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Africa renewable energy investment at 11-year low: research
Africa renewable energy investment at 11-year low: research
World
by  AFP

Investment in renewable energy in Africa fell to its lowest level in more than decade last year despite the continent's huge potential, experts said Wednesday at the COP27 climate conference. Renewable energy investments rose nine percent worldwide between 2020 and 2021 to reach a record high, but they fell 35 percent in Africa, it said.

Man held after eggs lobbed at King Charles
Man held after eggs lobbed at King Charles
World
by  AFP

King Charles III and his wife Queen Consort Camilla narrowly avoided being hit with eggs thrown at them during a visit to northern England on Wednesday, leading to one arrest. The 73-year-old monarch and Camilla, 75, were targeted with three eggs which landed near them during a walkabout in York, before they were ushered away by minders.

Sudan's Nuba peoples rally in capital after ethnic clashes
Sudan's Nuba peoples rally in capital after ethnic clashes
Africa
by  AFP

Thousands of demonstrators from Sudan's Nuba peoples marched in the capital Khartoum on Wednesday to protest against recent deadly inter-ethnic violence in their southern home region. "No to the genocide of the Nuba," proclaimed placards carried in the Khartoum protest by the indigenous group whose members live mostly as herders and farmers in the mountainous region.