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Deforestation-free supply chains: The Ivory Coast\u2019s path to sustainable cocoa<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2024//03//28//cocoa-prices-rise-to-fresh-records-will-we-run-out-of-chocolate/">Cocoa prices rise to fresh records: Will we run out of chocolate? <\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Climate change includes unpredictable weather patterns, including extremely high temperatures and long droughts. If we have adequate water availability during the critical growth stages, we can face these problems head-on.<\/p>\n<h2>Stop focusing on price\u00a0\u2014 think of investment<\/h2><p>There has also been a paradigm shift in agriculture, and we must adjust our businesses. The EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) requires us to show that our beans are deforestation-free and legal, and the Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence (HREDD) regulations require us to implement monitoring and remediation systems more effectively regarding big issues like child labour and equal opportunities for women.<\/p>\n<p>Programs like Fairtrade\u2019s Ghana Agroforestry for Impact (GAIM) Project that began in the Ahafo region in 2023 have started to help. This project works to support three Fairtrade-certified cooperatives in their agroecological transition and crop diversification to promote diversity in cocoa farmers' sources of income and inclusion of more women.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fairtrade certification means that the farmers and workers are getting a fair deal on their goods, farms prioritise workers\u2019 rights, and environmental standards are being followed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">To improve the lives of farmers and their communities and help them earn a living income, we need to stop focusing only on price and place our attention on investment.<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//34//44//24//808x539_cmsv2_44f1cda4-2754-5ae7-9b65-1a5a376aa275-8344424.jpg/" alt=\"A farmer opens a Cocoa pod in Divo, November 2023\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/34\/44\/24\/384x256_cmsv2_44f1cda4-2754-5ae7-9b65-1a5a376aa275-8344424.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/34\/44\/24\/640x427_cmsv2_44f1cda4-2754-5ae7-9b65-1a5a376aa275-8344424.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/34\/44\/24\/750x500_cmsv2_44f1cda4-2754-5ae7-9b65-1a5a376aa275-8344424.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/34\/44\/24\/828x552_cmsv2_44f1cda4-2754-5ae7-9b65-1a5a376aa275-8344424.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/34\/44\/24\/1080x720_cmsv2_44f1cda4-2754-5ae7-9b65-1a5a376aa275-8344424.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/34\/44\/24\/1200x800_cmsv2_44f1cda4-2754-5ae7-9b65-1a5a376aa275-8344424.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/34\/44\/24\/1920x1281_cmsv2_44f1cda4-2754-5ae7-9b65-1a5a376aa275-8344424.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A farmer opens a Cocoa pod in Divo, November 2023<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Sophie Garcia\/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>We know that agroforestry cannot replace the natural forest, but it can compensate for and restore past historical deforestation by imitating nature and re-establishing symbiosis between species.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This boosts biomass production, improves the microclimate of farmland, and reduces input costs by increasing plot productivity. Agroforestry is also a way for households to diversify and increase their income, thanks to shade trees that produce additional crops for sale.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"6828424,4756242\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2022//07//07//world-chocolate-day-5-weird-and-unexpected-uses-for-cocoa/">World Chocolate Day: 5 weird and unexpected uses for cocoa<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2020//06//19//could-chocolate-be-the-next-victim-of-the-pandemic/">Could chocolate be the next victim of the pandemic?<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>To improve the lives of farmers and their communities and help them earn a living income, we need to stop focusing only on price and place our attention on investment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That is how we can help dictate the global market and help the 800,000 cocoa farmers in Ghana. Take my word for it.<\/p>\n<p><em>Emmanuel Nana Sarpong is the President of the Fair Trade Ghana Network, which champions sustainable agriculture in Ghana\u2019s fair trade environment. He also serves as the President of the Asunafo North Cooperative Farmers Union, which is made up of 75 cocoa cooperatives, including 19,052 farms. He is also a cocoa farmer.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>At Euronews, we believe all views matter. Contact us at <a href=https://www.euronews.com/news/\"mailto:view@euronews.com\">view@euronews.com to send pitches or submissions and be part of the conversation.<\/em><\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1716814319,"updatedAt":1716815847,"publishedAt":1716815843,"firstPublishedAt":1716815847,"lastPublishedAt":1716815843,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/14\/86\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_540a503e-c785-5522-8f22-3d1002378ebf-8461486.jpg","altText":"A farmer holds cocoa beans in his hand in the village of Bocanda north of Abidjan, October 2022","caption":"A farmer holds cocoa beans in his hand in the village of Bocanda north of Abidjan, October 2022","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo\/Euronews","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1600,"height":900},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/14\/86\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_88b118ce-efb7-5740-9b79-91fff175aac9-8461486.jpg","altText":"A farmer lays cocoa beans out to dry on reed mats, on a cocoa farm outside the village of Fangolo, May 2011","caption":"A farmer lays cocoa beans out to dry on reed mats, on a cocoa farm outside the village of Fangolo, May 2011","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo\/Rebecca Blackwell","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"height":683},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/34\/44\/24\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_44f1cda4-2754-5ae7-9b65-1a5a376aa275-8344424.jpg","altText":"A farmer opens a Cocoa pod in Divo, November 2023","caption":"A farmer opens a Cocoa pod in Divo, November 2023","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Sophie Garcia\/Copyright 2024 The AP. 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PROTEST MIGRANTS","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Tunisians protest against rising number of migrants stranded en route to Europe","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Protesters call on Tunisian government to repatriate migrants","titleListing2":"Tunisians protest against rising number of migrants stranded en route to Europe","leadin":"Hundreds of Tunisians marched through the streets of Jebeniana on Saturday to protest the presence of sub-Saharan migrants stranded in the town, as the country ramps up border patrol efforts.","summary":"Hundreds of Tunisians marched through the streets of Jebeniana on Saturday to protest the presence of sub-Saharan migrants stranded in the town, as the country ramps up border patrol efforts.","keySentence":"","url":"tunisians-protest-against-rising-number-of-migrants-stranded-en-route-to-europe","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/05\/19\/tunisians-protest-against-rising-number-of-migrants-stranded-en-route-to-europe","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Anti-migrant anger is mounting in impoverished towns like Jebeniana along the Tunisian coastline that have emerged as a launchpad for thousands of people hoping to reach Europe by boat. \n\nProtesters demanded the government act to assist agricultural communities dealing with thousands of migrants living in makeshift camps among their olive groves. \n\n''You brought them here and it's your responsibility to send them back to their home countries,'' Moamen Salemi from nearby El Amra said at the protest. ''There is a shortage of food throughout the city of El Amra, including sugar, flour, bread and many other items.'' \n\nTunisia is a key transit point for migrants from Syria, Bangladesh and sub-Saharan African nations. \n\nThe police force has been stepped up in the two towns where some 83,000 Tunisian residents live. \n\nThe protesters say they have borne the cost of Tunisia's efforts to prevent migrants from reaching the European Union, less than a year after the country brokered an anti-migration pact with the bloc to improve sea border patrols and receive more than one billion euros in aid. \n\nThe Tunisian Coast Guard has said it has prevented more than 21,000 migration attempts by land or sea this year. Fewer than 8,000 successfully travelled by boat from Tunisia to Italy in the first four months of 2024, a threefold decrease from 2023, according to the UN refugee agency UNHCR. \n\nAnti-migrant protests erupted in the city of Sfax last year, months after Tunisian President Kais Saied called for measures to address violence and crime he said were caused by illegal immigration. But they are a new development in Jebeniana and El Amra, where a similar protest took place earlier this month. \n\nEncampments sprung up and expanded on the outskirts of the two towns after local authorities started increasingly clearing them from Sfax in 2023. \n\nThe International Organisation for Migration's Tunisia office has said roughly 7,000 migrants are living near Jebeniana and El Amra, though residents estimate the number could be much higher. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Anti-migrant anger is mounting in impoverished towns like Jebeniana along the Tunisian coastline that have emerged as a launchpad for thousands of people hoping to reach Europe by boat.<\/p>\n<p>Protesters demanded the government act to assist agricultural communities dealing with thousands of migrants living in makeshift camps among their olive groves.<\/p>\n<p>''You brought them here and it's your responsibility to send them back to their home countries,'' Moamen Salemi from nearby El Amra said at the protest. ''There is a shortage of food throughout the city of El Amra, including sugar, flour, bread and many other items.''<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//44//59//74//808x539_cmsv2_85efee77-7f55-5c23-9c3a-8cb716665cd6-8445974.jpg/" alt=\"Tunisians participate in a protest against the presence of sub-Saharan migrants stranded in olive-growing towns on the Tunisian coastline, Jebeniana, Saturday, May 18, 2024.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/59\/74\/384x256_cmsv2_85efee77-7f55-5c23-9c3a-8cb716665cd6-8445974.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/59\/74\/640x427_cmsv2_85efee77-7f55-5c23-9c3a-8cb716665cd6-8445974.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/59\/74\/750x500_cmsv2_85efee77-7f55-5c23-9c3a-8cb716665cd6-8445974.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/59\/74\/828x552_cmsv2_85efee77-7f55-5c23-9c3a-8cb716665cd6-8445974.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/59\/74\/1080x720_cmsv2_85efee77-7f55-5c23-9c3a-8cb716665cd6-8445974.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/59\/74\/1200x800_cmsv2_85efee77-7f55-5c23-9c3a-8cb716665cd6-8445974.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/59\/74\/1920x1280_cmsv2_85efee77-7f55-5c23-9c3a-8cb716665cd6-8445974.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Tunisians participate in a protest against the presence of sub-Saharan migrants stranded in olive-growing towns on the Tunisian coastline, Jebeniana, Saturday, May 18, 2024.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Houssem Zouari\/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Tunisia is a key transit point for migrants from Syria, Bangladesh and sub-Saharan African nations.<\/p>\n<p>The police force has been stepped up in the two towns where some 83,000 Tunisian residents live.<\/p>\n<p>The protesters say they have borne the cost of Tunisia's efforts to prevent migrants from reaching the European Union, less than a year after the country brokered an anti-migration pact with the bloc to improve sea border patrols and receive more than one billion euros in aid.<\/p>\n<p>The Tunisian Coast Guard has said it has prevented more than 21,000 migration attempts by land or sea this year. Fewer than 8,000 successfully travelled by boat from Tunisia to Italy in the first four months of 2024, a threefold decrease from 2023, according to the UN refugee agency UNHCR.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.65\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//44//59//74//808x525_cmsv2_3d478a4d-f816-58d7-bb97-ef4ac038299e-8445974.jpg/" alt=\"FILE - Migrants hold placards reading 'Black Lives Matter', left, in French, during a gathering in Sfax, Tunisia's eastern coast, on July 7, 2023.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/59\/74\/384x250_cmsv2_3d478a4d-f816-58d7-bb97-ef4ac038299e-8445974.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/59\/74\/640x416_cmsv2_3d478a4d-f816-58d7-bb97-ef4ac038299e-8445974.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/59\/74\/750x488_cmsv2_3d478a4d-f816-58d7-bb97-ef4ac038299e-8445974.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/59\/74\/828x538_cmsv2_3d478a4d-f816-58d7-bb97-ef4ac038299e-8445974.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/59\/74\/1080x702_cmsv2_3d478a4d-f816-58d7-bb97-ef4ac038299e-8445974.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/59\/74\/1200x780_cmsv2_3d478a4d-f816-58d7-bb97-ef4ac038299e-8445974.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/59\/74\/1920x1248_cmsv2_3d478a4d-f816-58d7-bb97-ef4ac038299e-8445974.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">FILE - Migrants hold placards reading 'Black Lives Matter', left, in French, during a gathering in Sfax, Tunisia's eastern coast, on July 7, 2023.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Anti-migrant protests erupted in the city of Sfax last year, months after Tunisian President Kais Saied called for measures to address violence and crime he said were caused by illegal immigration. But they are a new development in Jebeniana and El Amra, where a similar protest took place earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>Encampments sprung up and expanded on the outskirts of the two towns after local authorities started increasingly clearing them from Sfax in 2023.