Rich nations caused climate harm to poorer ones, study says
In calculations designed to help nations hurt by climate change get compensation for decades of carbon pollution from rich, high-emitting nations, researchers have calculated just how much losses and benefits…
Kemi Badenoch refuses to enter ‘tax bidding war’ in Tory leadership campaign
Conservative leadership contender Kemi Badenoch refused to enter a “tax bidding war” with her competitors and said she will level with the public over the measures needed to stabilise the…
UN projects world population will reach 8 billion on Nov. 15
The United Nations estimated Monday that the world’s population will reach 8 billion on Nov. 15 and that India will replace China as the world’s most populous nation next year.…
Nigeria jailbreak raises more questions over insecurity
Nigerian authorities on Monday admitted shortcomings in security at a jail in the nation’s capital after an attack that resulted in the escape of hundreds of inmates last week. The…
Nigeria’s troubled northwest battles child malnutrition
Four years ago gunmen attacked Halima Musa’s village in northwestern Nigeria, killing her husband and the oldest of their seven children. The family fled to the safety of a camp…
Businessinsider.co.za | Inside Abagold: Abalone farms that sends tonnes of ‘white gold’ to China every year
The abalone industry which started in 1984 in South Africa has come a long way. Abagold is one of the largest abalone farms in Africa, it comprises four aquaculture farms…
This is how Nigerians are fighting an epidemic with highest number of child pneumonia deaths in the world
Nigeria has the highest number of child pneumonia deaths worldwide, with as many as 443 succumbing to the infection per day. That’s equivalent to 18 deaths every hour. The situation…
Nigerian politician and wife who ‘plotted to harvest man’s kidney for their daughter’ to face trial
A Nigerian politician and his wife accused of plotting to harvest a man’s kidney for their daughter are set to face trial at the Old Bailey. Ike Ekweremadu, 60, a…
Inflation pushed 71M people into poverty since Ukraine war
A staggering 71 million more people around the world are experiencing poverty as a result of soaring food and energy prices that climbed in the weeks following Russia‘s invasion of…