Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia among countries targeted by multilaterals for debt relief for nature conservation
Institutions have until Friday to confirm they will join, but those expected to do so also include the World Bank, European Investment Bank (EIB), Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Beijing-headquartered Asian Infrastructure Development Bank and a number of others, the sources added.
Burkina’s Faso jihadist conflict worsens as military junta pursues ‘total war’
Burkina Faso’s first homegrown jihadist group was formed in 2016 in the north. Its leader, Malam Ibrahim Dicko, was known for delivering political sermons on how the state had abandoned people, and for critiquing inequality between social classes.
End of truce: Israel resumes Gaza assault after accusing Hamas of firing rockets into its territory
In Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, a witness said he could hear heavy shelling and see smoke rising in the east of the town. People were fleeing the area to camps in the west of Khan Younis for cover, he added.
While in other countries environment is the centre-bolt of the economy and governance, it’s peripheral in Uganda
We know that it is the craze for industrialisation, simultaneously with the resurgence and proliferation of the nomadic-pastoral human energy system, that jointly pose the greatest danger to our diverse ecologies and agroecological systems of Uganda. In effect diverse ecologies and agroecological systems of Uganda constitute its environmental governance. If we enhance environmental governance, we automatically enhance the staying power of the diverse ecologies and agroecological systems of Uganda.
Republicans in a fix: GOP 2024 nomination rules vague on what happens if Trump is convicted
One contingency section of longstanding party rules would allow the RNC to free a state from the rules prior to the convention if “compliance is impossible” and “the Republican National Committee determines that granting such waiver is in the best interests of the Republican Party.”
How Datar deftly swayed Israel and Hamas to make truce work, allow humanitarian supplies into Gaza
To remain focused, Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani had cleared his agenda, cancelling planned trips to Moscow and London, the source briefed on the negotiations said.
Ghana to host United Nations Peacekeeping Ministerial Conference from December 5-6
Captain Erzuah is one of more than two million military, police and civilian peacekeepers who saved countless lives, prevented conflict and supported political processes over 75 years. We are doing our utmost and always strive to do better including to further the legacy of 4 200 peacekeepers who lost their lives serving peace
Washington tells UN to respond to peacekeeper abuse in DRC as MONUSCO winds down
South Africa first provided peacekeepers to the United Nations in 1999 and by December 2022, over 1,100 peacekeepers served in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Somali bandits break decade of maritime piracy lull after hijacking an Iranian fishing vessel
Reports from the US Pentagon say that the men who boarded the tanker Central Park last week may have been Somalis, and not Houthis from Yemen.
Surge in piracy in Gulf of Aden prompts Somali maritime police to beef up patrols in Indian Ocean
Yemeni Houthi rebels have conducted recent attacks on commercial vessels on the Gulf of Eden, seen as part of a rise in violence in the region due to the Israel-Hamas war. But the Pentagon said this latest attempt was carried out by Somali nationals.