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1788818266019827837\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The International Organisation for Migration's Tunisia office has said roughly 7,000 migrants are living near Jebeniana and El Amra, though residents estimate the number could be much higher.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1716127911,"updatedAt":1716133857,"publishedAt":1716133854,"firstPublishedAt":1716133857,"lastPublishedAt":1716133854,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/59\/74\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_31bced74-5ae9-56f0-8525-bdef4146ab40-8445974.jpg","altText":"Tunisians take part in a protest against the presence of sub-Saharan migrants who have found themselves stranded in Jebeniana, Tunisia, Saturday, May 18, 2024.","caption":"Tunisians take part in a protest against the presence of sub-Saharan migrants who have found themselves stranded in Jebeniana, Tunisia, Saturday, May 18, 2024.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Houssem Zouari\/Copyright 2024 The AP. 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FAILED COUP","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Attempted coup foiled in the Democratic Republic of Congo ","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Attempted coup in the Democratic Republic of Congo foiled","titleListing2":"Congo's army claims to foil coup attempt","leadin":"Congo's army thwarted a coup attempt in Kinshasa, arresting several perpetrators including foreigners, amid political unrest within President Tshisekedi's ruling party and escalating opposition threats.","summary":"Congo's army thwarted a coup attempt in Kinshasa, arresting several perpetrators including foreigners, amid political unrest within President Tshisekedi's ruling party and escalating opposition threats.","keySentence":"","url":"attempted-coup-foiled-in-the-democratic-republic-of-congo","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/05\/19\/attempted-coup-foiled-in-the-democratic-republic-of-congo","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Government forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) thwarted an attempted coup early on Sunday morning.\u00a0 \n\nThe incident, which left three dead following a shootout in Kinshasa, has heightened tensions as authorities work to restore order and investigate those involved. \n\n\"An attempted coup d'\u00e9tat has been put down by the defence and security forces. The attempt involved foreigners and Congolese. These foreigners and Congolese have been put out of action, including their leader,\" said Congolese army spokesperson Brigadier General Sylvain Ekenge on state television. \n\n\"The armed forces of the DRC ask the population to go about their business freely and peacefully. The defence and security forces are in complete control of the situation,\" Ekenge added without further details. \n\nEarly on Saturday\u00a0 Christian Malanga, a Congolese opposition leader and the self-proclaimed president of the \u201cNew Za\u00efre government in exile\u201d, posted a video to his Facebook threatening Congo\u2019s president from Kinshasa\u2019s Palace of the Nation. \n\nMalanga, in the live-streamed video surrounded by individuals in military uniform, declared: \"Felix, you\u2019re out. We are coming for you.\" \n\nOn his website, Malanga's United Congolese Party (UCP) is described as \"a grassroots platform that unifies the Congolese Diaspora around the world opposing the current Congolese dictatorship.\" \n\n\nClashes were also reported between men in military uniform and guards of Vital Kamerhe, a federal legislator and candidate for speaker of the National Assembly, at his residence on Tshatshi Boulevard, about two kilometres from the presidential palace and near several embassies. \n\nThe attackers were halted by Kamerhe\u2019s guards, said his spokesperson Michel Moto Muhima on the X social media platform. \"The Honourable Vital Kamerhe and his family are safe and sound. Their security has been reinforced,\" he wrote. \n\nThe shootout, which began around 4:30 a.m., resulted in the deaths of two police officers and one of the attackers. Footage from the area showed military trucks and heavily armed men parading through deserted streets. \n\nPresident Tshisekedi, re-elected in December amid chaotic and disputed voting, has yet to address the public about Sunday's events.\u00a0 \n\nOn Friday, he met with parliamentarians and leaders of the Sacred Union of the Nation ruling coalition to address the crisis within his party, which dominates the national assembly.\u00a0 \n\nHe warned he would not \"hesitate to dissolve the National Assembly and send everyone to new elections if these bad practices persist.\" \n\nThe United States Embassy in Congo issued a security alert on Sunday, urging caution following \"reports of gunfire.\" \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Government forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) thwarted an attempted coup early on Sunday morning.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The incident, which left three dead following a shootout in Kinshasa, has heightened tensions as authorities work to restore order and investigate those involved.<\/p>\n<p>\"An attempted coup d'\u00e9tat has been put down by the defence and security forces. The attempt involved foreigners and Congolese. These foreigners and Congolese have been put out of action, including their leader,\" said Congolese army spokesperson Brigadier General Sylvain Ekenge on state television.<\/p>\n<p>\"The armed forces of the DRC ask the population to go about their business freely and peacefully. The defence and security forces are in complete control of the situation,\" Ekenge added without further details.<\/p>\n<p>Early on Saturday\u00a0Christian Malanga, a Congolese opposition leader and the self-proclaimed president of the \u201cNew Za\u00efre government in exile\u201d, posted a video to his Facebook threatening Congo\u2019s president from Kinshasa\u2019s Palace of the Nation.<\/p>\n<p>Malanga, in the live-streamed video surrounded by individuals in military uniform, declared: \"Felix, you\u2019re out. We are coming for you.\" <\/p>\n<div data-oembed-url=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/1354911662\/videos\/1204789157559531\/\" class=\"widget widget--type-facebook widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div> <script async=\"1\" defer=\"1\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////connect.facebook.net//fr_FR//sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v19.0\" nonce=\"37rxs6Vc\"><\/script><div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/1354911662\/videos\/1204789157559531\/\"><blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/christian.malanga\/videos\/1204789157559531\/\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\"><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.facebook.com//christian.malanga//videos//1204789157559531///">
New zaire<\/p>Posted by <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.facebook.com//christian.malanga/">Christian Malanga<\/a> on Saturday, May 18, 2024<\/blockquote><\/div> \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Video of attempted coup posted by alleged coup plotter Christian Malanga<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>On his website, Malanga's United Congolese Party (UCP) is described as \"a grassroots platform that unifies the Congolese Diaspora around the world opposing the current Congolese dictatorship.\" <\/p>\n<p>Clashes were also reported between men in military uniform and guards of Vital Kamerhe, a federal legislator and candidate for speaker of the National Assembly, at his residence on Tshatshi Boulevard, about two kilometres from the presidential palace and near several embassies.<\/p>\n<p>The attackers were halted by Kamerhe\u2019s guards, said his spokesperson Michel Moto Muhima on the X social media platform. \"The Honourable Vital Kamerhe and his family are safe and sound. Their security has been reinforced,\" he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The shootout, which began around 4:30 a.m., resulted in the deaths of two police officers and one of the attackers. Footage from the area showed military trucks and heavily armed men parading through deserted streets.<\/p>\n<p>President Tshisekedi, re-elected in December amid chaotic and disputed voting, has yet to address the public about Sunday's events.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, he met with parliamentarians and leaders of the Sacred Union of the Nation ruling coalition to address the crisis within his party, which dominates the national assembly.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He warned he would not \"hesitate to dissolve the National Assembly and send everyone to new elections if these bad practices persist.\"<\/p>\n<p>The United States Embassy in Congo issued a security alert on Sunday, urging caution following \"reports of gunfire.\"<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1716113595,"updatedAt":1716131083,"publishedAt":1716131079,"firstPublishedAt":1716131083,"lastPublishedAt":1716131079,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/56\/28\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_15a40437-0ebc-5091-89d9-a656eb82fd47-8445628.jpg","altText":"Congolese security forces secure the streets of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Sunday May 19, 2024,","caption":"Congolese security forces secure the streets of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Sunday May 19, 2024,","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Samy Ntumba Shambuyi\/Copyright 2024 The AP. 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And he also pledged to tackle the high levels of crime ahead of the country's much anticipated elections. \n\nAnd his party would build factories where many South Africans would be employed and provide free education for the country's youth, he added. \n\nZuma has also pledged to change the country's Constitution to restore more powers to traditional leaders, saying their role in society has been reduced by giving more powers to magistrates and judges. \n\nZuma's party has emerged as a significant player in South Africa's upcoming elections after it was launched in December last year. \n\nHe is currently involved in a legal battle with the country's electoral authority, the Independent Electoral Commission. \n\nHe has appealed against a court judgment which barred him from standing in the election because of his criminal record. \n\nZuma was sentenced to 15 months in prison for defying a court order to appear before a judicial commission of inquiry probing corruption allegation in government and state-owned companies during his presidential term from 2009 to 2018. \n\nIn 2018, he was forced to resign as the country's president following wide-ranging corruption allegations, but he has made a political return seeking to become the country's president again. \n\n\u201cMy biggest problem is that we (South Africa) has too many political parties. Too much. They are the cause of our people suffering even more,\u201d Zuma told his supporters, many of whom had travelled from other provinces like Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal, where he still enjoys significant support. \n\nPoverty among black people is the reason behind South Africa's high levels of crime, according to the former president. \n\n\"Victims of crime are often Black people. The reason for this is because of poverty. People are hungry. They have nothing to eat. So if you see it (food) next door, what else are you supposed to do,\u201d he said. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Former South African President Jacob Zuma launched his newly formed uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party's manifesto at a rally in Johannesburg on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing thousands of supporters he lamented the high levels of poverty amongst Black South Africans and promised to create jobs. And he also pledged to tackle the high levels of crime ahead of the country's much anticipated elections.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//44//53//54//808x539_cmsv2_0afd58d7-ccb5-56e7-b49e-8abc94576d84-8445354.jpg/" alt=\"Former South African President Jacob Zuma arrives at Orlando stadium in the township of Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa., May 18th 2024.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/53\/54\/384x256_cmsv2_0afd58d7-ccb5-56e7-b49e-8abc94576d84-8445354.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/53\/54\/640x427_cmsv2_0afd58d7-ccb5-56e7-b49e-8abc94576d84-8445354.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/53\/54\/750x500_cmsv2_0afd58d7-ccb5-56e7-b49e-8abc94576d84-8445354.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/53\/54\/828x552_cmsv2_0afd58d7-ccb5-56e7-b49e-8abc94576d84-8445354.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/53\/54\/1080x720_cmsv2_0afd58d7-ccb5-56e7-b49e-8abc94576d84-8445354.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/53\/54\/1200x800_cmsv2_0afd58d7-ccb5-56e7-b49e-8abc94576d84-8445354.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/53\/54\/1920x1281_cmsv2_0afd58d7-ccb5-56e7-b49e-8abc94576d84-8445354.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Former South African President Jacob Zuma arrives at Orlando stadium in the township of Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa., May 18th 2024.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Jerome Delay\/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>And his party would build factories where many South Africans would be employed and provide free education for the country's youth, he added.<\/p>\n<p>Zuma has also pledged to change the country's Constitution to restore more powers to traditional leaders, saying their role in society has been reduced by giving more powers to magistrates and judges.<\/p>\n<p>Zuma's party has emerged as a significant player in South Africa's upcoming elections after it was launched in December last year.<\/p>\n<p>He is currently involved in a legal battle with the country's electoral authority, the Independent Electoral Commission.