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November 20, 2024
CLIMATE SCIENCE
Europe's pivotal role in bid to strike COP29 climate deal



Baku (AFP) Nov 19, 2024
The European Union is key to a deal being done at UN climate talks in Baku by Friday - viewed as a bridge both with China and poorer nations - after climate sceptic Donald Trump's triumph in the US elections. The bloc's envoys have been quietly negotiating with China at COP29 in Azerbaijan and consolidating "high-ambition" alliances with countries from the global south like Kenya and the Pacific island nation of Palau. The EU's 27 nations are already the biggest contributors to world climate ... read more

FLORA AND FAUNA
'Critically endangered' African penguins just want peace and food
Cape Town (AFP) Nov 18, 2024
Mashudu Mashau says it takes about two minutes to catch a penguin, a task he does weekly to investigate sightings of injured or sickly seabirds. ... more
WATER WORLD
Taps run dry in sprawling suburb of Mauritania's capital
Nouakchott (AFP) Nov 18, 2024
Khadidjatou Taher has lived for a decade in her ramshackle neighbourhood on the far outskirts of Mauritania's capital, but is yet to have running water in her home. ... more
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Senegal navy intercepts almost 1,000 illegal migrants in one month
Mbour, Senegal (AFP) Nov 19, 2024
Senegal's navy has intercepted nearly 1,000 would-be illegal migrants departing from the coast of the West African county in the last month, according to posts on its social media account. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
UK doubles aid to war-torn Sudan
London (AFP) Nov 17, 2024
The UK on Sunday announced a GBP 113 million ($143 million) aid boost to support more than one million people affected by the war in Sudan, doubling its current package. ... more
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S.Africa offers a lesson on how not to shut down a coal plant
Middelburg,South Africa (AFP) Nov 19, 2024
The cold corridors of South Africa's once-mighty Komati coal-fired power plant have been quiet since its shutdown in 2022 in what was trumpeted as a pioneering project in the world's transition to green energy. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
World not listening to us, laments Kenyan climate scientist at COP29
Baku (AFP) Nov 16, 2024
Being an expert on global warming from an African nation prone to disaster can depress Joyce Kimutai during the creaking COP climate summits, where politics often drowns out science. ... more
VSAT NEWS
CUSP and Quadsat collaborate to launch satellite emulation services in Africa
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 15, 2024
Quadsat has announced a partnership with CUSP Technologies to expand its satellite network emulation services across Africa. This collaboration is part of Quadsat ... more
SHAKE AND BLOW
Magnitude 6.6 quake strikes off Papua New Guinea: USGS
Sydney (AFP) Nov 15, 2024
A magnitude 6.6 earthquake rattled Papua New Guinea on Friday, the United States Geological Survey said, striking off the country's eastern coast. ... more

