In a Ministerial Statement issued today at the closing of the first part of the 18th session of AMCEN, representatives of the African governments re-affirmed their commitment and efforts to recover from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic by prioritising green and sustainable recovery measures that can deliver mutual benefits for social, economic, and environmental resilience. Speaking at the ministerial segment, the incoming President of AMCEN and Minister of Environment of Senegal, H.E Abdou Karim Sall, said, “It is in the interest of Africa and in the interest of our people that environmental issues are given the attention they deserve,…
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Former Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika has died. The Algerian government made the announcement, saying the 84-year-old Bouteflika passed away on Friday. He had lived in a care home outside of Algiers since leaving office in 2019. The longtime politician and National Liberation Front leader had been in poor health for nearly a decade. He suffered a stroke in 2013 and was rarely seen in public, leaving many Algerians and international observers to speculate often on who was really running the country during those years. Bouteflika’s trips for medical care in Europe, along with his age and infirmity, led to an…
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KADUNA, Nigeria, Sept 18 (Reuters) – Bandits have released 10 more students kidnapped two months ago from a Baptist school in northwest Nigeria, the school administrator told Reuters on Saturday.The Reverend John Hayab, administrator of the Bethel Baptist High school, said 21 students from the school remained in captivity. He said an undisclosed ransom was paid to release eight students while another two were set free due to ill health.Last month bandits released 15 students from the school after a group of 28 was set free in July following the release of a first group of 28 two days after…
Uganda is a country that wears many hats. Its luscious landscapes have earned it the moniker of the ‘Pearl of Africa’, and its jungles – where few can say they have ventured – are home to the world’s largest collection of primates. But what you may not know is that Uganda’s wildlife-brimming reserves rival some of East Africa’s finest safari spots and you can see and do a continent’s worth without having to cross a single border. These bucketlist-smashing experiences don’t come at the price of roughing it either (unless you really want to), with accommodation ranging from stellar lodges…
Issued on: 18/09/2021 – 08:46 Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who ruled Algeria for two decades before resigning in 2019 amid mass protests, died on Friday. The former strongman had left office in April 2019 under pressure from the Algerian military, following weeks of demonstrations over his bid to run for a fifth term in office.After stepping down, he had stayed out of the public eye at a residence in western Algiers.Bouteflika rose to the presidency of Algeria in 1999 as the former French colony emerged from a decade of civil war that killed nearly 200,000 people.Dubbed “Boutef” by Algerians, he initially won respect…
Issued on: 18/09/2021 – 18:24Modified: 18/09/2021 – 18:27 Several hundred protesters marched through central Tunis on Saturday to demand a return to parliamentary democracy after a July power grab by President Kais Saied. The march was tightly marshalled by security forces on the ground and an interior ministry surveillance drone overhead, AFP journalists reported.Most of the protesters were supporters of the Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party, which formed the largest bloc in parliament before its dissolution by the president.”The people want the collapse of the coup,” the protesters chanted. “We want legitimacy.”On July 25, Saied sacked the government, suspended parliament, removed lawmakers’…
Tinariwen, a Tuareg desert blues band that has gained international acclaim over the last few decades, titled one of its albums Aman Iman, or “water is life” in the Tuareg language Tamashek. They chose the title with good reason: water is essential for survival in the arid Sahara and in the Sahel region immediately south of the Sahara. As climate change intensifies and water supplies dry up, this truth will be underscored in dramatic fashion. Global warming is a major threat to the African continent, imperiling the lives and livelihoods of millions. Forty-six of 54 African countries are threatened by…
Abdelaziz Bouteflika updatesSign up to myFT Daily Digest to be the first to know about Abdelaziz Bouteflika news. Abdelaziz Bouteflika, the former president of Algeria who has died aged 84, ruled the north African country for 20 years until protests swept him from power in 2019.A veteran of Algeria’s war of independence from France, he was credited by many of his people with helping restore peace after he became president in 1999, following what was termed the black decade, during which some 100,000 people were killed in political violence between Islamists and the military.His rule, however, ended in ignominy, after…
No further cases were confirmed by health workers monitoring the 170 high-risk contacts of the first patient, who was diagnosed after succumbing to the highly infectious hemorrhagic fever.The outbreak came just two months after the country was declared free of Ebola following a brief flare-up earlier this year that killed 12 people.”Today we can point to the growing expertise in outbreak response in Guinea and the region that has saved lives, contained and averted a spillover of the Marburg virus,” said Matshidiso Moeti, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) regional director for Africa.”Without immediate and decisive action, highly infectious diseases like…