With the world 39;s forests increasingly under threat from climate change and logging, leaders and top bank chiefs pledged billions on Thursday to help reverse the steep decline in Africa 39;s woodland areas. So far this century East Africa alone has lost around 6 million hectares of forest, swathes of which contain plants and wildlife fo ...

Germany has agreed to speed up the return of human remains and artwork from former African colonies where the country carried out brutal massacres and pillaged indigenous heritage. The German culture and foreign ministries as well as regional and local cultural authorities signed a pledge late Wednesday committing museums and scientific ins ...

World leaders gathered in Kenya on Thursday to lend political muscle to UN environment talks, calling for urgent action to slow the destruction of natural habitats and accelerate funding for green development. French President Emmanuel Macron and Kenyan counterpart Uhuru Kenyatta were among several heads of state in Nairobi for the fourth ...

A top priority for air crash investigators is to locate and analyse a plane 39;s two black boxes which hold vital clues to what caused it to go down, including cockpit conversations. On Sunday, an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 crashed, killing all 157 people on board. The airline said Thursday that the black box flight recorders ...

The ban on the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft became worldwide on Wednesday after US President Donald Trump joined Canada and other countries in grounding the aircraft amid mounting global fears for the jets 39; airworthiness. US authorities said new evidence showed similarities between Sunday 39;s deadly crash of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 73 ...

Guinea-Bissau's historic ruling party appeared well placed to form a coalition government Wednesday after winning weekend elections in a result likely to perpetuate its long-running standoff with President Mario Vaz. In announcing provisional results, the National Election Commission said the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape ...

At least 115 people were killed in Mozambique, Malawi and South Africa after heavy rains affected 843,000 people across southeast Africa, officials and the UN said, prompting calls for emergency aid. At least 66 people have been killed in Mozambique, 45 in Malawi and four in South Africa following torrential rains that have triggered flash ...

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday denounced China and Iran as Washington offered its annual human rights report, while going easier on other countries like North Korea in the name of US interests. China, often seen as the main strategic adversary of the United States in the long term and locked in thorny trade talks with Washing ...

As US authorities continued to resist pressure Wednesday to ground the Boeing 737 MAX following the latest deadly crash, reports from American pilots surfaced who reported issues with the plane late last year. At least four pilots made reports following the October crash of a Lion Air flight in Indonesia shortly after takeoff, all complaini ...

Governments and business must help countries in Africa deal with the fallout of climate change, the head of the World Bank said Wednesday as her organisation pledged billions for green investment in the continent. Kristalina Georgieva said it was vital that nations least responsible for global warming are assisted in adapting to the extreme ...

The United Nations has urged world leaders meeting in Nairobi for the body 39;s fourth environment assembly to take concrete action to curb food and plastic waste, amid damning reports highlighting the world 39;s reckless consumption. A new report released on Wednesday blames environmental damage for a quarter of all deaths around the wor ...

The United States has said there is no basis to ground Boeing 737 MAX airliners, after a second deadly crash involving the model in less than five months prompted governments worldwide to ban the plane. And the list is growing. The aviation giant has made assurances that the plane is safe and reliable, but Sunday 39;s crash in Ethiopia h ...

US airlines are standing behind Boeing despite the wave of countries and carriers grounding the 737 MAX, but fear has gripped crews and passengers, and many are refusing to fly on the plane. Following the second deadly crash of one of its aircraft, some US politicians also have called for the plane to be grounded while the investigation con ...

President Emmanuel Macron visited Djibouti and Ethiopia on Tuesday, promising respectful partnerships in the face of growing regional indebtedness to China, which is fast expanding its foothold in the continent. Looking to strengthen economic, military and cultural ties in East Africa, Macron announced a new defence deal with Ethiopia and ...

The United States said Tuesday there is no basis to ground Boeing 737 MAX airplanes, after a second deadly crash involving the model in less than five months prompted governments worldwide to ban the aircraft. Despite the aviation giant 39;s assurances that the plane is safe and reliable, the European Union, Britain and India joined Chin ...

A quarter of all premature deaths and diseases worldwide are due to manmade pollution and environmental damage, the United Nations said Wednesday in a landmark report on the planet 39;s parlous state. Deadly smog-incuding emissions, chemicals polluting drinking water, and the accelerating destruction of ecosystems crucial to the livelihood ...

As investigators probe the latest deadly crash of Boeing 39;s bestselling airliner, US President Donald Trump weighed in Tuesday with his own explanation: modern planes are too complicated for pilots. Airplanes are becoming far too complex to fly, he tweeted, adding that instead of pilots, the planes require computer scientists from MIT ...

Australia and Singapore on Tuesday banned Boeing 737 MAX planes from their airspace and airlines around the world grounded the jets following a second deadly accident in just five months. On Sunday a new Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX 8 went down minutes into a flight to Nairobi, killing all 157 people on board. It came after a Lion Air jet of ...

US regulators have ordered Boeing to make urgent improvements to its popular 737 Max 8 aircraft after the second deadly accident in a few months prompted the grounding of fleets around the world. Singapore Tuesday banned the use of the high-tech jet in its airspace, becoming the latest in a growing list of jurisdictions worried about the sa ...

US aviation safety officials said Monday they will take immediate action if they identify safety problems concerning Boeing 39;s 737 MAX 8, two of which have now crashed in five months. The FAA continuously assesses and oversees the safety performance of US commercial aircraft, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement. ...