FAO warns against swarms of desert locusts in North Africa

TUNIS - The UN Food and Agriculture Organization issued an alert for Algeria, Libya and Tunisia against groups of desert locusts. The outbreak that began in December in the Sahel spread to North Africa during February and March, said a statement from the …

Advance report on forest fires in Europe, Middle East and North Africa 2024 - JRC

Rio 2016: South Africa’s Caster Semenya brushes off past gender dispute in pursuit of 800m gold

Johannesburg // South Africa's Caster Semenya is back and vowing to win an Olympic gold medal that could reignite the complex biological and ethical gender storm that once engulfed her life. The athlete, who was at the centre of a bitter …

Get ready for a partial solar eclipse across Europe and parts of North America and Africa

NEW YORK (AP) — The moon will appear to take bites out of the sun this weekend during a partial solar eclipse in the Northern Hemisphere — but make sure to protect your eyes. The eclipse will be visible Saturday across Europe, western Africa, eastern North …

State of play on road to 2026 world cup in Africa after March internationals

Matchday 5 and 6 of the African qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup 2026 delivered thrilling drama, spectacular goals, stunning upsets, and gritty determination as the road to North America intensified. From Ghana’s five-star display to Morocco’s last-gasp …

This changes everything: The threat of Trumpism for South Africa

IN JUST A FEW WEEKS, THE SECOND coming of Trump has started to reconfigure the international political architecture that emerged after the Second World War. This has profound implications for countries both in the global North and South. That neofascists …

The Greek who went into North Korea to break a world record

Greek-American film director Michael Angelo Zervos, 36, was among the first group of international tourists to enter North Korea in late February after a five-year hiatus. As soon as the country reopened to outsiders, he quickly booked the tickets, which …

Catch a Deep Partial Solar Eclipse Spanning the North Atlantic This Weekend

Observers across the North Atlantic will witness the first solar eclipse of 2025 this coming weekend. Got clear skies this weekend? If clouds cooperate, observers in the North Atlantic and surrounding regions may witness a rare spectacle: a partial solar …

Nissan to launch 10 new models in North America to fuel comeback

Dive Brief: Nissan Motor Co. unveiled plans to launch more than 10 new and refreshed models in North America equipped with next-generation technologies to attract new customers, increase profitability and boost its competitiveness, the automaker announced …

AFRICA MAY CONTINUE CRYING – DRC CIVIL WAR.

We value the efforts made thus far to end the civil conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) by the EAC, SADC, AU, and most recently, Qatary Emir Shelkh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani in Doha, Qatar. This w@r could not be over anytime soon because …