Analysis of climate commitments suggest ‘the world can save $300 billion annually if a global carbon market were in place’
Minister from the 200 countries that took part in the 26th conference of Climate Change (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, face stinging criticism for failure to agree on whether to create a “loss and damage” fund, a kind of insurance policy that would compensate climate-vulnerable countries for damage resulting from emissions...
Despite deal on greenhouse gas emissions, scientists at Glasgow meet warn ‘COP26 hasn’t solved the problem’
Government ministers at the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) have reached a deal on further steps to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions after discussions overran by 24 hours. On 13 November, representatives from nearly 200 countries agreed the final text of the deal, which pledges further action...
Why some South Sudanese think the US has abandoned them at the hour of need as fighting continues
The Core tenets of the 2018 South Sudan peace deal, including creating a unified army, have been repeatedly delayed. Analysts warn that divisions within President Salva Kiir’s and First Vice President Riek Machar’s parties – including recent calls for a leadership change that prompted a government crackdown – risk further...
Tenth anniversary: Some South Sudanese find themselves regretting vote for independence
The night after he watched government-allied forces burn his village to the ground, Dhoal Gatwich Gatjani gathered his family and started walking north. He had heard that a United Nations base was offering protection. As civil war devastated the country in the years that followed, Gatjani and his family were...
Questions raised on why Museveni holds Ugandan children prison for months after opposition crackdown
Ugandan security services held children for months in prisons after successive crackdowns against opposition activists earlier this year, witnesses and victims have said. Adults and children described systematic physical abuse, denial of basic legal rights and appalling conditions as they waited for trial on charges they claim were fabricated. The...
Hospital workers in UK offer a hint about how some people clear Covid infections so fast that they don’t positive
Data from dozens of UK health-care workers suggest a tantalising possibility: that some people can clear a nascent SARS-CoV-2 infection from their bodies so quickly that they never test positive for the virus nor even produce antibodies against it. The data also suggest that such resistance is conferred by immune...
After years of financial fiddling and theft, Kenya zeroing in on a cartel in energy behind economic crimes
After years of financial fiddling in Kenya’s energy sector that scared off potential investors in manufacturing sector citing high cost of electricity and fuel, findings by taskforce appointed by the government to investigate the unusual happenings in the industry, point to serious accountability gaps. Consequently, shocked by the findings that...
Power and the glory: Cabal in Kenya president’s office piling misery on electricity consumers face arrest
Kenya is bracing for a stormier ending of the Jubilee government after a taskforce constituted by the President Uhuru Kenyatta to investigate the cause of high power tariffs unearthed massive rot in the seat of power, besides raising the red flag over the role-played by Deputy President William Ruto and...
Report: Cartel in Kenya president’s office ‘steals’ electricity and fuel, bills taxpayers three times above market rates
Kenya is bracing for a stormier ending of the Jubilee government after a taskforce constituted by Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta to investigate the cause of high cost of electricity and fuel unearthed massive rot in the seat of power, besides raising the red flag over the role-played by Deputy President...
Trouble with Nigeria-2: Weapons are readily available in northwest, flowing in from gunsmiths in the Sahel
Regardless of government intentions, the problem with Nigeria failure to hammer out permanent peace agreements with insurgents is that the accords negotiated so far are badly flawed and amateurishly executed. The running theme in all conflicts in Nigeria – as is the case elsewhere in Africa – equitable access to...
