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Overfishing is driving coral reef sharks towards extinction, according to a global study out Thursday that signals far greater peril to the marine predators than previously thought.That matters to humans because the species act as managers of their marine ecosystems, maintaining delicately balanced food webs on which hundreds of millions of people rely.The research, published …

Overfishing pushes reef sharks toward extinction: studyThu, 15 Jun 2023 18:05:28 GMT Read More »

Kenyan President William Ruto’s government unveiled its maiden budget on Thursday in the face of widespread public anger over proposed tax hikes in a country suffering a severe cost-of-living crisis.The 3.6-trillion shilling ($25.7 billion) budget for 2023/24 is the first since Ruto took the helm of the East African powerhouse in September last year following …

Kenya government unveils budget to opposition walkoutThu, 15 Jun 2023 16:09:03 GMT Read More »

Namibia said on Thursday it would auction off dozens of crocodiles and deliver more permits to hunt the big reptiles, whose growing population is leading to more attacks on people.Environment Minister Pohamba Shifeta told AFP the move comes as crocodile numbers in parts of the southern African country have grown to a point where they …

Namibia to sell 40 crocodiles as attacks on humans riseThu, 15 Jun 2023 14:37:14 GMT Read More »

Nigeria’s central bank has abolished the country’s multiple exchange rate system and effectively floated the naira currency, the bank said, as new President Bola Ahmed Tinubu revamps the country’s monetary policies.Economists, the World Bank and IMF had long urged Nigeria to abandon the complex exchange mechanism and capital controls put into place under former President …

Nigeria unifies currency exchange rates, floats nairaThu, 15 Jun 2023 12:59:49 GMT Read More »

Kenyan President William Ruto’s government is set to present its budget to parliament Thursday in the face of widespread anger over a range of proposed tax hikes to shore up depleted public finances.It is Ruto’s maiden budget since he took office at the helm of the East African powerhouse in September last year following a …

Kenya government to unveil budget amid tax hike angerThu, 15 Jun 2023 09:53:49 GMT Read More »

A cluster of curious children watch as an excavator works in the blazing sun, covering their noses from the overpowering smell as more victims of a devastating landslide are found.Little remains of the villages of Bushushu and Nyamukubi, on the lush shores of Lake Kivu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, which were buried by …

Bodies still buried, aid missing after DR Congo landslidesThu, 15 Jun 2023 09:22:33 GMT Read More »

Sudan’s devastating war raged into a third month on Thursday, as a governor’s killing marked a new escalation in the western region of Darfur.Since April 15, the regular army headed by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) commanded by his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo have been locked in combat that …

Sudan’s conflict enters third monthThu, 15 Jun 2023 09:04:07 GMT Read More »

Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has suspended the country’s anti-corruption chief as part of an investigation into allegations of abuse of office, the government said, and he was later questioned by domestic security services.The suspension of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) chairman AbdulRasheed Bawa was the second dismissal of a top official by …

Nigeria’s president suspends anti-corruption chief amid probeThu, 15 Jun 2023 05:44:05 GMT Read More »

Malians go to the polls on Sunday to pass judgment on the governing junta’s constitution, which has fuelled speculation that the country’s strongman ruler will seek election. The vote is the first organised by the military since it seized power in August 2020 of a country gripped for years by a political, security and economic crisis. Those …

Embattled Mali junta to hold vote on new constitutionThu, 15 Jun 2023 05:17:48 GMT Read More »

Trevin Brownie’s first day as a content moderator for Facebook is etched in his memory, working out of a subcontractor’s nondescript office in the Kenyan capital Nairobi. “My first video, it was a man committing suicide… there was a two- or three-year-old kid playing next to him. After the guy hanged himself, after about two minutes, …

‘No job for humans’: the harrowing work of content moderators in KenyaThu, 15 Jun 2023 02:47:51 GMT Read More »