Mercury hits new highs as heat waves scorch the globe
ATHENS, July 17, 2023 (AFP) - Temperatures reached new highs on Monday as heatwaves and wildfires scorched swathes of the…
11 months ago
Africa
Mediator calls for ‘peaceful resolution’ of DRC conflict
GOMA, DR Congo (AFP) -- Kenya's Uhuru Kenyatta, a mediator in the conflict in the eastern part of the Democratic…
11 months ago
Nigeria’s new leader pushes regional role and domestic reform
By Patrick MARKEY Agence France-Presse LAGOS, Nigeria (AFP) -- Just a month in power, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has already…
11 months ago
Sudan civil servants go hungry as war claims livelihoods
WAD MADANI, Sudan (AFP) -- Sudanese public school teacher Imad Mohammed had worked for 32 years when war broke out…
11 months ago
Curfew in central Nigeria state after new attacks
JOS, Nigeria, July 10, 2023 (AFP) - Nigeria has imposed a 24-hour curfew in a north-central region after more tit-for-tat…
11 months ago
We may be underestimating the climate risk to crops: researchers
PARIS, July 4, 2023 (AFP) - The risks of harvest failures in multiple global breadbaskets have been underestimated, according to…
11 months ago
Alarm over new ‘war crimes’ in Sudan’s Darfur region
KHARTOUM, June 28, 2023 (AFP) -- Sudan's war has brought painful memories back to the troubled Darfur region where armed…
11 months ago
Football pitch of tropical forest lost every 5 seconds
PARIS, June 27, 2023 (AFP) - Earth lost an area of carbon-absorbing rainforest larger than Switzerland or the Netherlands in…
11 months ago
Hunger devastates Ethiopia’s Tigray as food aid halted
By Ammu KANNAMPILLY Agence France-Presse NAIROBI, June 23, 2023 (AFP) -- Her nephew shared the harrowing tale of how she…
12 months ago
Sudan no closer to peace as another breached truce ends
KHARTOUM, June 21, 2023 (AFP) - The Sudanese capital was again under fire Wednesday, after the latest breached ceasefire between…
12 months ago
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