Thursday, April 25, 2024 - 06:00
Few economic and social benefits will come to Africans if processing is all done overseas, says Wanjira Mathai
Africa must take greater control in the industries it supplies with raw materials to lift its people from poverty and seize its own destiny in a low-carbon world, one of the...
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Thursday, April 25, 2024 - 05:04
Copper needs to reach $12 000 a ton — a 20% jump from this week’s high — to incentivize large-scale investments in new mines, said Olivia Markham, who co-manages the BlackRock World Mining Fund.
The metal’s price hit a two-year high near $10 000, but Markham said further gains are necessary to...
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Thursday, April 25, 2024 - 05:00
Human Rights Watch demands investigation into killings in two villages just weeks after Russian troops fly in, amid intensifying conflict
Burkina Faso’s military summarily executed 223 civilians, including at least 56 children, in a single day in late February, according to an...
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Thursday, April 25, 2024 - 04:04
Mining heavyweight Anglo American on Thursday confirmed that it had received an unsolicited, nonbinding takeover proposal from commodities rival BHP Group, potentially transforming the mining industry landscape.
The proposition entails an all-share offer for Anglo American, coupled with plans for...
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Thursday, April 25, 2024 - 02:26
Mauritania President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani said Wednesday he would run for a second term in presidential elections due in June.
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Thursday, April 25, 2024 - 01:48
The rain also killed farm animals and destroyed thousands of acres of crops.
Thursday, April 25, 2024 - 01:01
Home secretary visits Lampedusa in Italy as National Audit Office says scheme could surpass £580m by 2030
Several flights a month will deport asylum seekers to Rwanda “indefinitely”, the home secretary has said, as he argued that the...
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Wednesday, April 24, 2024 - 23:50
NPR's Juana Summers talks with game designer Abubakar Salim about the long journey of creating a game to process the grief of losing his father to cancer.
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Wednesday, April 24, 2024 - 23:25
George, a delivery executive, lives in a modest home on the outskirts of Nairobi. He unplugs the wire that charges his shiny new electric bike, presses a tiny switch bringing the quiet engine to life, and rides off to deliver happiness in the form of food. George is part of a large cohort of gig...
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Wednesday, April 24, 2024 - 23:00
Portugal’s president said late on Tuesday (Apr. 23) that his country was responsible for crimes committed during the transatlantic slave trade and the colonial era. Last week, the UN human rights chief backed calls for amends to be made over slavery and colonisation.
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Wednesday, April 24, 2024 - 22:05
Nairobi, Kenya — The Kenyan government is threatening to withhold the salaries and union remittances of striking doctors after failing to reach an agreement with doctors' union.
"We will be asking our counsel to appeal to the court to review the orders that had been issued initially so that we...
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Wednesday, April 24, 2024 - 21:38
Dauda Biu, the Federal Road Safety Corps Marshal, proposes criminalizing reckless driving with prison sentences for drivers who cause accidents. The FRSC Marshal’s call for stricter penalties comes on the heels of devastating crashes in Oyo, Kano, and Kaduna, which could have been prevented....
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Wednesday, April 24, 2024 - 21:12
35 people have died in Kenya since mid-March in flooding events that have affected more than 100,000 people, according to figures from the Red Cross.
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Wednesday, April 24, 2024 - 21:06
Harare, Zimbabwe — The annual report released Wednesday by Amnesty International paints a dismal picture of human rights repression and international rule-breaking worldwide, all in the midst of deepening global inequality and an escalating climate crisis.
In the report, Amnesty had a rare note...
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Wednesday, April 24, 2024 - 20:04
London — A breakdown in the international rule of law is being accelerated through rapid advancement in technology and artificial intelligence, which risks a “supercharging” of human rights violations, according to an annual report, by Amnesty International, published April 24.
“The...
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Wednesday, April 24, 2024 - 19:54
A breakdown in the international rule of law is being accelerated through rapid advancement in technology and artificial intelligence, which risks a “supercharging” of human rights violations. That’s according to the new annual report by rights group Amnesty International. Henry Ridgwell has more.
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Wednesday, April 24, 2024 - 19:42
Locally assembled smartphones are retailing at highs of up to Sh10,559 and could rise further to Sh11,500.
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Wednesday, April 24, 2024 - 19:11
Colin Montgomery, Daniel Fenton, Federico Moscogiuri, Alwyn Jones and Martin Coult on small boats, deaths in the Channel and the passing of the safety of Rwanda bill
Daniel Boffey’s account of those desperate souls attempting to cross the Channel – where five people drowned this week – was...
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Wednesday, April 24, 2024 - 18:52
Government U-turn as PM Mia Mottley acknowledges anger from reparations movement over plan to buy Barbados land from Dorset MP Richard Drax
The prime minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley, has halted plans for a multi-million-pound payout to the British Conservative MP Richard Drax for the...
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Wednesday, April 24, 2024 - 18:42
Over 282 million people in 59 countries and territories suffered acute food insecurity in 2023, according to the 2024 Global Report on Food Crisis. These numbers represent a 24 million increase in comparison to the previous year
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