At Baku climate meet aid groups prospect for new money, while disaster-hit communities wait for faster responses
The sideline talks displayed an emerging web of humanitarian ideas that are increasingly interconnected with the climate policy world: funding displacement programmes through a new climate fund, for example or leveraging humanitarian skills to bring climate programming to conflict-hit areas.
Shoot-out at home of former intelligence boss highlight growing unease in South Sudan
South Sudan remains fragile despite a 2018 peace agreement that ended a five-year civil war in which more than 400,000 people died.
Frying pan into fire: Sudanese and Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia’s Amhara region face daily attacks
Some refugees at the site have been shot, while others have been stabbed by armed men who steal mobile phones, cash and other items. At least nine refugees have been killed at Alemwach in the past year, according to a tally by the camp’s leadership committee.
How Gautam Adani’s boast about his company being on track ‘to become world’s largest renewables player by 2030’ caught FBI attention
The alleged hundreds of millions of dollars in bribes promised to local Indian officials caught the attention of the US Justice Department and Securities and Exchange Commission as Adani’s companies were raising funds from US-based investors in several transactions starting in 2021.
Corrupt Solar Project: Adanis face decades in prison and hefty monetary penalties if convicted
There is a growing spotlight on Sagar Adani, a millennial scion of the company who kept track of hundreds of millions of dollars of alleged bribes to Indian officials, in notes the prosecutors described as “bribe notes”.
Central African Republic journalist once retained by Russian mercenaries pulls veil off Wagner disinformation
Yalike-Ngonzo said that for three years he was tasked with writing stories praising the activities of the Russian forces and the army and military government of the Central African Republic and placing them in local media outlets. He was also asked to organise anti-Western demonstrations and suppress voices critical of the government.
Deployment of North Korean troops to Kursk by Russia informed Biden’s decision to allow Ukraine to use long range missiles
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment. A State Department spokesperson declined to say whether Biden had authorised the longer-range strikes but said Russia was escalating the conflict by deploying North Korean troops.
Adani Group stocks, bonds plunge for a second day after founder’s US indictment
Adani Group said the accusations levelled by US federal prosecutors as well as by the US Securities and Exchange Commission in a parallel civil case are “baseless and denied” and that it will seek “all possible legal recourse”.
Senegal’s President Faye secures majority in parliamentary election to enable him to carry out reforms
President Bassirou Faye, 44, became Africa’s youngest elected leader in March, less than two weeks after he was released from prison. The former tax inspector’s rise has reflected widespread frustration among Senegal’s youth with the country’s direction – a common sentiment across Africa.
Bribe notes’ with per megawatt rates: At just age 30, Sagar Adani pulled the strings from Prime Minister’s office to top officials in states
The crisis is the second in two years to hit the ports-to-power conglomerate founded by Gautam Adani, 62, who Forbes magazine says is the world’s 25th richest man.
