Poor jail conditions led to the deaths of 33 young miners arrested on suspicion of illegal gold mining in central Nigeria, investigators said Tuesday, describing their treatment as “cruel and inhuman.”

Suspended beneath South Africa's 216-metre-high Bloukrans Bridge, Thomas van Tonder crossed 600 monkey bars over more than 280 metres, completing the challenge in 47 minutes and 37 seconds.

From L-R: Kirsty Bryant, CBD Secretariat; and Co-Facilitators of a Friends of the Co-Chairs group on DSI Katie Beckett, UK, and Henry Michael Ndengejeho, Namibia.PHOTO/IISD/ENB – Mike Muzurakis. By PATRICK MAYOYO newsdesk@africaeconews.co.ke The United Nations Biodiversity Conference has entered its decisive final week, with governments facing mounting pressure to bridge funding gaps, reform harmful subsidies and strengthen accountability in the global fight against biodiversity loss. The 17th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 17) is expected to conclude on Friday, following a first week that delivered several adopted decisions and fresh financial pledges worth hundreds of millions of dollars. The second week, which includes a high-level segment, brings together approximately 1,500 participants, including 140 finance and environment ministers and deputy ministers, to address barriers to implementing the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Frame...

The late ODM party leader Raila Odinga with the then ODM Secretary General and now Linda Mwananchi Movement leader Edwin Sifuna. PHOTO/UGC. By PATRICK MAYOYO newsdesk@africaeconews.co.ke I have followed Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna’s political journey with keen interest since his election to the Senate and subsequent appointment as Secretary-General of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM). I have watched him navigate the treacherous waters of Kenyan politics, confront powerful adversaries and challenge even those within his own then political family (ODM). Yet, of all the lessons he appears to have learnt along the way, one stands out: the ability to remain calm when the political ground beneath his feet is shifting, to think several moves ahead and to keep his cards close to his chest. It is for this reason that I have come to regard Sifuna as one of the most accomplished students to emerge from the political school of the late ODM political dynamo Raila Amolo Odinga. The most fasci...

Africa's outbreak of the Ebola virus has passed more than 10,000 cases, health authorities said Tuesday, with the vast majority located in Democratic Republic of Congo. There are currently no approved vaccines for the rare Bundibugyo species of Ebola driving the current infections.

It has been one year since the fall of El-Fasher in Sudan, a city in North Darfur, which was captured by the Rapid Support Forces. At least 6,000 civilians were killed by rebel troops as they entered this strategic city.

Fine Spinners Uganda Limited is investing an additional US$5 million in machinery at its Kampala mill. CEO Sav Bedi explains the planned weaving operation, export strategy, cotton purchases and expected jobs.

IMF data for 51 African economies show that the commodity net export price index rose in 14 of them and fell in 37 between January–February and March–May 2026. The commodity import price index rose in all 51.

India's biggest news publishers say the 2023 data privacy law could force journalists to seek consent before publishing and expose confidential sources.

Israel's election pits Benjamin Netanyahu against former military chief Gadi Eisenkot, but polls suggest neither camp has a clear route to a Knesset majority.