Ex Mozambican Minister Told to Face the Music
A South African court has ruled that former Mozambican Finance Minister Manuel Chang should be extradited to the US where he is wanted for alleged criminal offences in relation to a massive corruption scandal. The court ruling reverses a decision by South Africa’s Justice Minister Ronald Lamola in August to transfer Chang to his home […]
Climate Change and Poor Urban Planning Adds to Nigeria’s Receding Coastline
Huge swaths of Okun Alfa’s landscape have been consumed by the sea, says the convener of the community’s ocean surge response, Oladotun Hassan. It’s half the size it once was. Properties that were nowhere near the ocean 10 years ago now sit just a few steps away. On Lagos Island, the coastline is even approaching […]
The Desperate Conditions that Led to Freetown’s Tragedy
More than 100 people were killed by an explosion in Freetown, Sierra Leone, last week, after a leaking fuel tanker collided with a lorry on a busy road in the capital city. Many of those who died were young motorbike taxi drivers, after dozens of riders rushed to the leaking tanker to collect free petrol […]
The Heat Is On As “Final Hope” Climate Catastrophe Discussions Begin
Innovation: Africa, a non-profit humanitarian organisation that has to date brought electricity and water to over 590 rural villages across ten countries of operation in Africa (Uganda, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia, South Africa, Cameroon, DRC, Ethiopia, Senegal and eSwatini) is hoping that more countries update their nationally determined contributions (NDCs) to the Paris Agreement in the […]
Suspect in Sankara’s Murder Denies Involvement
General Gilbert Diendere, a key defendant in a trial over the 1987 assassination of Burkina Faso’s revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara, pleaded not guilty at the landmark proceedings on Tuesday. Diendere was allegedly an architect of a coup during which Sankara was killed and his former friend and comrade Blaise Compaore came to power. The 61-year-old […]
Food Aiders Detained in Ethiopia
The United Nations has said Ethiopian authorities detained 72 drivers working for the World Food Programme (WFP) in the country’s conflict-torn north. The development on Wednesday came a day after the UN reported the arrests of 22 of its employees in the capital, Addis Ababa, as international alarm grows over reported widespread arrests of ethnic […]
Ethiopia’s Neighbors on High Alert as Fighting Intensifies
Kenya’s government has announced the tightening of security along its 800-kilometer northern border with Ethiopia. Police have also set up additional roadblocks to monitor the movement of firearms and foreigners who may try to enter Kenya illegally. Local communities and the government fear an influx of Ethiopian refugees, as the war raging in the country’s […]
Friends Or Foes, ESG & The Mining Sector
Many mining and minerals businesses are already taking active steps on their Environmental, Social and Governance agenda; identifying their priorities and measuring their performance. But the real benefits come when you move beyond measurement and take action to improve. SOURCE: AFRICA.COM
