ACCRA, GHANA Ghana was stunned last year by a corruption scandal in which football referees were found to be accepting bribes to influence the outcomes of games. But while the Ghana Football Association (GFA) has struggled to clean up the sport, and …
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Israeli Supreme Court Green lights Deportation of Human Rights Monitor
Israel’s top court on Tuesday upheld the government’s decision to deport a high-profile human rights monitor accused of backing an international boycott campaign of the Jewish state.The court unanimously chose to uphold the Interior Ministry’s refusal …
Read MoreScientists Predict El Nino in 2020 Based on Earlier Warning Method
BARCELONA The complex El Nino weather pattern that can bring disastrous heavy rainfall and long droughts to countries around the Pacific from Peru to Indonesia and Australia will probably emerge again in 2020, researchers have predicted.An internatio…
Read MoreEthiopia Sees Rise in Businesses Doing Good as Economy Opens Up
ADDIS ABABA From ex-prostitutes making jewelry out of bullet casing to drones delivering blood, rising numbers of businesses with a mission to help address social problems are emerging in Ethiopia as the economy opens up.An estimated 55,000 social ente…
Read MoreKenya Vows to Cut Emissions as Dirty Stoves, Fuels Kill 21,500 a Year
NAIROBI More than 21,500 Kenyans die each year from cooking with traditional fuels like charcoal and firewood, new government data showed on Tuesday, as authorities pledged to meet a global goal of universal access to clean cooking energy by 2030.The h…
Read MoreExclusive: Italy to Make Climate Change Study Compulsory in Schools
ROME Italy will next year become the world’s first country to make it compulsory for schoolchildren to study climate change and sustainable development, Education Minister Lorenzo Fioramonti said.Fioramonti, from the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement,…
Read MoreNigerian Firefighters Battle Huge Blaze at Market in Lagos
LAGOS, NIGERIA Nigerian firefighters were trying to extinguish a major fire at the Balogun market in central Lagos on Tuesday.Thick black smoke and flames were shooting up from five-story buildings surrounding the market as firetrucks attempt to get ac…
Read MoreHead of US Africa Command Visits Somalia
WASHINGTON The top general for U.S. military operations in Africa visited Somalia Tuesday to meet with leaders and discuss the fight against extremists in the Horn of Africa nation.U.S. Army Gen. Stephen Townsend, head of U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM),…
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