<\/p>\n<p>He has appealed against a court judgment which barred him from standing in the election because of his criminal record.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7816808,5877596\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//08//11//south-africas-former-president-avoids-jail-as-prisoners-granted-remission/">South Africa's former president avoids jail as prisoners granted remission<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2021//07//14//south-africa-struggles-to-combat-unrest-after-ex-leader-jacob-zuma-s-imprisonment/">South Africa struggles to combat unrest after ex-leader Jacob Zuma's imprisonment<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Zuma was sentenced to 15 months in prison for defying a court order to appear before a judicial commission of inquiry probing corruption allegation in government and state-owned companies during his presidential term from 2009 to 2018.<\/p>\n<p>In 2018, he was forced to resign as the country's president following wide-ranging corruption allegations, but he has made a political return seeking to become the country's president again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy biggest problem is that we (South Africa) has too many political parties. Too much. They are the cause of our people suffering even more,\u201d Zuma told his supporters, many of whom had travelled from other provinces like Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal, where he still enjoys significant support.<\/p>\n<p>Poverty among black people is the reason behind South Africa's high levels of crime, according to the former president.<\/p>\n<p>\"Victims of crime are often Black people. The reason for this is because of poverty. People are hungry. They have nothing to eat. So if you see it (food) next door, what else are you supposed to do,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1716084926,"updatedAt":1716111183,"publishedAt":1716110730,"firstPublishedAt":1716110732,"lastPublishedAt":1716110730,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/53\/54\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_6f1dd186-6df7-54e3-84b0-9a08164f088b-8445354.jpg","altText":"Former South African President Jacob Zuma at the launch of his newly formed uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party's manifesto Saturday, May 18, 2024.","caption":"Former South African President Jacob Zuma at the launch of his newly formed uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party's manifesto Saturday, May 18, 2024.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"height":683},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/53\/54\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_0afd58d7-ccb5-56e7-b49e-8abc94576d84-8445354.jpg","altText":"Former South African President Jacob Zuma arrives at Orlando stadium in the township of Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa., May 18th 2024.","caption":"Former South African President Jacob Zuma arrives at Orlando stadium in the township of Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa., May 18th 2024.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Jerome Delay\/Copyright 2024 The AP. 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We have different needs,\u201d said Adhiambo.\n\nNow Adhiambo sells her medical data to an app and in return gets to see a doctor.\n\nShe gets a credit when she gives her data to the app, which the company behind it calls virtual \"Hippocratic coins\".\n\n\u201cThe first time I tried the app was when I had some phantom pains, and I realised that I was able to book an appointment and meet a doctor. I had a conversation with a doctor and he guided me on how to go on the phantom pain,\u201d Adhiambo said.\n\nAdhiambo says she wouldn't be able to afford health care any other way.\n\n\u201cFor me, it is an achievement because sometimes, when I want to go to a hospital, for phantom pain, I need to have some money for consultation and everything. But with the app, I only ask Dr Nick if I can see him through the app, if I can see him in his available hours and he was like yeah you can just come and we will sort that out with the app owners\".\n\nThe app Snark Health connects patients with doctors for diagnosis and treatment.\n\nAccording to the startup, at least a third of the earnings from sales the company makes with users\u2019 data goes to them, which they can use to pay for medical services on the app.\n\nSnark Health says it's also a way for fee-paying patients to make extra money.\n\nIf a paying customer agrees to the collection and sale of their health data they will get an equal share of the cash earned, so Snark, the doctor and the patient each earn a third of the money made through the sale of personal data.\n\n\"When a patient logs onto our platform, he has two choices either to take part in our data monetisation programme or simply pay via M-PESA [a mobile money transfer service based in Africa] via cash and proceed to book a consultation. If they choose to be part of our data monetisation\u2026again all our data is anonymised, they will earn at least 33 per cent or a third of the earnings from our data sale,\" said Edwin Lubanga, Snark Health\u2019s founder.\n\nLubanga believes the app can help more people get qualified medical attention without having to pay for it in cash.\n\n\"That is how over time patients are empowered. They are getting money in their wallet which they can afford to pay for the next doctor's appointment. Whether they have insurance or they do not have insurance, they have an opportunity to have money in their wallet which they can use to afford the next consultation,\" said Lubanga.\n\nSnark incentivises doctors in various ways to join the app. When they see patients like Adhiambo who cannot pay, they receive 10 per cent of the cash Snark Health earns by selling her anonymised data.\n\n\"I have been using this application for about two years, and it has really changed the way I practice. I am now able to put my available times on the application and the patient on the other side is able to see the time,\" said Nick Were, an orthopaedic doctor.\n\n\"This has improved the time management such that the patient does not have to wait for too long and now I am also able to earn through the app\".\n\nSnark Health says it uses blockchain technology to protect user identity so the patient's sensitive health information can't be traced back to them.\n\nThe anonymised data is sold to pharmaceutical or consumer health companies.\n\n\"Once it's anonymised that means that we will never know, the encounter is just between the doctor and the patient, and we cannot trace back to which particular patient was diagnosed with what,\u201d Lubanga said.\n\n\u201cThe algorithm is only picking out the information we are researching. So let's say a data customer is searching for specific things like malaria patterns happening in a certain side of the country, then Snark is able to show all these analytics\".\n\nA \u2018technical fix\u2019\n\nA blockchain is a distributed ledger or database that enables users to exchange data in a decentralised and safe manner.\n\nEach block contains a data set and a timestamp and the data blocks are linked to each other.\n\nThese blocks are closed and the data can only be read or added to. Experts say such characteristics make blockchain an ideal tool for the healthcare sector, which deals with large amounts of highly sensitive data.\n\n\u201cBlockchain is particularly suitable for allowing for the creation of personalised ledgers of medical data, which patients can control, and the trend leverages that technical feature of blockchain to provide patient-centric approaches where patients decide who has access to the data, under what conditions, for what purposes, and at what price,\u201d Immaculate Motsi-Omoijiade, the Responsible AI Lead at Charles Sturt University, told Euronews Health.\n\nExperts say blockchain technology can be a \u201ctechnical fix\u201d for ensuring the security of patient data.\n\n\u201cHealth data is always very sensitive data. But at the same time, we need to exchange these huge amounts of data between the different actors within health care,\u201d Giovanni Rubeis, Head of the Division of Biomedical and Public Health Ethics at Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences, told Euronews Health.\n\n\u201cBlockchain technologies could really be a technical fix for overcoming this trade-off due to their features,\u201d Rubeis added.\n\nHe says he was impressed with Snark Health and its business model.\n\n\u201cPaying for services with our data is something that we do in our everyday life. If you use a service like Google Maps or similar services, for example, these are free, but you pay with your metadata, with your user data when you use them,\u201d Rubeis added.\n\n\u201cI think it could be used to optimise certain health care services, for example, to speed up processes of exchanging data, which is a huge problem that most European health care systems are faced with,\u201d he added.\n\n\u2018Not a magic bullet\u2019\n\nBlockchain technology alone is not a \u201cmagic bullet\u201d and experts say systematic and regulatory interventions should take ethics into consideration.\n\n\u201cThere are a lot of legal uncertainties around blockchain, and these should be clarified by defining their legal status and acknowledging them as an enabler of data security and privacy protection,\u201d said Rubeis.\n\n\u201cOne important aspect in this regard would be to define standards of compatibility for blockchain technologies with existing regulations like the GDPR in the European Union, for example, and the HIPAA in the US,\u201d he added.\n\n\"Blockchain technology can be secure because it's immutable, it's tamper-proof and pseudonymous, and then there's the cryptographic authentication,\" said Motsi-Omoijiade.\n\n\"However, it's not foolproof and it is specific to the type of blockchain,\" she added.\n\nThe app also has a responsibility to be clear about what it can and can\u2019t do, Motsi-Omoijiade said.\n\nAs patient data is the \u201clifeblood of the industry,\u201d she would be curious to know how much the data is sold for as the global pharmaceutical industry\u2019s revenues total nearly $1.5 trillion (\u20ac1.39 trillion).\n\nAccording to Snark, the app has so far attracted more than 300 doctors and 4,000 patients.\n\nFor more on this story, watch the video in the media player above.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Kenyan resident Belinda Adhiambo had to have her leg amputated when she was three years old after an accident and she still suffers from phantom pains.<\/p>\n<p>But in her hometown Kibera, a large impoverished neighbourhood in Nairobi, paying a doctor could mean missing a meal.<\/p>\n<p>\"Most of these insurance covers do not cover persons with disabilities because of our diversity. We have different needs,\u201d said Adhiambo.<\/p>\n<p>Now Adhiambo sells her medical data to an app and in return gets to see a doctor.<\/p>\n<p>She gets a credit when she gives her data to the app, which the company behind it calls virtual \"Hippocratic coins\".<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first time I tried the app was when I had some phantom pains, and I realised that I was able to book an appointment and meet a doctor. I had a conversation with a doctor and he guided me on how to go on the phantom pain,\u201d Adhiambo said.<\/p>\n<p>Adhiambo says she wouldn't be able to afford health care any other way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor me, it is an achievement because sometimes, when I want to go to a hospital, for phantom pain, I need to have some money for consultation and everything. But with the app, I only ask Dr Nick if I can see him through the app, if I can see him in his available hours and he was like yeah you can just come and we will sort that out with the app owners\".<\/p>\n<p>The app Snark Health connects patients with doctors for diagnosis and treatment.<\/p>\n<p>According to the startup, at least a third of the earnings from sales the company makes with users\u2019 data goes to them, which they can use to pay for medical services on the app.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7085696\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//health//2022//10//13//ehealth-how-is-digitalisation-changing-the-medical-sector-in-europe/">eHealth: How is digitalisation changing the medical sector in Europe?<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Snark Health says it's also a way for fee-paying patients to make extra money.<\/p>\n<p>If a paying customer agrees to the collection and sale of their health data they will get an equal share of the cash earned, so Snark, the doctor and the patient each earn a third of the money made through the sale of personal data.<\/p>\n<p>\"When a patient logs onto our platform, he has two choices either to take part in our data monetisation programme or simply pay via M-PESA [a mobile money transfer service based in Africa] via cash and proceed to book a consultation. If they choose to be part of our data monetisation\u2026again all our data is anonymised, they will earn at least 33 per cent or a third of the earnings from our data sale,\" said Edwin Lubanga, Snark Health\u2019s founder.<\/p>\n<p>Lubanga believes the app can help more people get qualified medical attention without having to pay for it in cash.<\/p>\n<p>\"That is how over time patients are empowered. They are getting money in their wallet which they can afford to pay for the next doctor's appointment. Whether they have insurance or they do not have insurance, they have an opportunity to have money in their wallet which they can use to afford the next consultation,\" said Lubanga.<\/p>\n<p>Snark incentivises doctors in various ways to join the app. When they see patients like Adhiambo who cannot pay, they receive 10 per cent of the cash Snark Health earns by selling her anonymised data.<\/p>\n<p>\"I have been using this application for about two years, and it has really changed the way I practice. I am now able to put my available times on the application and the patient on the other side is able to see the time,\" said Nick Were, an orthopaedic doctor.<\/p>\n<p>\"This has improved the time management such that the patient does not have to wait for too long and now I am also able to earn through the app\".<\/p>\n<p>Snark Health says it uses blockchain technology to protect user identity so the patient's sensitive health information can't be traced back to them.