By Lebo Diseko Global Religion Correspondent As politicians meet to discuss how to cut carbon emissions, descendants of Southern Africa’s first inhabitants are raising concerns about an oil and gas exploration project. Religious leaders have also spoken out, with one saying the project is a sin, and calling on COP27 delegates to curtail the activities…
Gunshots were heard during the visit of Nigeria’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, to Borno State in the northeast of the country where an Islamist insurgency has uprooted millions. The region also faces extreme food shortages as farmers were also forced to abandon their fields. During the rally in the state capital, Maiduguri, the former vice-president and presidential candidate promised to restore peace…
State-run development agency TIKA says projects this year mainly focused on education, training, agriculture. PRETORIA, South Africa The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency or TIKA has invested more than 100 million rands ($5.62 million) in supporting sustainable development projects in the Southern Africa region, the state-run aid agency has said. “We have conducted 69 projects…
Immigration stakeholders such as the Helen Suzman Foundation contend that the Department of Home Affairs lacks the capacity to deal fairly with Zimbabweans seeking to regularise their stay in South Africa and therefore must be made to reconsider its decision by the courts. Fine Arts Student Musa Nyathi 23, a student who has lived in…
President Cyril Ramaphosa has arrived in Nairobi Kenya for a state visit. President Ramaphosa and his Kenyan counterpart William Ruto will hold discussions on bilateral political and economic matters, regional and continental issues as well as international developments. The heads of state will review the status of bilateral relations, including the implementation of the previous…
By AFP Lagos Tade Balogun times his commute like a military operation. Each day, the Lagos consultant leaves home before dawn, arrives for work early and takes a nap before starting his day. He then stays until 9pm — that way, he escapes the chaos and gridlock that can transform his 29-kilometre (18-mile) drive into…
By ABDULKADIR KHALIF Somali militant group Al-Shabaab is targeting telecommunications infrastructure in areas where a concerted military effort is removing them from the villages, officials said on Tuesday. Somalia’s biggest telecom firm Hormuud said its infrastructure in Galmuduug, Central Somalia, had been destroyed in an apparent futile bid to limit communication and coordination against the…
The president of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, criticised international funders for making it difficult for poorer nations to access aid to fight climate change. According to a UN-backed report released Tuesday, developing countries and emerging economies need investments well beyond $2 trillion annually by 2030. Speaking at the COP27 summit on Tuesday, Cyril Ramaphosa, asked for a clear roadmap. “We need a clear roadmap…
Khayelihle Khumalo | @SABCNews An Islamic State flag hangs amid electric wires over a street in Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp, near the port-city of Sidon, southern Lebanon January 19, 2016. The United States says it will continue to partner with South Africa to prevent militant group ISIS from exploiting the country’s economy to raise and move…
Dominic EvansReuters SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, Nov 8 (Reuters) – Developing countries need to work with investors, rich countries and development banks to secure $1 trillion a year in external financing for climate action by the end of the decade and to match that with their own funds, a report said on Tuesday. The report, released ahead of…