Climate crisis success: 20 countries promise to stop financing oil, coal and gas projects abroad
Efforts to end the world’s reliance on fossil fuels received two major boosts at the COP26 summit on Friday as 20 governments promised to stop financing oil, coal and gas projects beyond their borders, and several countries pledged to phase out coal power. Ending the use of coal, oil and...
Ethiopia: PM Abiy Ahmed has option of stepping down or being forced to run into nearest tallest grass
About a year ago, Ethiopia Prime Minister Abiy Amhed declared war on Tigray region to mop up the Tigray People’s Defence Force (TPLF). Prior to the attack, Abiy had accused the Tigrayan forces of launching an offensive against federal army barracks in Makelle, the regional capital. Within three months, Abiy...
Calls for ceasefire in Ethiopia conflict grow, fearing bloodbath if Tigrayan soldiers capture Addis Ababa
African and Western nations have called for an immediate ceasefire in Ethiopia after Tigrayan forces from the country’s north made advances towards the capital this week. The US special envoy for the Horn of Africa, Jeffrey Feltman, arrived in Addis Ababa to press for a halt to military operations and...
Kenya’s capital gears up for new fire station to add up to two built over 120 years ago
Whenever there is fire outbreak in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, late response, lack of equipment and personnel have become all too familiar a narrative that leaves burns in the memories of victims and guts through the hearts of those who have to watch helplessly as their loved ones being recovered...
Britain: Distraught Tory MP resigns over ‘curse’ of politics and colleagues ‘mocking his wife’s suicide’
Tory Member of Parliament Owen Paterson has resigned as MP for North Shropshire following a lobbying scandal. However, the Conservative said he would “remain a public servant but outside the cruel world of politics” today. He accused “people, including MPs” of publicly mocking his wife’s suicide in a statement released...
Media, journalists hail US sanctions against Israeli tech firm that makes and sells spyware to rogue regimes
The US Commerce Department added Israel’s NSO Group and Candiru to its trade blacklist, saying they sold spyware to foreign governments that used the equipment to target government officials, journalists and others. Positive Technologies of Russia, and Computer Security Initiative Consultancy, from Singapore, were also listed, the department announced on...
Sanctioned: Military coups, rights abuses push Ethiopia, Mali and Guinea out of US duty-free trade pact
The United States plans to remove Ethiopia, Mali and Guinea from the agreement that gives them duty-free access to the United States, President Joe Biden said in a letter to Congress, citing human rights violations. The move comes amid ongoing conflict and famine in Ethiopia’s northern region of Tigray and...
Sudan military junta looks to cave in to international pressure to reinstate ousted PM Hamdok
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, the United States and Britain have called for the immediate reinstatement of Sudan’s civilian-led government in the latest show of international pressure to reverse a military coup. Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has been under house arrest in the capital Khartoum since being toppled on...
International pressure forces Facebook to delete Ethiopia PM’s ‘bury rebels’ genocidal post
Facebook has removed a post from Ethiopia’s prime minister Abiy Ahmed for violating its policies against inciting violence. On Sunday, Ahmed called on citizens take up arms to block the advance of the rebel Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF). The TPLF has fought a year-long campaign against government forces, capturing...
Rise of electric vehicles industry: Dealing with cars past their prime won’t end soon as cars are typically globe-trotters
This summer, Dirk Spiers, a tall, rumpled Dutchman-turned-Oklahoman, got a heads-up from General Motors about more problems with the Chevrolet Bolt. Over the previous year, the car model that had once been celebrated as GM’s grand victory over Tesla – the United States’ first truly mass-market electric vehicle – had...
