At UN, African leaders say enough is enough: They must be partnered with, not sidelined
At the U.N. General Assembly meeting in New York, African leaders are relaying a unanimous message, that their continent of more than 1.3 billion people is done being a โvictimโ of a post-world war order and must be recognized and partnered with as a global power in itself.
Africa Climate Summit links 'unfair' debt burden with calls to make continent's green assets pay off
The host of the first Africa Climate Summit says climate change is โrelentlessly eating awayโ at Africaโs economic progress and itโs time to have a global conversation about a carbon tax on polluters.
The first Africa Climate Summit opens as hard-hit continent of 1.3B demands more say and financing
The first African Climate Summit is opening with heads of state and others asserting a stronger voice on a global issue that affects the continent of 1.3 billion people the most, even though they contribute to it the least.
Kenyaโs new president promises ambitious climate plan
Kenyaโs newly elected president William Ruto said that climate change will be key to the governmentโs agenda and made an ambitious pledge to ramp up clean energy and phase out fossil fuels for electricity by 2030 during his inauguration speech Tuesday.
Ethiopia calls WHO chief's comments on Tigray "unethical"
Ethiopiaโs government is criticizing as โunethicalโ the statement by the World Health Organizationโs director-general that the crisis in the countryโs Tigray region is โthe worst disaster on Earthโ and his assertion that the lack of global attention is due to Tigrayansโ โcolor of the skin.โ.
Kenyan lawyer goes on ICC trial in witness tampering case
A Kenyan lawyer has gone on trial at the International Criminal Court charged with bribing and threatening prosecution witnesses so that they would withdraw their statements in a case that ultimately collapsed amid widespread witness interference.
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British lawyer Karim Khan elected next ICC prosecutor
-FILE- In this Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020, file photo the sun bounces off the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)THE HAGUE โ More than 120 countries elected British lawyer Karim Khan on Friday as the next prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, one of the toughest jobs in international law because the tribunal seeks justice for the worldโs worst atrocities -- war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Khan, who has specialized in international criminal law and international human rights law, was widely seen as the favorite to get the job. He has worked as a prosecutor at the tribunal prosecuting war crimes in former Yugoslavia and crimes against humanity and genocide in Rwanda. Khan is no stranger to the International Criminal Court, known as the ICC, having acted as a defense lawyer for Kenyan Deputy President William Ruto and persuading judges to throw out prosecution charges against his client.