Deep within Kasigau, a sweeping wilderness of craggy hills and savannah roamed by elephants, a team armed with clipboards and measuring tapes is busy studying an unremarkable tree. Gnarled and leafless, it nonetheless has great value: it stores carbon, and the team wants to know exactly how much is locked away across this semi-arid, half-a-million-acre (200,000-hectare) …

Kenya bets on carbon credits as it hosts climate summitTue, 05 Sep 2023 01:21:33 GMT Read More »

African leaders and global policymakers gather on Tuesday in Kenya for a climate summit aimed at showcasing the continent as a destination for investment in efforts to combat global warming.Heads of state, and government and industry leaders, are among thousands of attendees at the summit where Africa is promoting its potential as a clean energy …

African leaders to push for finance at climate summitTue, 05 Sep 2023 01:20:47 GMT Read More »

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un expects to make a rare trip abroad to meet with President Vladimir Putin in Russia to discuss providing arms to Moscow for its war in Ukraine, the United States said Monday.Ukraine is pushing a highly-scrutinised counteroffensive in both the south and east that Putin on Monday dismissed as a …

N.Korea’s Kim set for arms talks with Putin in Russia: USMon, 04 Sep 2023 23:13:05 GMT Read More »

Niger’s military-appointed prime minister on Monday said he saw hopes of a deal “in the coming days” with the West African bloc ECOWAS, which has threatened to use force to restore civilian rule after a coup in July.He also said that “contacts” were underway over a “very swift” pullout of French forces from Niger after …

Niger’s post-coup PM hopes for ‘agreement’ with W.Africa blocMon, 04 Sep 2023 22:26:42 GMT Read More »

Eritrean troops allied with Ethiopia’s government “committed war crimes and possible crimes against humanity” in Tigray, raping, enslaving and executing civilians for months after the signing of a peace agreement, Amnesty International said Tuesday.Dubbed the “North Korea” of Africa, Eritrea was sanctioned by the United States in 2021 after sending troops into Tigray in support …

Eritrean troops ‘committed war crimes’ in Ethiopia after peace deal: AmnestyMon, 04 Sep 2023 21:16:59 GMT Read More »

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday that Moscow is just weeks away from supplying free grain to six African countries after scrapping a deal allowing Ukrainian food exports through the Black Sea.His comments during a press conference with Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the Black Sea resort city of Sochi came hours after Russian …

Putin says free grain exports to Africa to begin in ‘weeks’Mon, 04 Sep 2023 19:46:48 GMT Read More »

Thousands of Gabonese, many of them voicing joy and relief as a new era dawned, on Monday watched the inauguration of the military chief who last week toppled the Bongo dynasty, the rulers of their oil-rich state for more than half a century.General Brice Oligui Nguema took the oath of office as president, five days …

Festive mood in Gabon as coup leader sworn inMon, 04 Sep 2023 19:20:33 GMT Read More »

The largest rhino farm in the world, which is home to 2,000 animals and located in South Africa, has been bought by the NGO African Parks, the organisation said Monday.Home to nearly 80 percent of the world’s rhinoceroses, South Africa is a poaching hotspot, driven by demand from Asia, where horns are used in traditional …

S.African rhino farm, world’s largest, bought by NGO: statementMon, 04 Sep 2023 18:55:29 GMT Read More »

A rights organisation on Monday called on Morocco to take action against Algeria over the deaths of two tourists allegedly shot last week by the Algerian coastguard. “We are calling for serious action on the part of the Moroccan government, to hold the Algerian state accountable before international bodies,” Hicham Mellioui, the head of the Moroccan …

Morocco rights group calls for action over Algeria jet ski deathsMon, 04 Sep 2023 17:58:46 GMT Read More »

Kenya’s president said Monday that Africa had an “unparalleled opportunity” to benefit from the fight against global warming but needed massive investment to unlock its potential as Nairobi hosts a landmark climate summit focusing on the continent.The inaugural Africa Climate Summit comes ahead of diplomatic meetings leading to the November-December COP28 international climate summit in the …

Africa seeking to tap investment on climate actionMon, 04 Sep 2023 16:43:26 GMT Read More »