US measure would ban products containing mineral mined with child labor in DRC/in /by
The bill targets China, which sponsor Republican Rep. Chris Smith of New Jersey accuses of using forced labor and exploits children to mine cobalt in the impoverished but resource-rich central African country.
Sudan: RSF forces man a checkpoint in Omdourman as battles continue/in /by
Khartoum residents said they were shaken awake by warplanes and "violent fighting" between forces loyal to army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
Zimbabwe: EU to deploy election observer team ahead August 23 polls/in /by
President Emmerson Mnangagwa of the ruling ZANU-PF party is seeking what would be the 80-year-old's final five-year term. He is expected to be closely challenged by opposition leader Nelson Chamisa, whom he narrowly beat in a disputed election in 2018.
S.Africa opposition set election coalition to oust ANC/in /by
South Africa's largest opposition party has teamed up with six small groups to build a coalition aimed at ousting the long-ruling ANC in next year's elections, they announced Monday.
Namibia: We Want to Remain Open for Investment Says Namibia’s Petroleum Commissioner/in /by
[Namibia Economist] Namibia has quickly risen to become a highly attractive E&P market, with three major discoveries made in 2022 and 2023 incentivizing a strong slate of regional and global players to the country's offshore basins.
Right to food threatened by climate crisis – UN Human Rights Chief/in /by
More than 828 million people faced hunger in 2021. And climate change is projected to place up to 80 million more people at risk of hunger by the middle of this century – creating a truly terrifying scale of desperation and need, the UN Human Rights chief alerted on Monday (Jul. 3rd).
British MPs call for action for Alaa Abdel Fattah/in /by
More than a hundred British parliamentarians on Monday called on the government to do more to secure the release of Egyptian-British opponent Alaa Abdel Fattah, imprisoned for more than three years.
In Sfax, clashes between Tunisians and migrants from sub-Saharan Africa/in /by
Justice opened an investigation on Monday following clashes between irregular migrants from sub-Saharan Africa and residents of Sfax, Tunisia's second city where illegal immigration has been causing great tension for months.
South Africa: electricity minister says end of daily power cuts close/in /by
South Africa could be nearing the end of daily power cuts, the country's electricity minister said on Sunday.
Ugandan authorities maintain its oil drill projects are developed sustainably/in /by
“I believe a lot of the issues being raised by the activists are out of either misinformation or deliberate disinformation because, as govt and the project partners, we have taken deliberate steps to ensure that the oil and gas projects are developed sustainably, we have taken care of the environmen