Africa: Oil Corporation to Lead Climate Change Talks in 2023/in /by
[IPS] Quito, Ecuador / La Paz, Bolivia -- The Chief Executive of the twelfth largest oil producer - Sultan Al Jaber of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) - has been appointed as president of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change's (UNFCCC) COP28, the biggest climate change conference that will take place in November, 2023 in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Nigeria: Tougher Times for Nigerians As Kerosene Price Rises By 163%, Petrol By 54%/in /by
[This Day] There appears to be no respite for Nigeria's poor and vulnerable whose main source of cooking fuel is kerosene, with the price of the product rising by a whopping 163 per cent year-on-year to N1,153.40 per litre in January this year.
Tunisia seeks to reassure migrants after Saied remarks/in /by
"These are baseless accusations once again. Like all states in the world, we have information systems," says Tunisian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad, Nabil Ammar, during an interview
Macron: France must show “profound humility” in Africa/in /by
French president heads off on a four-nation tour of central African countries from Wednesday as Paris seeks to counter growing Chinese and Russian influence on the continent
Tunisia climate of fear pushes sub-Saharan migrants to the exit/in /by
Sub-Saharan African migrants gather outside the headquarters of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Tunis, to demand their situation be resolved.
Die Hart : Kevin Hart Snaps Into Action/in /by
The first look reveals Hart’s latest role as an over-the-top fictionalized version of himself on a quest to change up his comedic type casting and make the major (and dangerous) jump into action films
Nigeria: ECOWAS observer mission notes polling irregularities/in /by
As Nigerians anxiously await the outcome of the tightly contested presidential elections, the head of the ECOWAS Observation Mission says the voting process was marred by irregularities.
Nigeria’s Peter Obi wins Lagos state/in /by
he Nigerian presidential outsider Peter Obi has won the most votes in the key state of Lagos, narrowly beating the ruling party's candidate in his stronghold, according to provisional results released Monday by the Electoral Commission (Inec).
Tech company develops AI-powered anti-poaching system/in /by
A Dutch technology company has developed a smart camera that is helping wildlife conservationists in Africa tackle widespread poaching.
3 parties claim early leads in Nigeria’s presidential vote/in /by
Each of the three frontrunners in Nigeria's hotly contested presidential election claimed Monday they are on the path to victory as preliminary results trickled in two days after Africa's most populous nation went to the polls.