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Kubik is proud of its pioneering, climate-friendly technology that recycles one of the world’s environmental curses — plastic waste  into construction blocks. But for the award-winning Ethiopian startup to achieve liftoff has been no easy task. It has had to fight tooth and nail to raise funds, says its youthful …

Senegalese President Macky Sall has surprised many by deciding not to seek a third term in office. The decision is being greeted as a great relief by many in Dakar, where tensions had been running high prior to Sall’s address to the nation on Monday. Our correspondent Wahany Sambo went …

Rwandan political critic Paul Rusesabagina, internationally renowned for saving hundreds of people during the Tutsi genocide in 1994, denounced on Saturday the situation in the country. In his first public address since his surprise release from prison last March, the vocal opponent of Rwandan President Paul Kagame described the regime …

Russia will continue to operate in the Central African Republic, either with the Wagner group currently fighting the rebellion alongside the army, or with another contingent, stated a senior official in the presidency of the central African state. This announcement comes shortly after the head of Russian diplomacy, Sergei Lavrov, …

Sebastien Ogier won the 70th edition of the Safari Rally Kenya on Sunday after just managing to hold off Kalle Rovanpera in a thrilling finale. The French 8-time world champion held a narrow 13.6 second advantage over the current champion and 2023 points leader going into the final three stages …

Climate activist Vanessa Nakate faced an audience packed with world leaders and finance officials on Thursday, silenced the room and made everyone listen to some uncomfortable facts. Speaking at a two-day summit aimed at seeking better responses to tackle poverty and climate change issues by reshaping the global financial system, …

The last time Sabah Abd Rabu Hussein heard from her son, Yahia Saleh, he was planning to board a migrant vessel from conflict-ridden Libya to Europe. That was two weeks ago. The Egyptian housewife said on Sunday that she had begged him not to go but that he had become …

South Africa’s President, on Friday (June 16), called on Ukraine and Russia to de-escalate the war. Shortly after his arrival with Senegal’s, Zambia’s and the Comoros’ presidents, the leaders went to Bucha, a suburb of Ukraine’s capital where the Russian army is accused of killing civilians in 2022. An air …

Kenyan climate campaigner, Eric Njuguna, and Swedish climate activist, Greta Thunberg, participated in the Climate Change Conference in Germany. The event takes place ahead of the COP28 meeting later this year in Dubai. Speaking to the press, Kenyan climate campaigner Eric Njuguna denounced the choice of an oil giant boss …

One week after the end of a deadly unrest that shook Senegal, the country still counts its losses. Volunteers and staff from Dakar’s Cheikh Anta Diop University are trying to salvage what can still be out of some 200,000 university archives. Youths armed with Molotov cocktail allegedly set ablaze the …