World

By John Ikani Jeff Bezos, American billionaire and founder of Amazon, says President Muhammadu Buhari’s ambition to restore four million hectares of degraded landscape in Nigeria is commendable. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on...

By Emmanuel Nduka Ethiopia’s cabinet declared a nationwide state of emergency on Tuesday after Tigrayan rebels seized two key towns in an apparent push towards the capital, the country’s media reported. “The state of emergency is...

By Emmanuel Nduka Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari has assured that Nigeria will cut its carbon emission to net zero by 2060. Buhari made this declaration on Tuesday while he spoke at the ongoing United Nations Climate Change...

By Ebi Kesiena Five people were killed on Tuesday when a cargo plane carrying fuel for the UN’s World Food Programme crashed near South Sudan’s capital Juba, airport officials said. The aircraft a Soviet-era Antonov An-26...

By Ebi Kesiena UN Special Representative to Sudan, Volker Perthes, told journalists in New York that multiple mediation efforts are underway one week after the military coup in Sudan. Speaking from the capital, Khartoum, Perthes said...

By Ebi Kesiena Queen Elizabeth II has appealed to world leaders to work together in common cause against climate change to solve the most insurmountable problems. The statement, delivered in a video message to the COP-26...