It said the weather system was a 'wrecking ball' that would bring havoc to Latin America, eastern and southern Africa, Asia, and the Pacific.

The two were kidnapped in separate incidents in Niger, where they were involved in education and development initiatives, more than a year and a half ago.

David Olarte Amaya, Vice-Minister for Environmental Territorial Planning, Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, Colombia. PHOTO/ PHOTO/ IISD/ENB – Mike Muzurakis. By PATRICK MAYOYO The 2026 United Nations Biodiversity  Conference continued in Yerevan, Armenia, with countries under pressure to turn ambitious global conservation pledges into concrete action, as a landmark assessment warned of widening gaps between international commitments and implementation on the ground. Delegates attending the 17th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP17) face mounting concerns that the world is not moving fast enough to achieve the targets of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), agreed in 2022 to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030. The conference, which also brings together parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and the Nagoya Protocol on access to genetic resources and the fair sharing of benefits, has placed f...

Climate and biodiversity crises are interconnected and require coordinated government action. PHOTO/GREENPEACE. By PATRICK MAYOYO Greenpeace has urged governments attending the UN Biodiversity Conference (CBD COP17) to move beyond acknowledging failures and adopt concrete measures to halt biodiversity loss and prevent irreversible ecosystem collapse, warning that the world is falling dangerously behind its 2030 nature protection targets. The environmental organisation said the summit must deliver decisive action on financing, harmful subsidies and policies driving the destruction of nature, as governments prepare to assess collective progress under the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KM-GBF). Four years after the framework was adopted, CBD COP17 will conclude the Convention’s first Global Review of progress towards its goals and targets, providing a critical assessment of whether countries are on course to meet their commitments. An Lambrechts, head of the Greenpeace ...

Concerns are mounting as Ethiopia and Eritrea inch closer to war. With Ethiopia now having taken control of the border town of Zalambessa, the fear is that Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed will send his troops into Eritrea. In Perspective, we spoke to Martin Plaut, a senior research fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies at the University of London.

It has been ten years since a Cameroon National Railway Intercity train travelling between Yaounde and Douala derailed and became the country's worst ever railway disaster. Seventy-nine people were killed and hundreds were injured.

A Kaspersky-commissioned survey highlights how relatives and friends help older people use technology. For South African banks and digital-service providers, the findings raise practical questions about accessibility, customer support and account control.

Virgin Atlantic plans to increase Johannesburg–London Heathrow services to ten weekly flights from December 2026 until late March 2027. Daily Airbus A350-1000 operations return on 25 October.

N1 Billion and an Apology: What Justice Anya Ordered, Line by Line The High Court of Abia State heard the federal government, rejected its objection and ordered it to pay N1 billion and publish an apology. This part reads the judgment order by order, including what the court refused. Prof. MarkAnthony Nze RESEARCH · CONCEPT […]

El-Rufai must be freed: You cannot wish the Fulani away RESEARCH · CONCEPT · INVESTIGATION · WRITING · FORENSIC PLATES Trace the record. Document the evidence. Build the proof until denial has nowhere left to stand. NZE FORENSIC SERIAL JOURNALISM METHOD™ TAGLINE Liberty is not a presidential favor. PLAIN ENGLISH BRIEF El-Rufai should be released […]