Africa (except North Africa)

NAIROBI, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- Kenya's economy could face setbacks without climate actions designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adjustments to the effects of climate change, the World Bank said in a report released Friday.

According to the Kenya Country Climate and Development Report, inaction against climate change could result in a decline of 3.61 percent to 7.25 percent in real gross domestic product (GDP) relative to the business-as-usual baseline scenario by the year 2050.

Tehran, IRNA – In an open letter to US President Joe Biden, The Elders said that destroying Gaza and killing civilians will not make the Zionists safe.

The letter, which was published on Thursday, added that “these actions will breed more terrorism, across the region and beyond”.

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Floods caused by torrential rainfall have killed at least 31 people in various parts of Somalia, authorities said Sunday.

Since October, floods have displaced nearly half a million people and disrupted the lives of over 1.2 million people, Minister of Information Daud Aweis told reporters in the capital Mogadishu. They have also caused extensive damage to civilian infrastructure notably in the Gedo region of southern Somalia, he said.

DAR ES SALAAM, Nov 11 (NNN-DAILYNEWS) — THE Tanzania Institute of Education (TIE) has signed a Memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Gwangju Metropolitan Office of Education (GMEO) from South Korea to implement the Korea e-Learning Improvement Cooperation (KLIC) project.

The project is expected to further strengthen the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in teaching and learning.

NAIROBI, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- The production of fossil fuels including coal, oil and gas is expected to soar this decade, hence undermining efforts to tame the escalating climate emergencies globally, according to a joint report by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and research partners launched on Wednesday.

According to the 2023 Production Gap Report, world governments plan to produce 110 percent more fossil fuels in 2030, a move that will place hurdles in efforts to limit atmospheric warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.

DJAMENA, Nov 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Chad says it has recalled its Chargé d’Affaires in Israel for consultation over “unprecedented deadly violence in the Gaza Strip”.

In a statement from the country’s foreign affairs ministry, the government condemned “the loss of human lives of many innocent civilians” and called “for a ceasefire leading to a lasting solution to the Palestinian question”.

In 1972, Chad, a Muslim-majority country severed its diplomatic relations with Israel but later revived ties in 2019.

NAIROBI, Nov 6 (NNN-KBC) — Czech Republic Prime Minister Petr Fiala is in Kenya for a three-day official visit.

Fiala jetted into Kenya Sunday night and was received at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport by Prime Cabinet Secretary and Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs, Musalia  Mudavadi.

The Czech Premier will hold discussions with senior government officials and industry leaders ahead of his official reception at Statehouse, Nairobi by President William Ruto on Tuesday.

MOGADISHU, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- The African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) has announced that 13 police officers have completed an intensive five-day training program focused on detecting and neutralizing improvised explosive devices (IEDs).

YAOUNDE, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- Several people are feared dead after gunmen raided a village in Cameroon's war-torn English-speaking region of Southwest, according to local and security sources.

The gunmen attacked the Egbekaw village early Monday, shooting indiscriminately, a person living in the village told Xinhua by phone.

"We have counted about 25 bodies, women and children among, all of them killed. People are mourning everywhere. It is a terrible day," the source said on condition of anonymity.

NAIROBI, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Britain's tarnished colonial past took centre stage in Kenya on Tuesday as King Charles began a four-day state visit, poised to acknowledge "painful aspects" of the countries' long shared history as local leaders press demands for reparations.

Accompanied by Queen Camilla on his first visit as monarch to a former colony, Charles arrived in the capital Nairobi overnight.