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DEVELOPED PARTIES DODGE CLIMATE CHANGE FINANCIAL COMMITMENTS

The African Group of Negotiators on Climate Change (AGN)is concerned with attempts by some developed Parties to divert their obligations of delivering financial resources to support implementation of climate action. AGN Chair EPHRAIM SHITIMA says instead of focusing on the obligation, the parties decided to focus on identifying the nature of financial flows. Speaking during

Museveni jokes he’s now a ‘veteran of corona’

Patience Atuhaire BBC News, Kampala Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has addressed the country’s parliament virtually, and continued to challenge social media reports that he was seriously ill and in intensive care. The president, who was diagnosed with Covid-19 last week, tweeted on Wednesday that he was free of symptoms, although he has continued to test positive over

“NOT GUILTY”

(BBC)Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty to historic charges of mishandling sensitive files at a federal court in Miami, Florida. Mr Trump is the first US president – current or former – to be hit with a federal criminal indictment. Arms crossed, in a dark suit and red tie, he sat in stone-faced silence for

ANC expels ex-Secretary General Magashule

BBC News South Africa’s governing African National Congress (ANC) has expelled its former Secretary General Ace Magashule a week after a party disciplinary committee found him guilty of misconduct. He was accused of having tried to suspend President Cyril Ramaphosa as party leader. Mr Magashule was given seven days to respond but in a statement

Kenya pushes for direct talks with Sudan rivals

BBC News Kenya’s President William Ruto has expressed his country’s commitment to a “face-to-face” meeting with the warring generals in Sudan in order to resolve the crisis there. He said Kenya – as the chair of the regional “quartet” of countries on Sudan that also includes Ethiopia, Somalia and South Sudan – “commits to meet

Silvio Berlusconi, former Italian PM, dies at 86

BBC News Silvio Berlusconi, the former Italian PM who bounced back from sex scandals and corruption allegations, has died aged 86. He died at the San Raffaele hospital in Milan, according to Italian media. In April, Berlusconi was treated for a lung infection linked to a previously undisclosed case of chronic leukaemia. A flamboyant billionaire
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