US asked to remove ambassador who criticized jailing of Zambian gay couple
Zambia’s President Edgar Lungu says he’s asked the United States to withdraw its ambassador to Lusaka who defended a gay couple his high court has jailed. Zambia gets $500 million a year in aid from Washington. When US Ambassador Daniel Foote said he was personally horrified last month at the 15 year jail sentence slapped […]
World’s longest climate change summit ends in disappointing compromise
There’s been a compromise deal at the end of the world’s longest climate change summit. The gathering in Madrid is being seen seen by environmental analysts as activists as a wasted opportunity. United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres says he’s disappointed with the outcome of COP25 that went into two extra days and nights. Exhausted […]
Africans feel the brunt of failed climate conference
Developing countries – particularly those in Africa – are the biggest losers after the disappointing end of the Madrid climate summit. They are the most dramatic victims of global warming and yet again there’s no agreement that the rich polluters have to help mitigate its results. Africa’s responsible for less than 10 percent of the […]