<\/p>\n<p>The anonymised data is sold to pharmaceutical or consumer health companies.<\/p>\n<p>\"Once it's anonymised that means that we will never know, the encounter is just between the doctor and the patient, and we cannot trace back to which particular patient was diagnosed with what,\u201d Lubanga said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe algorithm is only picking out the information we are researching. 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Experts say such characteristics make blockchain an ideal tool for the healthcare sector, which deals with large amounts of highly sensitive data.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBlockchain is particularly suitable for allowing for the creation of personalised ledgers of medical data, which patients can control, and the trend leverages that technical feature of blockchain to provide patient-centric approaches where patients decide who has access to the data, under what conditions, for what purposes, and at what price,\u201d Immaculate Motsi-Omoijiade, the Responsible AI Lead at Charles Sturt University, told Euronews Health.<\/p>\n<p>Experts say blockchain technology can be a \u201ctechnical fix\u201d for ensuring the security of patient data.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHealth data is always very sensitive data. But at the same time, we need to exchange these huge amounts of data between the different actors within health care,\u201d Giovanni Rubeis, Head of the Division of Biomedical and Public Health Ethics at Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences, told Euronews Health.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBlockchain technologies could really be a technical fix for overcoming this trade-off due to their features,\u201d Rubeis added.<\/p>\n<p>He says he was impressed with Snark Health and its business model.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPaying for services with our data is something that we do in our everyday life. 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Could a new, locally produced drug be gamechanger?","leadin":"The WHO approved a Kenya-based pharma company to produce a crucial antimalarial drug locally, reducing reliance on imports from India and China.","summary":"The WHO approved a Kenya-based pharma company to produce a crucial antimalarial drug locally, reducing reliance on imports from India and China.","keySentence":"","url":"kenya-is-gripped-by-deadly-malaria-could-a-new-locally-produced-drug-be-gamechanger","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/health\/2024\/05\/12\/kenya-is-gripped-by-deadly-malaria-could-a-new-locally-produced-drug-be-gamechanger","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Malaria is a life-threatening disease caused by parasites transmitted to humans through the bites of infected female Anopheles mosquitoes.\u00a0\n\nIt is preventable and curable, but poverty makes it deadly for those who can\u2019t afford treatment.\n\nIn Kenya, it continues to leave a trail of loss and grief.\n\nAccording to the World Health Organization (WHO), the country had an estimated 5 million malaria cases and over 12,000 deaths in 2022.\n\nMost of those affected are children under 5 and pregnant women.\n\nWinnie Akinyi, who lives in western Kenya, recently lost her sister Rosebella who fell ill in December and lost her five-month pregnancy before her death.\n\nShe says it was the latest of five deaths in her family attributed to malaria.\n\n\"It's incredibly painful for us. 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Another loved one has fallen victim,\" she said.\u00a0\n\n\"We're left wondering how we can conquer malaria and put an end to its devastating impact\".\n\nAkinyi is now a guardian of Rosebella\u2019s 11-year-old son, the only survivor in the family.\n\nAccess to treatment remains a challenge\n\nWith public hospitals often grappling with medication shortages, and private facilities demanding exorbitant fees for care, access to treatment remains a challenge for people in Kenya.\n\n\"Most government facilities don't offer the exact medication that is doing away with the sickness of the malaria parasite,\" said Wilson Otieno Ogola, a 33-year-old accountant who has been admitted to a hospital three times for malaria and has received outpatient treatment countless times.\n\n\"In major cases, people opt to go to private facilities where they are going to get faster medication and a quality medication but it is never pocket-friendly,\" Ogola added.\n\nThe situation frustrates healthcare workers.\n\n\"There are a lot of instances where you'd like, as a healthcare worker you would like to give the drug of choice for the first line which is artesunate but because of unavailability or it\u2019s just too costly for a population, most times we prescribe the drug but the patients don't get it from the pharmacy due to either unavailability or the cost,\" said Oswal Omondi, a medical officer at Nightingale Hospital Kisumu.\n\nBeyond healthcare system shortcomings, Humphrey Kizito Otieno, who has lost both parents and six siblings to malaria, says cultural beliefs are in part to blame for delays in seeking treatment.\n\n\"Families believe so much in witchcraft, you find somebody is suffering from malaria, the symptoms are glaring but then a family would think that their child has been bewitched,\u201d Otieno, a mortality surveillance field officer at Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI),\u00a0 said.\u00a0\n\n\"So, instead of seeking medication, the correct medication, they look for alternative ways of treating, like visiting religious people. Before you know it, this parasite has grown and has overwhelmed the person\".\n\nLocal manufacture of\u00a0 a crucial antimalarial drug\n\nSome progress has been made as the WHO approved the Kenya-based Universal Corporation Limited to produce a crucial antimalarial drug known as sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine plus amodiaquine, or Spaq.\n\nThe local manufacturing is expected to reduce reliance on imports from India and China and ensure timely access to medications.\n\n\"To increase self-sufficiency on the continent, with the stamp of WHO approval, it means that we are also internationally certified again as a quality manufacturer,\" Palu Dhanani, the founder and managing director of Universal Corporation Limited, said.\u00a0\n\n\"And because the continent's problem, malaria is one of the biggest challenges, it will really help in lowering the dependency for imports as we saw during the COVID era where whatever was being imported actually had huge supply disruptions and malaria is such a thing that if you don't get the right medicine at the right time we all know it can cause unnecessary deaths\".\n\nBut experts stress the urgent need for increased investment in the pharmaceutical sector to address diseases affecting low and middle-income countries.\n\n\"If we get more investment in manufacturing of medicines and essential medicines, including antimalarial, where the problem is, then we are likely to be more effective in addressing the problem, instead of relying heavily on importation of medicines. Africa is highly dependent on imports from India and China and that is not sustainable,\" said Michael Mungoma, the dean of the School of Pharmacy at Mount Kenya University.\n\nIn 2023, parts of Kenya participated in an important pilot of the world's first malaria vaccine, which helped decrease the number of deaths for children under 5.\n\nKenya's health ministry hasn't said when the vaccine will be widely available. 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Malaria, a treatable illness, has claimed the lives of two family members who couldn't access treatment in time. Another loved one has fallen victim,\" she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"We're left wondering how we can conquer malaria and put an end to its devastating impact\".<\/p>\n<p>Akinyi is now a guardian of Rosebella\u2019s 11-year-old son, the only survivor in the family.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7768248\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//health//2023//07//21//as-temperatures-rise-mosquitoes-are-also-on-the-move-scientists-worry-that-could-mean-more/">As temperatures rise, mosquitoes are also on the move. Scientists worry that could mean more malaria<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Access to treatment remains a challenge<\/h2><p>With public hospitals often grappling with medication shortages, and private facilities demanding exorbitant fees for care, access to treatment remains a challenge for people in Kenya.<\/p>\n<p>\"Most government facilities don't offer the exact medication that is doing away with the sickness of the malaria parasite,\" said Wilson Otieno Ogola, a 33-year-old accountant who has been admitted to a hospital three times for malaria and has received outpatient treatment countless times.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-medium\n widget--align-right\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">It's incredibly painful for us. Malaria, a treatable illness, has claimed the lives of two family members who couldn't access treatment in time. Another loved one has fallen victim.<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <div class=\"widget__authorText\">\n Winnie Akinyi\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"widget__author_descriptionText\">\n Lost family members to malaria\n <\/div>\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"In major cases, people opt to go to private facilities where they are going to get faster medication and a quality medication but it is never pocket-friendly,\" Ogola added.<\/p>\n<p>The situation frustrates healthcare workers.<\/p>\n<p>\"There are a lot of instances where you'd like, as a healthcare worker you would like to give the drug of choice for the first line which is artesunate but because of unavailability or it\u2019s just too costly for a population, most times we prescribe the drug but the patients don't get it from the pharmacy due to either unavailability or the cost,\" said Oswal Omondi, a medical officer at Nightingale Hospital Kisumu.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond healthcare system shortcomings, Humphrey Kizito Otieno, who has lost both parents and six siblings to malaria, says cultural beliefs are in part to blame for delays in seeking treatment.<\/p>\n<p>\"Families believe so much in witchcraft, you find somebody is suffering from malaria, the symptoms are glaring but then a family would think that their child has been bewitched,\u201d Otieno, a mortality surveillance field officer at Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI),\u00a0 said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"So, instead of seeking medication, the correct medication, they look for alternative ways of treating, like visiting religious people. Before you know it, this parasite has grown and has overwhelmed the person\".<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7061734\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//health//2022//09//28//scientists-are-manipulating-the-dna-of-mosquitoes-to-fight-the-spread-of-malaria/">Scientists are manipulating the DNA of mosquitoes to fight the spread of malaria<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Local manufacture of\u00a0 a crucial antimalarial drug<\/h2><p>Some progress has been made as the WHO approved the Kenya-based Universal Corporation Limited to produce a crucial antimalarial drug known as sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine plus amodiaquine, or Spaq.<\/p>\n<p>The local manufacturing is expected to reduce reliance on imports from India and China and ensure timely access to medications.<\/p>\n<p>\"To increase self-sufficiency on the continent, with the stamp of WHO approval, it means that we are also internationally certified again as a quality manufacturer,\" Palu Dhanani, the founder and managing director of Universal Corporation Limited, said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"And because the continent's problem, malaria is one of the biggest challenges, it will really help in lowering the dependency for imports as we saw during the COVID era where whatever was being imported actually had huge supply disruptions and malaria is such a thing that if you don't get the right medicine at the right time we all know it can cause unnecessary deaths\".<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"6351990\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//health//2022//01//07//swedish-scientists-have-developed-synthetic-blood-to-attract-and-kill-malaria-carrying-mos/">Swedish scientists have developed synthetic 'blood' to attract and kill malaria-carrying mosquitoes<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>But experts stress the urgent need for increased investment in the pharmaceutical sector to address diseases affecting low and middle-income countries.<\/p>\n<p>\"If we get more investment in manufacturing of medicines and essential medicines, including antimalarial, where the problem is, then we are likely to be more effective in addressing the problem, instead of relying heavily on importation of medicines. 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\n\n\nThe national agency that manages Chad\u2019s election released results of Monday's vote weeks earlier than planned. The figures showed Deby Itno won with just over 61 per cent of the vote, with the runner-up Masra falling far behind with over 18.5 per cent of the vote. Gunfire erupted in the capital following the announcement, though it was unclear if it was celebratory. \n\n\nChad held its long-delayed presidential election following three years of military rule, a vote that analysts widely expected the incumbent to win. 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The figures showed Deby Itno won with just over 61 per cent of the vote, with the runner-up Masra falling far behind with over 18.5 per cent of the vote. Gunfire erupted in the capital following the announcement, though it was unclear if it was celebratory. <\/p>\n<p>Chad held its long-delayed presidential election following three years of military rule, a vote that analysts widely expected the incumbent to win. 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According to a US official, most American troops previously stationed at that base in Niamey have departed. \n\nThe arrival of Russian trainers in the West African country about three weeks ago came in the wake of Niger\u2019s decision to order out all US troops.