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    Omanyano ovanhu koikundaneki yomalungula kashili paveta, Commisiner Sakaria takunghilile Veronika Haulenga

Conflict

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Africa

DR Congo polls open amid conflict in east, delays

  By Annie Thomas and Emmet Livingstone Polling stations opened Wednesday in a high-stakes Democratic Republic of Congo general election pitting the incumbent President Felix Tshisekedi against a fragmented opposition, while much of the east of the country is mired in conflict. Polling stations opened at 6 am (0400 GMT in the east; 0500 GMT in the west) and will close at 5 pm local time. AFP journalists saw the […]

today20 December, 2023 9

Business / Economics

BP pauses all Red Sea shipments after rebel attacks

BP has temporarily halted oil shipments through the Red Sea due to recent attacks by Houthi rebels. According to the BBC, the decision was brought on by the deteriorating security situation and follows similar actions by other freight companies targeted by the rebels in Yemen. The Red Sea is a critical route for global oil, fuel, and consumer goods shipments.

today18 December, 2023 13

World

Biden warns of declining global support for Israel amid Gaza casualties

US President Joe Biden is warning that Israel is starting to lose global support over what he says is its indiscriminate bombing of civilians in Gaza. According to Al Jazeera, Palestinian health officials say more than 18-thousand people have been killed in the Israeli assault on Gaza since October seventh. Biden says there is no question about the need to take on Hamas, but Israel has to do it right […]

today13 December, 2023 7

World

WHO says patient dies amid lengthy Israeli checks on Gaza convoy

  The World Health Organization said Tuesday that a patient had died in an emergency convoy en route to a Gaza City hospital, during repeated and lengthy Israeli checks. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at the weekend that the UN health agency and its partners had managed to deliver essential trauma and surgical supplies to the Al-Ahli hospital and to transfer 19 critical patients. But on Tuesday, he provided […]

today12 December, 2023 13

Africa

COP28 must answer the call for a fossil fuel phase out

As COP28 resumes for a second week, negotiators will be faced with answering the call for a commitment to a Fossil Fuel Phase Out in Dubai. Never before have we heard so many voices, coming from so many directions to seize the moment and commit to phasing out oil, coal and gas. And never before have alternative formulations on fossil fuel phase out made it this far into a draft […]

today12 December, 2023 28

World

Ukraine accuses Russia of war crime

Kyiv has accused Russia of committing a war crime by executing Ukrainian soldiers who had signalled their intention to surrender. This, the AFP news agency reports, follows the publication of a short video posted on Telegram showing two men coming out of a shelter, one with his hands above his head, before lying on the ground in front of another group of soldiers. This is followed by what appears to […]

today4 December, 2023 4

World

Temporary humanitarian truce between Israel and Hamas extended

A temporary humanitarian truce between Israel and Hamas has been extended for a seventh day as negotiations continue in hopes of reaching a permanent ceasefire in Gaza. However, three people have been killed in a shooting in Jerusalem with the attackers thought to have been Hamas members. Here’s Richard Makepeace from Medical Aid for Palestinians.

today30 November, 2023 27

Agricultural communities

Africa

Climate adaptation funds are not reaching frontline communities: what needs to be done about it

By Katherine Browne, Stockholm Environment Institute Communities around the world face increasingly severe and frequent impacts from climate change. They are on the “frontlines” of droughts, flooding, desertification and sea level rise. International climate finance is supposed to help. In the 2015 Paris Agreement, the world’s wealthiest countries pledged US$50 billion annually to support climate adaptation among those “particularly vulnerable” to climate change. Climate adaptation is the adjustments humans make to […]

today27 November, 2023 9

South Africa

President Ramaphosa appeals for more action from the international community in reviving the Israeli-Palestinian peace process

President Cyril Ramaphosa has concluded his working visit to the Arab Republic of Egypt with an appeal to the international community to do more in enabling the revival of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. The President traveled to Cairo, Egypt on 21 October 2023, to attend the Cairo Summit for Peace at the invitation of Egyptian President, His Excellency Abdel Fattah El-Sisi. In his plea to the international community, President Ramaphosa […]

today23 October, 2023 13