Civil society groups and youth activists held small pop-up rallies at the U.N. COP27 summit in Egypt, calling for action on climate change. Activists are worried their voices would be curtailed because of the ban on public demonstrations in Egypt, but Egyptian authorities had said it would allow protests within confined zones at COP27.
A member of the defense team of Egyptian-British hunger striker Alaa Abd el-Fattah tweeted on Thursday that he had been granted permission by Egypt's state prosecutor to visit him in prison.
A Kenyan court on Thursday allowed a request by public prosecutors to withdraw a 7.4 billion shillings ($60 million) corruption case against Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, citing insufficient evidence.
U.S. President Joe Biden goes to Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Friday to addend and address the UN COP27 Climate Conference. This is a preview of what he is expected to focus on.
Kenyan activist Elizabeth Wathuti marched with other climate activists in Brussels asking for climate justice. Wathuti says that the impacts of climate inaction are claiming lives and livelihoods and it is the people who are least responsible for the climate crisis that are bearing the consequences.
Elon Musk in his first email to Twitter employees said remote work would no longer be allowed and that they would be expected in office for at least 40 hours per week, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday.
Republicans edged closer on Thursday to securing a majority in the U.S. House of Representatives as ballots continue to be counted, leaving some races unresolved.
Kenya environmental activist Elizabeth Wathuti is one of the young people calling for urgent action as the U.N. climate conference marked its traditional Young and Future Generations Day on Thursday.
Somalia's army and associated clan militias have killed at least 20 al Shabab fighters in towns in the center of the country, a regional official and the Information Ministry said on Wednesday, in the latest onslaught against the group.
South Africa's manufacturing output rose 2.9% year on year in September after rising by a revised 1.7% in August, statistics agency data showed on Thursday.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa visited Kenyan President William Ruto, with the two leaders promising to continue contributing to peace and stability in the region. The two leaders settled a long-standing immigration policy allowing Kenyans to travel visa-free to South African and stay for a period of 90 days each year.
At least four people were killed and a dozen more injured on Tuesday following a blast at a popular market in Nigeria's southeastern state of Anambra, a witness and official said.
Namibia said at the COP27 summit on Tuesday that it had secured over 540 million euros ($544 million) in climate finance from the Dutch government and European Investment Bank.
A Qatar World Cup ambassador has told German television broadcaster ZDF that homosexuality was "damage in the mind", as the Gulf state prepares to host the global tournament in less than two weeks.
Ethiopia's government and Tigrayan forces have established a phone hotline following a truce struck last week, the African Union's chief mediator Olusegun Obasanjo said on Monday (November 7). An official familiar with the talks says the hotline would address any flare-up in fighting and would be used to coordinate disengagements.
Kenya Airways plans to cancel its bargaining and recognition agreements with its pilots union, saying their current strike is unlawful and it amounts to economic sabotage.
Some of the main stakeholders and negotiating blocs engaged in the U.N. climate conference COP27 are starting today. 197 is the number of signatories to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change. Each of them has their own concerns and interests, which makes reaching any consensus a huge challenge. Here is a look at some of the main stakeholders and negotiating blocs engaged in the 2022 U.N. climate conference COP27.
Botswana has won its bid to host the permanent secretariat of the Kimberley Process (KP), the grouping that certifies that diamonds are not used to fund rebel groups, but its members remain divided over Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin said on Monday he had interfered in U.S. elections and would continue doing so in future, the first such admission from a figure who has been formally implicated by Washington in efforts to influence American politics.
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