\u00a0 The order has impacted US military operations in the Sahel, a large region south of the Sahara Desert where groups linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group are active. \n\nThe Pentagon has said the US troops will depart but has not provided a timeline. \n\nWhen Russian troops arrived last month, it was unclear where they were staying. 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The official spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss troop movements.\u00a0 \n\nIt's unclear how many US troops remain at the Niamey base. \n\nThe Russian presence on the base comes as tensions remain high between Washington and Moscow over the ongoing US support for Ukraine's military. \n\nAbout 1,000 US troops are still in Niger , but the bulk of them moved to what's called Airbase 201 near Agadez, some 920 kilometres away from the capital, not long after mutinous soldiers ousted the country\u2019s democratically elected president last July. \n\nA few months later, the junta asked French forces to leave and turned to the Russian mercenary group Wagner for security assistance. \n\nIn October, Washington officially designated the military takeover as a coup, which triggered US laws restricting the military support and aid that it can provide to Niger. Since then, diplomatic efforts to restore ties with Niger have been unsuccessful. \n\nUntil recently, Washington considered Niger a key partner and ally in a region swept by coups in recent years, investing millions of dollars in the Agadez base, which has been critical to US counterterrorism operations in the Sahel.\u00a0 \n\nThe US also has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in training Niger\u2019s military since it began operations there in 2013. \n\nThe Pentagon also has said the US will relocate most of the approximately 100 forces it has deployed in neighbouring Chad for now. Chad is also considering whether to continue its security agreement with the US. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Russia has moved some troops onto an airbase in Niger where a small number of US forces remain, but Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said he doesn't see it as a significant issue. According to a US official, most American troops previously stationed at that base in Niamey have departed.<\/p>\n<p>The arrival of Russian trainers in the West African country about three weeks ago came in the wake of Niger\u2019s decision to order out all US troops.\u00a0The order has impacted US military operations in the Sahel, a large region south of the Sahara Desert where groups linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group are active.<\/p>\n<p>The Pentagon has said the US troops will depart but has not provided a timeline.<\/p>\n<p>When Russian troops arrived last month, it was unclear where they were staying. The Niamey base, Austin said late on Thursday, is located at the capital city's Diori Hamani International Airport, and \u201cthe Russians are in a separate compound and don\u2019t have access to US forces or access to their equipment\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He said the US will continue to watch the situation but he doesn't see it as a significant force protection issue.<\/p>\n<p>A US official said the Russian forces are on the other side of the Niamey facility, known as Airbase 101, and that other international forces - such as the Germans and Italians - also reside. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss troop movements.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It's unclear how many US troops remain at the Niamey base.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8147928\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2024//01//03//eu-niger-migration-cooperation-at-risk/">EU-Niger migration cooperation at risk<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The Russian presence on the base comes as tensions remain high between Washington and Moscow over the ongoing US support for Ukraine's military.<\/p>\n<p>About 1,000 US troops are still in <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2024//01//03//eu-niger-migration-cooperation-at-risk/">Niger, but the bulk of them moved to what's called Airbase 201 near Agadez, some 920 kilometres away from the capital, not long after mutinous soldiers ousted the country\u2019s democratically elected president last July.<\/p>\n<p>A few months later, the junta asked <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//10//10//first-french-troops-depart-niger-as-military-junta-beds-in/">French forces<\/strong><\/a> to leave and turned to the Russian mercenary group Wagner for security assistance.<\/p>\n<p>In October, Washington officially designated the military takeover as a coup, which triggered US laws restricting the military support and aid that it can provide to Niger. Since then, diplomatic efforts to restore ties with Niger have been unsuccessful.<\/p>\n<p>Until recently, Washington considered Niger a key partner and ally in a region swept by coups in recent years, investing millions of dollars in the Agadez base, which has been critical to US counterterrorism operations in the Sahel.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The US also has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in training Niger\u2019s military since it began operations there in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>The Pentagon also has said the US will relocate most of the approximately 100 forces it has deployed in neighbouring Chad for now. 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Clade 2 triggered the 2022 outbreak and more than 99 per cent of people infected survived. \n\nMbala-Kingebeni and colleagues said they have identified a new form of clade 1 that may be responsible for more than 240 cases and at least three deaths in Kamituga, a region with a significant transient population travelling elsewhere in Africa and beyond. \n\nDr Boghuma Titanji, an infectious diseases expert at Emory University who is not connected to the research, said the new mutations are concerning. \n\n\u201cThis suggests the virus is adapting to spread efficiently in humans and could cause some pretty consequential outbreaks,\u201d she said. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Scientists say a new form of mpox found amid an outbreak in Congo may spread more easily among people.<\/p>\n<p>The Democratic Republic of Congo has had more than 4,500 suspected cases of mpox and some 300 deaths since January. 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That prompted local officials to say they were \u201cshocked\u201d by the incident and to claim that the act was a public indecency violation of park regulations and national law. \n\nHow did the incident at Big Daddy dune come about? \n\nAuthorities were first alerted to the nude tourists when horrified visitors saw the trio and reported the incident. \n\nThe three men have not been publicly identified and they are also believed to have left Namibia before any punishment could come their way. \n\nThe Big Daddy dune, located in the Namib-Naukluft National Park, is one of the three largest in the area - and is a popular tourism draw for Namibia . \n\nIt\u2019s the tallest dune in the Sossusvlei area and dwarfs surrounding dunes. It\u2019s a famously challenging climb to the top, with steep sandy walkways and often punishing heat. \n\nThe naked tourists have drawn sharp criticism from the African nation\u2019s tourist board. \n\nVice-chairperson of the Federation of Namibian Tourism Association, Kenneth Nependa, told newspaper the Namibian Sun, that the incident was \u201cdisgusting\u201d and poured scorn on tourists who think \u201cthey can do whatever they want\u201d in the country. \n\nCiting other examples like \u201ctourists writing graffiti on the Bushman rock art in Spitzkoppe\u201d, \u201ctourists hanging on the trees in Deadvlei - and now naked tourists climbing Big Daddy\u201d, he warned disrespectful visitors that \u201cthe law will take its course\u201d. \n\nA spokesperson for the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism agreed with his approach, telling local outlet The Namibian: \u201cIt is a punishable act, according to the country\u2019s laws. When this had been brought to our attention, we were shocked at the extent to which people could go.\u201d \n\n\u201cWe condemn this type of action as it does not only go against our morals but also violates the country\u2019s laws,\u201d Romeo Muyunda added. \n\nWill the tourists be punished for going nude in Namibia? \n\nThe Namibian government is said to be considering banning the naked visitors from entering any of the nation\u2019s national parks in the future. \n\nThere has been a spate of nude tourists upsetting authorities in recent months. \n\nIn October last year, a foreign visitor to Bali was filmed meditating naked at a Hindu shrine. With a population that is around 90 per cent Hindu, the action caused uproar on the Indonesian island. \n\nThat incident came after another tourist to Bali was reportedly detained by police after posing naked by a sacred tree in April 2023. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Namibian authorities have heavily criticised a group of tourists who posed naked on the popular \u2018Big Daddy\u2019 dune in the Namib desert.<\/p>\n<p>Three male visitors are said to have taken their clothes off for pictures and videos during a dune safari after hiking up the sandbank, which is more than 300 metres tall.<\/p>\n<p>The resulting images were then shared on social media and circulated widely. That prompted local officials to say they were \u201cshocked\u201d by the incident and to claim that the act was a public indecency violation of park regulations and national law.<\/p>\n<h2>How did the incident at Big Daddy dune come about?<\/h2><p>Authorities were first alerted to the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//05//05//machu-picchu-french-and-swiss-tourists-thrown-out-of-inca-citadel-for-taking-nude-photos/">nude tourists when horrified visitors saw the trio and reported the incident.<\/p>\n<p>The three men have not been publicly identified and they are also believed to have left Namibia before any punishment could come their way.<\/p>\n<p>The Big Daddy dune, located in the Namib-Naukluft National Park, is one of the three largest in the area - and is a popular tourism draw for <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2022//05//25//germany-returns-stolen-colonial-treasures-to-namibia-as-reparations-continue/">Namibia./n It/u2019s the tallest dune in the Sossusvlei area and dwarfs surrounding dunes. It\u2019s a famously challenging climb to the top, with steep sandy walkways and often punishing heat.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2024//04//27//europe-has-an-extraordinary-culture-of-nudity-where-and-why-to-try-a-naked-yoga-retreat/">naked tourists have drawn sharp criticism from the African nation\u2019s tourist board.<\/p>\n<p>Vice-chairperson of the Federation of Namibian Tourism Association, Kenneth Nependa, told newspaper the Namibian Sun, that the incident was \u201cdisgusting\u201d and poured scorn on tourists who think \u201cthey can do whatever they want\u201d in the country.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6675\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//40//52//52//808x539_cmsv2_8b14ec27-a7ce-5aef-bea2-211de8a55313-8405252.jpg/" alt=\"The dune makes for an excellent photo backdrop - but most people who walk up it are fully clothed\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/40\/52\/52\/384x256_cmsv2_8b14ec27-a7ce-5aef-bea2-211de8a55313-8405252.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/40\/52\/52\/640x427_cmsv2_8b14ec27-a7ce-5aef-bea2-211de8a55313-8405252.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/40\/52\/52\/750x501_cmsv2_8b14ec27-a7ce-5aef-bea2-211de8a55313-8405252.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/40\/52\/52\/828x553_cmsv2_8b14ec27-a7ce-5aef-bea2-211de8a55313-8405252.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/40\/52\/52\/1080x721_cmsv2_8b14ec27-a7ce-5aef-bea2-211de8a55313-8405252.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/40\/52\/52\/1200x801_cmsv2_8b14ec27-a7ce-5aef-bea2-211de8a55313-8405252.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/40\/52\/52\/1920x1282_cmsv2_8b14ec27-a7ce-5aef-bea2-211de8a55313-8405252.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">The dune makes for an excellent photo backdrop - but most people who walk up it are fully clothed<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Bernd Dittrich via Unsplash<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Citing other examples like \u201ctourists writing graffiti on the Bushman rock art in Spitzkoppe\u201d, \u201ctourists hanging on the trees in Deadvlei - and now naked tourists climbing Big Daddy\u201d, he warned disrespectful visitors that \u201cthe law will take its course\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism agreed with his approach, telling local outlet The Namibian: \u201cIt is a punishable act, according to the country\u2019s laws. When this had been brought to our attention, we were shocked at the extent to which people could go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe condemn this type of action as it does not only go against our morals but also violates the country\u2019s laws,\u201d Romeo Muyunda added.<\/p>\n<h2>Will the tourists be punished for going nude in Namibia?<\/h2><p>The Namibian government is said to be considering banning the naked visitors from entering any of the nation\u2019s national parks in the future.<\/p>\n<p>There has been a spate of nude tourists upsetting authorities in recent months.<\/p>\n<p>In October last year, a foreign visitor to <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//07//17//badly-behaved-tourists-prompt-bali-to-consider-a-mountain-climbing-ban/">Bali was filmed meditating naked at a Hindu shrine. With a population that is around 90 per cent Hindu, the action caused uproar on the Indonesian island.<\/p>\n<p>That incident came after another tourist to Bali was reportedly detained by police after posing naked by a sacred tree in April 2023.