Protesters block Northern Ireland march being held for first time since Good Friday Agreement
Tensions ran high in Northern Ireland on Sunday after a contentious parade was blocked from making its way through the town of Portadown by thousands of protesters. The demonstrators, many wearing balaclavas, congregated on a street in the town, where many favor unification with the Republic of Ireland. They came after an early-hours decision from…
Africa: Vaccination Rates Are Falling in Africa, but a New Strategy Aims to Turn Things Around. Five Things It Needs to Get Right
Africa has reached an important moment in its immunisation journey. Coverage is not rising fast enough to keep pace with population growth, persistent inequities and a growing number of vaccines. At the same time, outbreaks and financing pressures are intensifying. Vaccination has transformed child survival. A landmark analysis found that global immunisation efforts have saved…
Mike Waltz: US offered to sell Iran uranium for civilian programme | US-Israel war on Iran News
As part of previous negotiations aimed at ending its war on Iran, the United States offered to sell Tehran uranium for use in a civilian programme, but Iran refused, a top US official said on Sunday. “Heck, our negotiators even offered to sell them uranium,” US Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz said on…
Africa: Senegal’s President Faye – Macky Sall Best Candidate ‘To Fight for Africa’ At UN
Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has thrown his weight behind his predecessor and former political rival Macky Sall to become the next United Nations secretary-general. No one is better placed to fight for Africa’s place at the table, he told RFI and France 24. Speaking on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New…
Boomi Appoints Mike Hickman as Chief Financial Officer
Boomi Appoints Mike Hickman as Chief Financial Officer Boomi, the data activation company for AI, today announced the appointment of Mike Hickman as Chief Financial Officer. Hickman will lead Boomi’s global finance and accounting organization, spanning financial planning and analysis, accounting, treasury, tax, and financial reporting. He reports to Boomi Chairman and Chief Executive Officer…
Africa Needs Its Own AI Solutions, Not Borrowed Ones, Says Expert
Africa should focus its use of technology on solving its own real challenges rather than copying the systems and priorities of other parts of the world. That’s the opinion of one of the expert members of the UN-backed Independent International Scientific Panel on Artificial Intelligence, Girmaw Abebe Tadesse, who leads Microsoft’s AI for Good Lab…
Iran foreign minister says Tehran ready for ‘doomsday’ war with U.S.
Daily life continues in the strategic port city of Bandar Abbas on the Strait of Hormuz amid ongoing tensions between Iran and the United States, as Iranians spend time along the city’s waterfront at sunset in Bandar Abbas, Iran on September 12, 2026. Fatemeh Bahrami | Anadolu | Getty Images Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi…
Africa’s Mineral Strength Is Wasted If Countries Don’t Work Together – New Report
Green technologies are mineral-intensive: electric vehicles, batteries, solar panels, wind turbines and grids need cobalt, lithium, copper, manganese, graphite and rare earths. The International Energy Agency estimates that electric cars require six times more minerals than a petrol or diesel car. A wind power plant requires about nine times more minerals than a gas-fired plant….
Iran ‘fully prepared’ for war to resume but diplomacy not over yet, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said his country is prepared for fighting with the United States to resume, but has not yet abandoned diplomacy after President Donald Trump publicly rejected a proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. “We are fully prepared for the war to be resumed. We stand firm in the face…
Elephants on Mount Elgon may be using medicinal plants, study finds
The gate of Mt Elgon National Park. PHOTO/Mt Elgon Foundation/ Kelvin Maima. By PATRICK MAYOYO Elephants living on Mount Elgon may be using certain plants to treat illness, according to new research that draws on decades of observations by members of the local Sabaot Indigenous community. The study, published in Scientic Reports, documents reports of…
