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The UN Climate Change Conference or COP27 on Sunday agreed to establish a “loss and damage” fund to help vulnerable countries hit hard by climate change. The 27th conference was held in the Egyptian resort of Sharm El Sheikh. Egyptian Foreign

As delegates and organizations wait for the release of the latest version of the cover text, failure to secure agreement on several key issues and lack of transparency from the COP presidency makes a deal at COP27 look unlikely.  Despite being

Russia and Ukraine exchanged 214 prisoners, according to the Russian Defense Ministry and pro-Russia separatists. The ministry said a new exchange of war prisoners was conducted Thursday with Ukraine. “On November 3, as a result of the negotiation process, 107 Russian

Burkina Faso has been hit by confusion and uncertainty after suffering its second military coup in a year – with gunshots fired in the capital Ouagadougou on Saturday and protesters starting a fire outside the French embassy. Self-declared coup leader Captain

The Climate Justice Camp in Tunisia has concluded with almost 400 participants strengthening a movement of solidarity across more than 65 countries around the Global South, in the lead-up to the 27th UN climate summit, in Egypt. Led by dozens of

A United Nations tribunal in The Hague has opened the genocide trial of a Rwandan businessman captured two years ago after decades on the run, with judges saying the hearing must go on despite the suspect’s decision to boycott it from

Leading Ukrainian and international campaigners have written to the European Council to demand that the EU implements a full and immediate embargo on all Russian fossil fuels. Writing in advance of the EU energy ministers’ meeting on Friday, the campaigners say

A new survey on consumer perceptions and behaviours towards brands conducted by the Madrid-based global communications agency, MARCO, revealed many people in Sub-Saharan started buying online with the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic and will continue to do so in the