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1714391204,"updatedAt":1714402840,"publishedAt":1714402814,"firstPublishedAt":1714392265,"lastPublishedAt":1714402840,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/40\/52\/52\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_66d67e9e-5f6b-531d-ba7d-d25bdf207624-8405252.jpg","altText":"The Big Daddy dune is a popular - and steep - climbing spot in Namibia","caption":"The Big Daddy dune is a popular - and steep - climbing spot in Namibia","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Anqi Lu via 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LIBYA EUROPE NATO","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"A weak, Kremlin-influenced Libya is a threat to NATO and European security","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"A weak, Kremlin-influenced Libya is a threat to NATO and EU security","titleListing2":"Opinion | Russia's pursuit of a naval presence in Libya's eastern region, likely to culminate into a base for its nuclear submarines, provides Moscow with more than just a strategic outpost looking towards the entire EU, Hafed Al-Ghwell writes.","leadin":"Russia's pursuit of a naval presence in Libya's eastern region, likely to culminate into a base for its nuclear submarines, provides Moscow with more than just a strategic outpost looking towards the entire EU, Hafed Al-Ghwell writes.","summary":"Russia's pursuit of a naval presence in Libya's eastern region, likely to culminate into a base for its nuclear submarines, provides Moscow with more than just a strategic outpost looking towards the entire EU, Hafed Al-Ghwell writes.","keySentence":"","url":"a-weak-kremlin-influenced-libya-is-a-threat-to-nato-and-european-security","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/04\/29\/a-weak-kremlin-influenced-libya-is-a-threat-to-nato-and-european-security","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"With the gaze of much of the world fixed on the wars unfolding in Gaza and Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin continues to expand his country\u2019s reach in Africa. \n\nHe is now using Libya as a stepping stone to position Russian submarines in the central Mediterranean and place nuclear weapons on Europe\u2019s southern flank. \n\nEnrico Borghi, a centrist MP and member of the Italian parliament\u2019s intelligence committee, recently warned that Russia\u2019s interest in Tobruk in Libya is no mystery, which could be a preamble for sending its nuclear submarines there, much like the Soviet Union sent its missiles to Cuba in 1962. \n\nIt is clear that having submarines a few hundred kilometres from NATO states would not be good for security.\u00a0 \n\nIn light of this, Washington's move to reopen an embassy in Libya a decade after suspending its operations in the country is significant.\u00a0 \n\nNot only is a strong Russian presence in Libya, a security threat to NATO and Europe\u00a0\u2014 Libya\u2019s geographic location, linking Niger, Chad and Sudan to North Africa and Europe, makes it of vital strategic importance. \n\nRussian footprints all over \n\nThe Russian footprint in Libya has grown substantially, alongside an evolving military presence evidenced by a recent delivery of military supplies to the port of Tobruk.\u00a0 \n\nThis strategic eastern city saw the arrival of armoured vehicles, weapons, and equipment \u2014 the fifth such shipment within a brief span, indicative of a systematic build-up.\u00a0 \n\nThe supplies, presumed to have been dispatched from Russia's naval facility in Tartus, Syria were transported by vessels of its Northern Fleet, reflecting an unyielding commitment to Moscow's Mediterranean gambit that has survived the impacts of the war in Ukraine. \n\nThe shipment and what it entails are not an isolated development but part of a broader Russian pattern to establish a perpetual military presence akin to its nearly decade-long posture in Syria.\u00a0 \n\nSuch an expansion is a direct challenge to NATO's southern flank.\u00a0 \n\nThe introduction of advanced air defence systems by Russian operators in Libya that threaten Western \u201cover-the-horizon\u201d counter-threat operations across North Africa and the Sahel\u00a0shifts the regional balance of control in the air, while also threatening freedom of navigation since the delivery of anti-access\/area-denial (A2\/AD) capabilities will negate NATO's operational reach in its own backyard. \n\nHow prepared is the West for Lybia's further decline? \n\nThe entrenchment in Libya also serves as a gateway for deeper inroads into Africa where Moscow is astutely exploiting a partnership void, offering African regimes military and economic collaboration devoid of the conditionalised engagements favoured by Western patrons.\u00a0 \n\nFurthermore, Russia's pursuit of a naval presence in Libya's eastern region, likely to culminate into a base for its nuclear submarines, provides Moscow with more than just a strategic outpost looking towards the entire EU.\u00a0 \n\nIt adds a frustrating layer of complexity to NATO's security calculus now weighing steady Russian gains in Ukraine, and the long-term impacts of the US pullout from Niger and potentially Chad. \n\nSimply put, Moscow's playbook in Libya is changing from the usual fusion of military engagement with political influence in Libya, partly facilitated by the alignment with regional strongman Khalifa Haftar.\u00a0 \n\nBy supplanting Western influence, Russia's opportunism and leveraging of geopolitical fault lines have helped enhance its stature even at the height of a needless war in Ukraine.\u00a0 \n\nThe cascading impact of Moscow's manoeuvring raises serious questions about the West's preparedness for the declining prospects of a stable, secure and sovereign Libya. \n\nThis is why Washington's decision to reestablish a diplomatic presence in Libya is a strategic bid aimed at countering Russia's growing presence, while simultaneously bolstering the United Nations Support Mission.\u00a0 \n\nThe US is back in town, however \n\nThe move comes after a palpable hiatus pointing to recalibrated approaches in Washington's Libya file to embody a strategic calculus that transcends traditional diplomacy, for a re-engagement that can effectively counteract Russia\u2019s growing inroads into Africa. \n\nIt is the clearest reflection yet of the interplay between geopolitical rivalry and the urgency of stabilising a paralysed country on Europe's southern periphery.\u00a0 \n\nBy re-establishing a physical diplomatic footprint in Libya, the US is taking a rare proactive stance that carries profound implications for Russia's ascent. The planned facility in Tripoli will facilitate closer monitoring and the ability to challenge Russian narratives and influence on the ground. \n\nRe-introducing US diplomats to Libya is not merely a symbolic act. It will allow for persistent engagement with Libyan actors to maintain key relationships and develop a firm grasp on local dynamics that often elude remote diplomacy.\u00a0 \n\nIt also represents a tangible commitment to supporting UN-led mediation efforts and laying the groundwork for pivotal elections.\u00a0A secure and stable Libya is deeply intertwined with broader interests that, when carefully managed, will help immunise the country from a rising tide of instability that could undermine its transition to a post-paralysis era. \n\nThe September 2012 attack on the US diplomatic mission in Benghazi cast a shadow over a US return to Libya, stifling any optimism for re-establishing a diplomatic presence. \n\nThe memory of the Benghazi attacks also galvanised an evolution in US diplomacy regarding Libya that is predicated on security and sustainability.\u00a0 \n\nThis includes cultivating ongoing on-the-ground engagement with Libyan actors and establishing robust channels for dialogue to address issues before escalations.\u00a0 \n\nIt is a welcome pivot towards pre-empting potential risks, intervening diplomatically to avert crises, and ensuring the Libyan polity is insulated from worsening regional vulnerabilities. \n\nThere's no time to waste \n\nLibya's protracted state of fragmentation poses challenges in Brussels' push to confront migrant surges, as any turmoil between Sub-Saharan Africa and the Maghreb acts as a catalyst for the mass movement of people towards Europe, with implications for security, political cohesion, and safety net systems within the EU.\u00a0 \n\nFurthermore, the power vacuum in Libya could become a breeding ground for extremism that would be difficult to counteract given the enduring presence of mercenaries and foreign fighters, alongside deeply entrenched local militias across a very complicated security landscape. \n\nTo achieve sustainable peace, the US and Europe will have to leverage diplomatic pressure and develop effective strategies to uproot the political economies of Libya's hybrid actors that are key to their longevity.\u00a0 \n\nIn addition, Western involvement is critical for supporting the UN-brokered political settlement among Libyan actors, by providing an environment conducive to transparent electoral processes and equitable resource distribution.\u00a0 \n\nStrategic engagement includes recognising Libyan sovereignty and facilitating national reconciliation through initiatives that reflect the \"Libyan-owned and Libyan-led\" principles, foundational to the UN's approach and stressed by Libyans themselves. \n\nMoreover, efforts to establish inclusive national mechanisms for the transparent and equitable management of Libya's wealth and resources must run parallel with political mediation.\u00a0 \n\nFailure to do so risks undermining reconciliation efforts and the building of a stable, secure future by addressing long-term economic and political marginalisation, particularly in Libya's south.\u00a0 \n\nTherefore, focused efforts on economic integration, accountability, and the rehabilitation of Libya's tattered social fabric, backed by Western support, will be crucial in restoring stability in Libya. \n\nHafed Al-Ghwell is the Executive Director of the North Africa Initiative (NAI) and Senior Fellow at the SAIS Foreign Policy Institute (FPI), Johns Hopkins University. \n\nContact us at view@euronews.com to send pitches or submissions and be part of the conversation. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>With the gaze of much of the world fixed on the wars unfolding in Gaza and Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin continues to expand his country\u2019s reach in Africa.<\/p>\n<p>He is now using Libya as a stepping stone to position Russian submarines in the central Mediterranean and place nuclear weapons on Europe\u2019s southern flank.<\/p>\n<p>Enrico Borghi, a centrist MP and member of the Italian parliament\u2019s intelligence committee, recently warned that Russia\u2019s interest in Tobruk in Libya is no mystery, which could be a preamble for sending its nuclear submarines there, much like the Soviet Union sent its missiles to Cuba in 1962.<\/p>\n<p>It is clear that having submarines a few hundred kilometres from NATO states would not be good for security.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In light of this, Washington's move to reopen an embassy in Libya a decade after suspending its operations in the country is significant.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Not only is a strong Russian presence in Libya, a security threat to NATO and Europe\u00a0\u2014 Libya\u2019s geographic location, linking Niger, Chad and Sudan to North Africa and Europe, makes it of vital strategic importance.<\/p>\n<h2>Russian footprints all over<\/h2><p>The Russian footprint in Libya has grown substantially, alongside an evolving military presence evidenced by a recent delivery of military supplies to the port of Tobruk.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This strategic eastern city saw the arrival of armoured vehicles, weapons, and equipment \u2014 the fifth such shipment within a brief span, indicative of a systematic build-up.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The supplies, presumed to have been dispatched from Russia's naval facility in Tartus, Syria were transported by vessels of its Northern Fleet, reflecting an unyielding commitment to Moscow's Mediterranean gambit that has survived the impacts of the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">The entrenchment in Libya also serves as a gateway for deeper inroads into Africa where Moscow is astutely exploiting a partnership void, offering African regimes military and economic collaboration devoid of the conditionalised engagements favoured by Western patrons.<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//40//56//72//808x539_cmsv2_d39ea549-b97b-5c41-be41-f2191d89532b-8405672.jpg/" alt=\"Russian nuclear submarine, Yuri Dolgoruky, is seen during sea trials near Arkhangelsk, July 2009\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/40\/56\/72\/384x256_cmsv2_d39ea549-b97b-5c41-be41-f2191d89532b-8405672.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/40\/56\/72\/640x427_cmsv2_d39ea549-b97b-5c41-be41-f2191d89532b-8405672.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/40\/56\/72\/750x500_cmsv2_d39ea549-b97b-5c41-be41-f2191d89532b-8405672.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/40\/56\/72\/828x552_cmsv2_d39ea549-b97b-5c41-be41-f2191d89532b-8405672.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/40\/56\/72\/1080x720_cmsv2_d39ea549-b97b-5c41-be41-f2191d89532b-8405672.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/40\/56\/72\/1200x800_cmsv2_d39ea549-b97b-5c41-be41-f2191d89532b-8405672.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/40\/56\/72\/1920x1281_cmsv2_d39ea549-b97b-5c41-be41-f2191d89532b-8405672.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Russian nuclear submarine, Yuri Dolgoruky, is seen during sea trials near Arkhangelsk, July 2009<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo\/Alexander Zemlianichenko<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The shipment and what it entails are not an isolated development but part of a broader Russian pattern to establish a perpetual military presence akin to its nearly decade-long posture in Syria.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Such an expansion is a direct challenge to NATO's southern flank.