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FROTH AND BUBBLE
S.Africa president orders inspections, clean up after child raticide deaths
Johannesburg (AFP) Nov 15, 2024
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa ordered Friday a large-scale inspection of tuck shops and informal corner stores after the deaths from food poisoning of more than 20 children, some linked to an agricultural raticide. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Madagascar riverbank landslide hits boat, killing 16
Antananarivo (AFP) Nov 14, 2024
A chunk of ground which broke off from a riverbank in western Madagascar killed 16 people after slamming into a passenger boat, police and local media said Thursday. ... more
FARM NEWS
Nigeria borrows $134 mn to boost farms as famine looms
Lagos (AFP) Nov 14, 2024
Nigeria has secured a 134-million-dollar (127-million-euro) loan to invest in farming, the government said Thursday, as Africa's most populous nation faces a hunger crisis of staggering proportions. ... more
ENERGY NEWS
Tax crypto and plastic to pay for climate, development, leaders urge
Baku (AFP) Nov 14, 2024
Plastics and cryptocurrencies could be taxed like flying and fossil fuels to plug the gap in climate finance and help developing countries, according to a task force led by France, Kenya and Barbados. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
French weapons in Sudan 'in violation of UN embargo': Amnesty
Paris (AFP) Nov 14, 2024
Military equipment built in France is being used in Sudan on armoured vehicles supplied by the UAE, in "violation of the UN arms embargo" on the Darfur region, Amnesty International said Thursday. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Rwandan soldier kills five in bar shooting
Kigali (AFP) Nov 13, 2024
A Rwandan soldier on Wednesday opened fire in a bar and killed five civilians in a southwestern town of the country, the army said. ... more
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U.S. sanctions RSF commander for West Darfur over attacks on civilians
Washington DC (UPI) Nov 13, 2024
The Biden administration has sanctioned the West Darfur commander of the Rapid Support Forces on accusations that troops under his control have been responsible for violence targeting civilians, including sexual and ethnically motivated attacks. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
IMF, DR Congo agree on new loans worth close to $3 bn
Washington (AFP) Nov 13, 2024
The IMF and the Democratic Republic of Congo have agreed to two new loan programs that would provide the central African country with close to $3 billion, the Washington-based institution said Wednesday. ... more
ABOUT US
Location of ancient ochre mine found in Eswatini
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 13, 2024
An international team of researchers has identified the world's oldest ochre mine, located in the Lion Cavern in Eswatini, southern Africa. Using luminescence dating and geochemical analysis, the st ... more
CIVIL NUCLEAR
Climate cash should also go to nuclear, says UN atomic chief
Baku (AFP) Nov 12, 2024
The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog said Tuesday that atomic power should also be allowed to tap into climate change funds. ... more
FLORA AND FAUNA
Bees help tackle elephant-human conflict in Kenya
Voi, Kenya (AFP) Nov 12, 2024
"We used to hate elephants a lot," Kenyan farmer Charity Mwangome says, pausing from her work under the shade of a baobab tree. ... more
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
COP29: Climate disaster fund for poor countries 'ready'
Baku (AFP) Nov 12, 2024
A long-sought disaster relief fund to help vulnerable countries weather the storm of climate change will start handing out aid next year, officials at COP29 in Baku said Tuesday. ... more
CARBON WORLDS
'Carbon-neutral' countries demand credit at COP29
Baku (AFP) Nov 12, 2024
They're some of the world's smallest nations, but a group of countries that say they absorb more carbon than they emit is demanding attention at the UN COP29 talks. ... more
FLORA AND FAUNA
Fifty years of data reveal significant African elephant population declines
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 12, 2024
Habitat destruction and poaching have led to severe decreases in African elephant populations, posing significant challenges to continent-wide monitoring and assessment. A comprehensive analysis spa ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Mali detains CEO of gold mining firm Resolute
Bamako (AFP) Nov 10, 2024
The CEO and two employees of Australian company Resolute Mining, which owns a gold mine in Mali, were detained while in Bamako to discuss disputes with the authorities, the firm said on Sunday. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Burkina army launches probe after mutilation video leak
Abidjan (AFP) Nov 10, 2024
Burkina Faso's armed forces have begun a probe after a video showing people in army uniforms mutilating a human body spread online, the military-led country's general staff said on Sunday. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Senegal grapples with floods, economy ahead of parliamentary elections
Matam, Senegal (AFP) Nov 11, 2024
Seeking shelter in a tent of sticks and rags after floods devastated her village in northeastern Senegal, Khardiatou Sy says she feels abandoned by the government days ahead of snap parliamentary elections. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
What Trump's re-election could mean for Africa
Lagos (AFP) Nov 11, 2024
During his first term as US president, Donald Trump sparked outrage over his remarks about African nations, but Africa leaders have been quick to congratulate him since his re-election. ... more
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FARM NEWS
More than 33 million Nigerians face hunger next year: report
Abuja (AFP) Nov 8, 2024
More than 33 million Nigerians face hunger next year, the number rising sharply as soaring food prices exacerbate the effects of conflict and climate change, according to a report Friday. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Sudan army govt accuses paramilitaries of causing 120 civilian deaths in 2 days
Port Sudan, Sudan (AFP) Nov 8, 2024
The Sudanese foreign ministry accused paramilitaries late Thursday of causing at least 120 civilian deaths over two days in Al-Jazira state, Sudan's pre-war breadbasket where fighting has raged since last month. ... more
SHAKE AND BLOW
South Sudan floods affect 1.4 million, displace 379,000: UN
Nairobi (AFP) Nov 9, 2024
Devastating flooding in South Sudan is affecting around 1.4 million people, with more than 379,000 displaced, according to a United Nations update that warned about an upsurge in malaria. ... more
WAR REPORT
Iraqi PM urges Trump to 'work towards ending' Mideast wars
Baghdad (AFP) Nov 9, 2024
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani expressed hopes during a phone call with US President-elect Donald Trump that he would keep his "promises to work towards ending wars" in the Middle East. ... more
WAR REPORT
UN Security Council sanctions two Sudan paramilitary chiefs
United Nations, United States (AFP) Nov 9, 2024
The UN Security Council has added two Sudanese paramilitary officers to the list of individuals sanctioned because of their actions in the fighting there, the council's British presidency announced. ... more
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