a close adviser, a spokesman said Sunday, amid suspicions he was poisoned. The king, who was visiting neighbouring Eswatini, “underwent precautionary and thorough medical exams in a context of Covid and after the sudden death …
Fierce fighting between the forces of rival generals shook the Sudanese capital Khartoum on Sunday as disease and malnutrition threatened the rising number of displaced.Khartoum residents said they were shaken awake by warplanes and “violent fighting” between forces loyal to army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).Witnesses told AFP a …
Fighting shakes Khartoum as displaced battle diseaseSun, 02 Jul 2023 13:51:27 GMT Read More »
Uncertainty reigned on Sunday over the health of South Africa’s Zulu king, the head of the country’s most influential traditional monarchy, with his spokesman denying reports he had been hospitalised.Misuzulu Zulu, 48, ascended the throne last year after the death of his father, Goodwill Zwelithini, amid a bitter feud over the royal succession.Overnight on Saturday, …
Zulu king’s entourage denies rumours he is illSun, 02 Jul 2023 12:53:00 GMT Read More »
Young Moroccan women are bringing new and inclusive energy to the centuries-old art of Gnaoua, a spiritual musical repertoire traditionally reserved for men. Also known as “tagnaouite”, it gained worldwide recognition after it was listed by UNESCO as intangible cultural heritage in 2019.”Why shouldn’t women be part of this dynamic?” asked Asma Hamzaoui at the Gnaoua …
Moroccan women shake up world of Gnaoua musicSun, 02 Jul 2023 03:26:11 GMT Read More »
Nestle is stepping up its project to combat deforestation in Ivory Coast caused by the growth of cocoa farming, bringing cocoa trading companies directly on board.Ivory Coast is the world’s largest cocoa producer, at 40 percent of the global market.The west African country had 16 million hectares of forest in the 1960s — a figure …
Nestle steps up reforestation project in Ivory CoastSun, 02 Jul 2023 03:19:20 GMT Read More »
Dutch King Willem-Alexander issued a historic royal apology Saturday for the Netherlands’ involvement in slavery, saying he felt “personally and intensely” affected. His speech before thousands of descendants of slaves from the South American nation of Suriname and the Caribbean islands of Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao got a positive reception, but many said they wanted the …
Dutch king makes historic apology for slaverySat, 01 Jul 2023 16:48:50 GMT Read More »
The death toll from a horrific road crash in western Kenya rose to 52 on Saturday, officials said, as rescuers worked to clear the wreckage from one of the deadliest traffic accidents in the country in recent years.A truck carrying a shipping container veered out of control and ploughed into multiple other vehicles and people …
Kenya in shock as road crash toll hits 52Sat, 01 Jul 2023 15:43:09 GMT Read More »
Outspoken Rwandan government critic Paul Rusesabagina, who became internationally renowned for his efforts to save people during the 1994 genocide, said Saturday that Rwandans were “prisoners in their own country”.In his first public message since he walked free from a Rwandan prison in March after more than 900 days behind bars, Rusesabagina thanked the United …
Rwandans ‘prisoners in their own country’: RusesabaginaSat, 01 Jul 2023 11:28:51 GMT Read More »
The death toll from a grisly road crash in western Kenya has risen to 49, a government minister said Saturday, as rescuers worked to clear the wreckage where more victims are feared trapped.In one of the deadliest accidents in Kenya for several years, a truck carrying a shipping container veered out of control and ploughed …
Death toll from Kenya road disaster reaches 49Sat, 01 Jul 2023 08:22:40 GMT Read More »