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8101400,7273380\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//12//11//putin-commissions-two-nuclear-submarines-and-says-more-are-to-come/">Putin commissions two nuclear submarines and says more are to come<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2022//12//28//russia-and-china-practice-capturing-a-submarine-in-joint-military-drills/">Russia and China practice 'capturing a submarine' in joint military drills<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The introduction of advanced air defence systems by Russian operators in Libya that threaten Western \u201cover-the-horizon\u201d counter-threat operations across North Africa and the Sahel\u00a0shifts the regional balance of control in the air, while also threatening freedom of navigation since the delivery of anti-access\/area-denial (A2\/AD) capabilities will negate NATO's operational reach in its own backyard.<\/p>\n<h2>How prepared is the West for Lybia's further decline?<\/h2><p>The entrenchment in Libya also serves as a gateway for deeper inroads into Africa where Moscow is astutely exploiting a partnership void, offering African regimes military and economic collaboration devoid of the conditionalised engagements favoured by Western patrons.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Russia's pursuit of a naval presence in Libya's eastern region, likely to culminate into a base for its nuclear submarines, provides Moscow with more than just a strategic outpost looking towards the entire EU.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It adds a frustrating layer of complexity to NATO's security calculus now weighing steady Russian gains in Ukraine, and the long-term impacts of the US pullout from Niger and potentially Chad.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">Simply put, Moscow's playbook in Libya is changing from the usual fusion of military engagement with political influence in Libya, partly facilitated by the alignment with regional strongman Khalifa Haftar.<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//92//35//24//808x539_cmsv2_28c529b0-e0b0-5919-9938-01f35b956424-7923524.jpg/" alt=\"Libya's Khalifa Hifter, the commander of the self-styled Libyan National Army, is seen at the International Defense Exhibition and Conference in Abu Dhabi, February 2023\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/92\/35\/24\/384x256_cmsv2_28c529b0-e0b0-5919-9938-01f35b956424-7923524.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/92\/35\/24\/640x427_cmsv2_28c529b0-e0b0-5919-9938-01f35b956424-7923524.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/92\/35\/24\/750x500_cmsv2_28c529b0-e0b0-5919-9938-01f35b956424-7923524.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/92\/35\/24\/828x552_cmsv2_28c529b0-e0b0-5919-9938-01f35b956424-7923524.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/92\/35\/24\/1080x720_cmsv2_28c529b0-e0b0-5919-9938-01f35b956424-7923524.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/92\/35\/24\/1200x800_cmsv2_28c529b0-e0b0-5919-9938-01f35b956424-7923524.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/92\/35\/24\/1920x1281_cmsv2_28c529b0-e0b0-5919-9938-01f35b956424-7923524.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Libya's Khalifa Hifter, the commander of the self-styled Libyan National Army, is seen at the International Defense Exhibition and Conference in Abu Dhabi, February 2023<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo\/Jon Gambrell<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Simply put, Moscow's playbook in Libya is changing from the usual fusion of military engagement with political influence in Libya, partly facilitated by the alignment with regional strongman Khalifa Haftar.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>By supplanting Western influence, Russia's opportunism and leveraging of geopolitical fault lines have helped enhance its stature even at the height of a needless war in Ukraine.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7963718,7823246\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//08//15//in-africa-russia-seeks-to-retain-its-superpower-credentials/">In Africa, Russia seeks to retain its superpower credentials<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//10//12//niger-is-the-latest-victim-of-africas-development-paradox/">Niger is the latest victim of Africa\u2019s development paradox<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The cascading impact of Moscow's manoeuvring raises serious questions about the West's preparedness for the declining prospects of a stable, secure and sovereign Libya.<\/p>\n<p>This is why Washington's decision to reestablish a diplomatic presence in Libya is a strategic bid aimed at countering Russia's growing presence, while simultaneously bolstering the United Nations Support Mission.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>The US is back in town, however<\/h2><p>The move comes after a palpable hiatus pointing to recalibrated approaches in Washington's Libya file to embody a strategic calculus that transcends traditional diplomacy, for a re-engagement that can effectively counteract Russia\u2019s growing inroads into Africa.<\/p>\n<p>It is the clearest reflection yet of the interplay between geopolitical rivalry and the urgency of stabilising a paralysed country on Europe's southern periphery.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>By re-establishing a physical diplomatic footprint in Libya, the US is taking a rare proactive stance that carries profound implications for Russia's ascent. The planned facility in Tripoli will facilitate closer monitoring and the ability to challenge Russian narratives and influence on the ground.<\/p>\n<p>Re-introducing US diplomats to Libya is not merely a symbolic act. It will allow for persistent engagement with Libyan actors to maintain key relationships and develop a firm grasp on local dynamics that often elude remote diplomacy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">A secure and stable Libya is deeply intertwined with broader interests that, when carefully managed, will help immunise the country from a rising tide of instability that could undermine its transition to a post-paralysis era.<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6845703125\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//40//56//72//808x553_cmsv2_febc0c2d-eaa2-526b-9cde-1e7db662a633-8405672.jpg/" alt=\"a police officer waves vehicles through a checkpoint during rush hour in Benghazi, May 2019\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/40\/56\/72\/384x263_cmsv2_febc0c2d-eaa2-526b-9cde-1e7db662a633-8405672.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/40\/56\/72\/640x438_cmsv2_febc0c2d-eaa2-526b-9cde-1e7db662a633-8405672.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/40\/56\/72\/750x513_cmsv2_febc0c2d-eaa2-526b-9cde-1e7db662a633-8405672.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/40\/56\/72\/828x567_cmsv2_febc0c2d-eaa2-526b-9cde-1e7db662a633-8405672.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/40\/56\/72\/1080x739_cmsv2_febc0c2d-eaa2-526b-9cde-1e7db662a633-8405672.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/40\/56\/72\/1200x821_cmsv2_febc0c2d-eaa2-526b-9cde-1e7db662a633-8405672.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/40\/56\/72\/1920x1314_cmsv2_febc0c2d-eaa2-526b-9cde-1e7db662a633-8405672.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">a police officer waves vehicles through a checkpoint during rush hour in Benghazi, May 2019<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo\/Rami Musa<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>It also represents a tangible commitment to supporting UN-led mediation efforts and laying the groundwork for pivotal elections.\u00a0A secure and stable Libya is deeply intertwined with broader interests that, when carefully managed, will help immunise the country from a rising tide of instability that could undermine its transition to a post-paralysis era.<\/p>\n<p>The September 2012 attack on the US diplomatic mission in Benghazi cast a shadow over a US return to Libya, stifling any optimism for re-establishing a diplomatic presence.<\/p>\n<p>The memory of the Benghazi attacks also galvanised an evolution in US diplomacy regarding Libya that is predicated on security and sustainability.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8301898,8270218\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//03//12//americas-disastrous-war-on-terror-in-africa-is-now-a-global-security-crisis/">America's disastrous 'War on Terror' in Africa is now a global security crisis<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//02//27//a-trump-win-would-see-africa-and-the-world-spiral-into-climate-hell/">A Trump win would see Africa (and the world) spiral into climate hell<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>This includes cultivating ongoing on-the-ground engagement with Libyan actors and establishing robust channels for dialogue to address issues before escalations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It is a welcome pivot towards pre-empting potential risks, intervening diplomatically to avert crises, and ensuring the Libyan polity is insulated from worsening regional vulnerabilities.<\/p>\n<h2>There's no time to waste<\/h2><p>Libya's protracted state of fragmentation poses challenges in Brussels' push to confront migrant surges, as any turmoil between Sub-Saharan Africa and the Maghreb acts as a catalyst for the mass movement of people towards Europe, with implications for security, political cohesion, and safety net systems within the EU.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the power vacuum in Libya could become a breeding ground for extremism that would be difficult to counteract given the enduring presence of mercenaries and foreign fighters, alongside deeply entrenched local militias across a very complicated security landscape.<\/p>\n<p>To achieve sustainable peace, the US and Europe will have to leverage diplomatic pressure and develop effective strategies to uproot the political economies of Libya's hybrid actors that are key to their longevity.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Western involvement is critical for supporting the UN-brokered political settlement among Libyan actors, by providing an environment conducive to transparent electoral processes and equitable resource distribution.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Strategic engagement includes recognising Libyan sovereignty and facilitating national reconciliation through initiatives that reflect the \"Libyan-owned and Libyan-led\" principles, foundational to the UN's approach and stressed by Libyans themselves.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, efforts to establish inclusive national mechanisms for the transparent and equitable management of Libya's wealth and resources must run parallel with political mediation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Failure to do so risks undermining reconciliation efforts and the building of a stable, secure future by addressing long-term economic and political marginalisation, particularly in Libya's south.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, focused efforts on economic integration, accountability, and the rehabilitation of Libya's tattered social fabric, backed by Western support, will be crucial in restoring stability in Libya.<\/p>\n<p><em>Hafed Al-Ghwell is the Executive Director of the North Africa Initiative (NAI) and Senior Fellow at the SAIS Foreign Policy Institute (FPI), Johns Hopkins University.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Contact us at <a href=https://www.euronews.com/news/\"mailto:view@euronews.com\">view@euronews.com to send pitches or submissions and be part of the conversation.<\/em><\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1714398587,"updatedAt":1714400798,"publishedAt":1714400789,"firstPublishedAt":1714400798,"lastPublishedAt":1714400798,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/40\/56\/72\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_7fe5340d-5656-5a38-b1eb-51d7f437bae6-8405672.jpg","altText":"Tripoli government forces clash with forces led by Field Marshal Khalifa Hifter, south of the capital Tripoli, May 2019","caption":"Tripoli government forces clash with forces led by Field Marshal Khalifa Hifter, south of the capital Tripoli, May 2019","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP 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burkina faso french diplomats","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12}],"status":2,"title":"Burkina Faso junta expels 3 French diplomats over alleged subversive activities","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Burkina Faso junta expels 3 French diplomats over alleged 'subversion'","titleListing2":"Burkina Faso junta expels 3 French diplomats over alleged subversive activities","leadin":"Several former colonies in West Africa have seen newly installed military regimes challenging and dismantling their remaining connections with France.","summary":"Several former colonies in West Africa have seen newly installed military regimes challenging and dismantling their remaining connections with France.","keySentence":"","url":"burkina-faso-junta-expels-3-french-diplomats-over-alleged-subversive-activities","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/04\/18\/burkina-faso-junta-expels-3-french-diplomats-over-alleged-subversive-activities","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The military Junta ruling Burkina Faso have expelled three French diplomats for alleged subversive activities, according to a government document posted on social media Thursday. \n\nThe Junta named the three diplomats, two of whom are political advisors, and declared they were persona non grata in Burkina Faso, according to the document signed by the ministry of foreign affairs Tuesday. They have 48 hours to leave the country. \n\nThe document did not give details about the alleged subversive activities. \n\nThe French foreign ministry said in a statement Thursday that it regretted the decision to expel its diplomats and rejected the accusations, stating its activities in Burkina Faso were within the United Nations framework for diplomatic and consular relations. \n\n\"The decision of the Burkinab\u00e8 authorities is not based on any legitimate basis,\" said the statement. \"We can only deplore it.