Four dead as Kenyan security forces fire on crowds mourning Raila OdingaThousands gather in Nairobi to pay respects to veteran opposition leader, prompting chaotic scenes at stadiumFour people have been killed in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, after security forces fired shots and teargas to disperse huge crowds at a stadium where the body of the opposition leader Raila Odinga was lying in state.Odinga, a major figure in Kenyan politics for decades who was once a political prisoner and ran unsuccessfully for president five times, died on Wednesday aged 80 in India, where he had been receiving medical treatment. Continue reading...
Agnes Wanjiru's niece urges Labour to extradite ex-soldier while still in powerEsther Njoki says family has seen 'big change' under Labour, after long fight for justice over aunt's 2012 death in KenyaThe niece of Agnes Wanjiru, who was killed in Kenya, said she hopes the former British soldier charged with her aunt's murder will be extradited while the Labour government is still in power.On her first trip outside Kenya, Esther Njoki travelled to London, where she was invited to parliament to meet the defence secretary, John Healey, whom she urged not to delay the potentially years-long extradition process. Continue reading...
Raila Odinga, towering Kenyan opposition figure, dies aged 80Odinga, who ran five times for presidency and had profound influence on Kenyan politics, has died in IndiaThe veteran Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga, who ran five times for the presidency and had a profound influence on the country's politics, has died aged 80 in India.Odinga was in the southern city of Kochi for treatment. The Press Trust of India news agency reported that he had a cardiac arrest during a morning walk. Continue reading...
Thousands trapped in El Fasher siege on 'edge of survival', says reportThe city - the Sudanese army's last stronghold in the west of the country - has withstood more than 500 days of attacks by paramilitary RSFThe besieged Sudanese city of El Fasher has been declared "uninhabitable" with new data indicating most homes are destroyed and critical levels of malnourishment among people trapped there.The stark assessment comes as the city endures constant artillery and drone attacks, shoehorning its 250,000 starving people into a shrinking urban enclave. Continue reading...
Brazil to ask countries at Cop30 to vastly increase biofuel use, leak suggestsExclusive: Document sets draft pledge for leaders gathering at climate summit to increase use of controversial fuelsBrazil will ask countries to quadruple the global use of "sustainable fuels", including controversial biofuels, despite concerns from environmental experts, the Guardian has learned.A leaked document seen by the Guardian sets out a draft pledge for world leaders gathering for the Cop30 climate conference next month in Brazil to increase the use of "sustainable fuels" - chiefly biofuels and biogas, but also hydrogen - in the next decade by four times compared with 2024 levels.By 2030, biofuel crops would require land the size of France, which would make it equivalent to the sixth-largest country in terms of arable land use globallyA fifth of vegetable oil is used for cars rather than food.That 3,000 litres of water are needed to drive 100km on biofuels.That solar panels could create as much energy as biofuels while using just 3% as much land. Continue reading...
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