Gunmen have killed at least 12 people in an attack on a village in the northern Nigerian state of Plateau, residents and the state governor said on Wednesday, the latest deadly incident fueled by growing pressure on land resources in the country.
Uganda medical staff are reluctant to work in the Ebola isolation unit for fear of catching the deadly hemorrhagic fever, and also because of exhaustion and delayed wages, said one of the remaining doctors.
EU climate policy chief Frans Timmermans told the COP27 summit in Sharm El-Sheikh on Wednesday the bloc and four member countries will provide over 1 billion euros for climate adaptation in Africa.
Countries were far from agreeing the outlines of a climate deal at the COP27 summit in Egypt on Wednesday, with the host country urging negotiators to resolve their differences ahead of a weekend deadline.
Second-hand clothes come to countries like Nigeria from across the world in bales, with some of it destined for landfill if not sold. Nigerian designer Uche Aladimma is upcycling those materials for his new eco-fashion label. The materials Aladimma uses are second-hand. The 28-year-old sustainable fashion enthusiast launched his eco-friendly brand Azach in February. His aim is to fight fast fashion in Africa’s most populous country.
NASA’s towering next-generation moon rocket blasted off from Florida early on Wednesday (November 16, 2022) on its debut flight, a crewless voyage inaugurating the U.S. space agency's Artemis exploration program 50 years after the final Apollo moon mission. About 90 minutes after launch, the rocket's upper stage fired thrusters for a "trans-lunar injection" burn propelling Orion out of Earth orbit on course for the moon.
The right of African countries to use their natural gas reserves should be reflected in any deal at the COP27 climate talks, Akinwumi Adesina, the president of the African Development Bank told Reuters, even as some nations push to see use of the fuel curtailed.
Donors need to provide cash now to save lives and not wait for famine to be declared in parts of East Africa where tens of millions of people are going hungry, the head of the International Rescue Committee [IRC] said on Tuesday.
The Solana token, or SOL , has dropped 53.8% since the furor began unfolding on Nov. 2. By comparison, Ether has fallen about 20% and Bitcoin 19%.
Images on Tuesday appeared to show Russian troops had quit a town in Ukraine across the Dnipro River from Kherson, the city they surrendered last week, suggesting one of the war's biggest retreats may not have ended at the water's edge.
Ivory Coast will gradually withdraw its contribution of military and police from a United Nations peacekeeping force in Mali, according to a letter by its ambassador to the U.N., after Bamako detained 46 of its soldiers in July.
NEoT Offgrid Africa, an energy investment platform, founded by France's EDF and Paris-based asset manager Meridiam, on Monday said they were working with two other companies to develop a 1.7 megawatt (MW) solar power project in Benin.
Alphabet's Google will pay about $400 million to settle a complaint brought by a group of U.S. states over allegations the search and advertising giant illegally tracked users' locations, two people familiar with the matter said.
Thousands of smartphone applications in Apple and Google's stores contain computer code developed by a technology company, Pushwoosh, that presents itself as based in the United States, but is actually Russian, Reuters has found.
South Africa reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N2 bird flu on a farm in the eastern part of the country, the Paris-based World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) said on Monday, citing a report from local authorities.
The head of the International Monetary Fund on Sunday welcomed a long-awaited debt deal by Chad's creditors and said it would reduce the African country's risk of debt distress while guarding it against downside risks, including lower oil prices.
Divers from a documentary crew looking for the wreckage of a World War Two aircraft off the coast of Florida found a 20-foot section of the space shuttle Challenger, which exploded and broke apart shortly after its launch in 1986, NASA has announced.
Orange, a French telecoms group, introduced a new 5G network in Botswana on Friday, signifying the first step toward expanding the high-speed internet service to other areas in the Middle East and Africa, according to company executives.
With cryptocurrency exchange FTX declaring bankruptcy Friday, some investors are beginning to question the viability of a sector already bruised by the bitcoin bubble bursting and closures of key market players.
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