MacDonald DzirutweReuters LAGOS, Nov 3 (Reuters) – Dubai’s Emirates has suspended flights to Nigeria for the second time since September citing an inability to repatriate funds from Africa’s biggest economy, the airline said on Thursday. Nigeria is facing severe dollar shortages, forcing many citizens and business to seek forex on the black market, where the naira currency…
Sam MeredithCNBC KEY POINTS The annual gathering of the U.N. Climate Change Conference will see more than 30,000 delegates convene in the Red Sea resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh to discuss collective action on the climate emergency. One core issue likely to dominate proceedings concerns climate reparations, sometimes referred to as “loss and damage” payments.…
Guinea’s justice minister on Thursday ordered legal proceedings against former President Alpha Conde and more than 180 officials from his deposed regime for alleged corruption and embezzlement of public funds, according to a public document. The West African country is run by a military junta that overthrew Conde, 84, in a coup last year. Some opponents of the junta say it is going…
By Nadia Colombe Gbane with AFP EGYPT As rises in temperatures affect different aspects of people’s lives, in Egypt, climate change is affecting the Nile River, a water supply source that 10 countries rely on for their crops and power. As a result some Egyptian farmers have turned to solar power. In Egypt’s delta, solar…
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday he and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy discussed sending grain to African countries after Russia said it would resume participation in the Ukraine grain deal. In an interview with Turkish broadcaster ATV, Erdogan said Russian President Vladimir Putin had earlier proposed to him sending grain to countries like Djibouti,…
By AFP Paris A Paris court on Wednesday sentenced former Liberian rebel commander Kunti Kamara to life in jail for violence against civilians and complicity in crimes against humanity after France’s first trial linked to Liberia’s civil wars. The criminal court found Kamara guilty of crimes against civilians between 1993 and 1994, including a teacher whose…
By MARTIN KINYANJUI Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu has arrived in Beijing, China for a state visit that seeks to strengthen bilateral cooperation between the two countries. President Suluhu arrived at Peking International Airport, Beijing on November 2 for the official visit that ends on Friday, November 4. The visit is expected to focus on key…
By AFP Paris Glaciers at many UNESCO World Heritage sites including Yellowstone and Kilimanjaro National Park will likely vanish by 2050, the UN agency warned Thursday, urging leaders to act fast to save the rest. The warning followed a study of 18,600 glaciers at 50 World Heritage sites — covering around 66,000 square kilometres (25,000…
By Mary Harper Africa editor, BBC World Service News Some unlikely fighters are strengthening the Somali government’s arsenal in its long war against al-Shabab, one of al-Qaeda’s most successful affiliates – and which was behind a twin car bomb explosion in the capital, Mogadishu, last weekend that killed at least 120 people. Images of men…
By Nadia Colombe Gbane Residents in Goma, a city in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo with more than a million inhabitants, are becoming increasingly afraid as the M23 rebels (“March 23 Movement”) approach from the north, causing economic activity to grind to a halt as fear and uncertainty spread. Citizens of the city of…