As host of UN COP28 climate talks, the autocratic UAE is now allowing in critics it once kept out
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Burkina Faso rights defender abducted as concerns grow over alleged clampdown on dissent
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Gunfire erupts in Guinea-Bissau’s capital during reported clashes between security forces
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Passengers surprised when plane lands 200 miles from destination
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King hails ‘fantastic’ climate technologies as he opens Dubai science campus
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Nigeria’s leader presents a $34 billion spending plan that prioritizes the economy and security
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Mali’s government will probe Tuareg rebel leaders as crucial 2015 peace deal appears to crumble
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Niger’s junta revokes a key law that had slowed migration for Africans desperate to reach Europe
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News24 | West African climate change experts call for special attention to their region at COP28
West African climate change experts pin their hopes on a successful global stocktake at COP28 to draw attention to the region’s specific needs. Rising sea levels and coastal erosion were…