Middle East and Africa
Brookfield raises $2.4 billion for climate fund backed by UAE
DUBAI – Brookfield Asset Management said on Monday it has raised $2.4 billion for the Catalytic Transition Fund (CTF), which is backed by...
Hydropower damages river systems in Africa: how more solar and wind power can solve this problem
The Conversation Africa: Renewable power sources such as solar and wind power are becoming increasingly cost-competitive. These can reduce hydropower reliance, diversify countries’...
Home solar systems in South Africa: more will be installed if households are given loans, free maintenance and security
The Conversation: Without addressing the financial, personal, institutional, technical and societal barriers to home solar power in South Africa, it will remain a...
Tunisia fisherwomen battle inequality and climate change
Off a quiet Tunisian island, Sara Souissi readies her small fishing boat. As a woman in the male-dominated trade, she rows against entrenched...
Afghanistan says to begin work on huge gas pipeline
Taliban government stages ceremony to mark the start of work on the $10bn TAPI pipeline that will cross South Asia.
Nigeria’s Dangote refinery caught between promise and reality
Nigeria waits for mega-refinery's fuel to flood the domestic market after delays and outcry over petrol price subsidies.
Oil tanker ablaze off Yemen threatens environmental disaster
Yemeni rebels' Red Sea oil tanker attack leaves Greek-flagged ship on fire while carrying a million barrels of crude oil.
China eyes mining and energy with $50bn financing for Africa
Xi Jinping pledges $50bn of financing for Africa as China extends help with infrastructure in resource-rich parts of the continent.
Namibia’s drought cull of more than 700 wildlife under way
Carried out by professional hunters, the culling targets 30 hippos, 60 buffalos, 50 impalas, 83 elephants, 100 blue wildebeest, 100 elands and 300...