\" \n\nThe expulsion comes amid deteriorating relations between Burkina Faso and France, its former colonial ruler. \n\nThe military junta severed military ties with France in 2023, ordering hundreds of French troops to depart the West African country within a month, following in the path of neighbouring Mali, also headed by a coup leader. \n\nMore than 60 years after Burkina Faso's independence, French remains an official language and France has maintained strong economic and humanitarian aid ties with its former colony. \n\nAs the Islamist extremist insurgency has deepened, however, anti-French sentiment has spiked, thanks in part to the unabating violence. \n\nAfter a second coup in 2023, anti-French protesters began urging the junta to strengthen ties with Russia instead. \n\nThe junta is also distancing itself from regional and Western nations that disagree with its approach. This year, it left the West African regional economic bloc known as ECOWAS and created an alliance with Mali and Niger. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>The military Junta ruling Burkina Faso have expelled three French diplomats for alleged subversive activities, according to a government document posted on social media Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The Junta named the three diplomats, two of whom are political advisors, and declared they were persona non grata in Burkina Faso, according to the document signed by the ministry of foreign affairs Tuesday. They have 48 hours to leave the country.<\/p>\n<p>The document did not give details about the alleged subversive activities.<\/p>\n<p>The French foreign ministry said in a statement Thursday that it regretted the decision to expel its diplomats and rejected the accusations, stating its activities in Burkina Faso were within the United Nations framework for diplomatic and consular relations.<\/p>\n<p>\"The decision of the Burkinab\u00e8 authorities is not based on any legitimate basis,\" said the statement. \"We can only deplore it.\"<\/p>\n<p>The expulsion comes amid deteriorating relations between Burkina Faso and France, its former colonial ruler.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//38//26//20//808x539_cmsv2_4df3a07d-d26a-5a54-be74-1f652ecb2fe6-8382620.jpg/" alt=\"Soldiers loyal to Burkina Faso's latest post-coup leader, Ibrahim Traore.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/38\/26\/20\/384x256_cmsv2_4df3a07d-d26a-5a54-be74-1f652ecb2fe6-8382620.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/38\/26\/20\/640x427_cmsv2_4df3a07d-d26a-5a54-be74-1f652ecb2fe6-8382620.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/38\/26\/20\/750x500_cmsv2_4df3a07d-d26a-5a54-be74-1f652ecb2fe6-8382620.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/38\/26\/20\/828x552_cmsv2_4df3a07d-d26a-5a54-be74-1f652ecb2fe6-8382620.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/38\/26\/20\/1080x720_cmsv2_4df3a07d-d26a-5a54-be74-1f652ecb2fe6-8382620.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/38\/26\/20\/1200x800_cmsv2_4df3a07d-d26a-5a54-be74-1f652ecb2fe6-8382620.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/38\/26\/20\/1920x1281_cmsv2_4df3a07d-d26a-5a54-be74-1f652ecb2fe6-8382620.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Soldiers loyal to Burkina Faso's latest post-coup leader, Ibrahim Traore.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Kilaye Bationo\/Copyright 2020 The AP. All rights reserved.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The military junta severed military ties with France in 2023, ordering hundreds of French troops to depart the West African country within a month, following in the path of neighbouring Mali, also headed by a coup leader.<\/p>\n<p>More than 60 years after Burkina Faso's independence, French remains an official language and France has maintained strong economic and humanitarian aid ties with its former colony.<\/p>\n<p>As the Islamist extremist insurgency has deepened, however, anti-French sentiment has spiked, thanks in part to the unabating violence.<\/p>\n<p>After a second coup in 2023, anti-French protesters began urging the junta to strengthen ties with Russia instead.<\/p>\n<p>The junta is also distancing itself from regional and Western nations that disagree with its approach. This year, it left the West African regional economic bloc known as ECOWAS and created an alliance with Mali and Niger.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1713453402,"updatedAt":1713454522,"publishedAt":1713454514,"firstPublishedAt":1713454522,"lastPublishedAt":1713454522,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/38\/26\/20\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_cd00e3c3-3a51-5ca5-9f32-e06eb3c37ef1-8382620.jpg","altText":"Supporters of military leader Ibrahim Traore protest against France and the West African regional bloc known as ECOWAS in the streets of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.","caption":"Supporters of military leader Ibrahim Traore protest against France and the West African regional bloc known as ECOWAS in the streets of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo\/Kilaye Bationo","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":5760,"height":3242},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/38\/26\/20\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_4df3a07d-d26a-5a54-be74-1f652ecb2fe6-8382620.jpg","altText":"Soldiers loyal to Burkina Faso's latest post-coup leader, Ibrahim Traore.","caption":"Soldiers loyal to Burkina Faso's latest post-coup leader, Ibrahim Traore.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Kilaye Bationo\/Copyright 2020 The AP. 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He aims to establish more facilities across Nigeria and increase awareness of the country's rich biodiversity.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1712140744,"updatedAt":1713266706,"publishedAt":1713198651,"firstPublishedAt":1712216017,"lastPublishedAt":1713266706,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":null,"altText":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":2048,"caption":null,"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/34\/83\/68\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_237c1592-1606-5eb7-8d35-5529e8a3f613-8348368.jpg","captionUrl":null,"height":1152}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"urlSafeValue":"ward","twitter":"","title":"Gregory Ward"}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"urlSafeValue":"nigeria","titleRaw":"Nigeria","id":214,"title":"Nigeria","slug":"nigeria"},{"urlSafeValue":"wildlife-conservation","titleRaw":"wildlife conservation","id":24900,"title":"wildlife conservation","slug":"wildlife-conservation"},{"urlSafeValue":"animals","titleRaw":"Animals","id":10233,"title":"Animals","slug":"animals"},{"urlSafeValue":"endangered-species","titleRaw":"Endangered species","id":13498,"title":"Endangered species","slug":"endangered-species"}],"widgets":[],"related":[{"id":2324858},{"id":2425652},{"id":2523142}],"technicalTags":[{"path":"editorial.media-city"},{"path":"editorial"}],"externalPartners":{"dailymotionId":"x8wusoi"},"video":1,"videos":[{"duration":369840,"editor":"","filesizeBytes":46598144,"format":"mp4","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/med\/EN\/S4\/WB\/24\/04\/15\/en\/240415_S4WB_55203761_55203763_369840_115752_en.mp4","expiresAt":0,"quality":"md"},{"duration":369840,"editor":"","filesizeBytes":69373952,"format":"mp4","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/EN\/S4\/WB\/24\/04\/15\/en\/240415_S4WB_55203761_55203763_369840_115752_en.mp4","expiresAt":0,"quality":"hd"}],"liveStream":[{"endDate":0,"startDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":"","additionalReporting":"Favour Okoro","freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"scenes","urlSafeValue":"scenes","title":"Scenes","online":1,"url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/culture\/culture-series\/scenes"},"vertical":"culture","verticals":[{"urlSafeValue":"culture","id":10,"title":"Culture","slug":"culture"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":10,"slug":"culture","urlSafeValue":"culture","title":"Culture"},"themes":[{"urlSafeValue":"culture-series","id":"culture-series","title":"Culture Series","url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/culture\/culture-series"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":55,"urlSafeValue":"culture-series","title":"Culture series"},"advertising":1,"advertisingData":{"startDate":1630511520,"endDate":2114355123,"type":"sponsored","slug":"Scenes","title":"Media City - 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Other devastating crises have overtaken the news from around the world\u2026 Sudan is in a state of collapse.\u201d \n\nA UN humanitarian campaign aims to raise around $2.7 billion (\u20ac2.5 billion) this year to get food, healthcare and other supplies to 24 million people in Sudan \u2013 nearly half the population. \n\nBut the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says so far funders have given only $145 million (\u20ac136 million), representing around 5% of the target. \n\n\u201cOne year has passed since the outbreak of conflict in Sudan, which unleashed the catalogue of horrors, a nightmare of bloodshed that has killed over 14,000 people and injured 33,000 more,\u201d said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. \n\nSudan descended into conflict in April 2023 when a simmering power struggle between the army and the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group descended into open fighting in the capital, Khartoum, and elsewhere across the country. \n\nThe UN estimates around 37% of the population suffers from hunger. \n\nSave the Children has warned that 230,000 children, pregnant women and newborn mothers could die of malnutrition in the coming months.\u00a0 \n\nNearly nine million people have been forced to flee their homes either to safer areas inside Sudan or to neighbouring countries. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>France has said that world donors have pledged more than two billion euros in humanitarian aid for Sudan.<\/p>\n<p>European diplomats and aid groups met in Paris in a bid to drum up financial support for the country on the first anniversary of a power struggle that exploded into civil war.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first thing that we have to do is to make sure that Sudan is not forgotten,\u201d said EU Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenarcic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe people caught in this emergency are almost completely invisible. 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TUNISIA SAIED US EU","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Tunisia can still be a catalyst for global democratic reform","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Tunisia can still be a catalyst for global democratic reform","titleListing2":"Opinion | The Middle East\u2019s conflicts have long had chilling reverberating effects on international security and stability. The protection of Tunisia's democracy would stand as a beacon of hope, @AmbGordonGray writes.","leadin":"The Middle East\u2019s conflicts have long had chilling reverberating effects on international security and stability. The protection of Tunisia's democracy would stand as a beacon of hope, Ambassador Gordon Gray writes.","summary":"The Middle East\u2019s conflicts have long had chilling reverberating effects on international security and stability. The protection of Tunisia's democracy would stand as a beacon of hope, Ambassador Gordon Gray writes.","keySentence":"","url":"tunisia-can-still-be-a-catalyst-for-global-democratic-reform","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/04\/09\/tunisia-can-still-be-a-catalyst-for-global-democratic-reform","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Tunisia, where I had the privilege to serve as the US ambassador during its revolution and the initial stages of its democratic transition, presents a unique opportunity for the United States and the European Union to demonstrate their commitment to democracy.\u00a0 \n\nHaving championed the country's revolution and democratic transition, the US and the EU must now reaffirm their support for Tunisia's democratic path.\u00a0 \n\nWhen the European Commission offers funds to Tunisia as part of a migration and development deal it should ensure that this is not a short-term solution and doesn\u2019t end up directly in the president\u2019s hands, but that it is tied to conditions for a sustainable long term solution and rebuilding democracy in Tunisia. \n\nDemocracy can't slip away from Tunisians' grasp \n\nTunisia has an outsized importance in determining whether democracy will advance globally.\u00a0 \n\nThis is the nation that gave birth to the Arab Spring by overthrowing Zine El Abidine Ben Ali after 23 years of increasingly despotic rule.\u00a0 \n\nTunisians not only united to overthrow a dictator; they then came together to draft a constitution and to elect leaders who chose compromise over coercion.\u00a0 \n\nBut don\u2019t just take my word for it; I well remember the late Senator John McCain telling me, when he visited Tunisia shortly after the revolution that, \u201cif it can\u2019t succeed here, it can\u2019t succeed anywhere.\u201d \n\nDemocracy in Tunisia though has been in decline under President Kais Saied. His de facto dissolution of parliament in July 2021, abandonment of the constitution, and targeting of opposition leaders, media, and activists are clear signs that Tunisia is no longer a democracy. \n\nHowever, as Tunisia goes for elections this year, the Biden administration should clearly express\u00a0\u2014 in both its public statements and its private diplomatic exchanges\u00a0\u2014 the expectation that the 2024 Tunisian presidential ballot will be conducted as transparently as it was in 2019 and 2014.\u00a0 \n\nIt should voice its desire to see the release of political leaders imprisoned on trumped-up charges\u00a0\u2014 ranging from Islamist Rachid Ghannouchi to Ben Ali loyalist Abir Moussi. And call for the end of the harassment of journalists, which has persisted since the Ben Ali years. \n\nRunning hot and cold on foreign money \n\nFurthermore, the Biden administration could use a range of economic carrots and sticks to encourage President Kais Saied to return Tunisia to its post-revolution democratic trajectory.\u00a0 \n\nOne such incentive would be reviving the $498.7 million (\u20ac459.3m) compact of the Millennium Challenge Corporation, a US foreign aid agency that makes grants to countries with strong economic policies and potential.\u00a0 \n\nApproved right before President Saied\u2019s 25 July 2021 power grab and suspended ever since, it would support much-needed improvements to Tunisia\u2019s transportation, trade, and water sectors.\u00a0 \n\nHelping Tunisia fix its economy is essential for democracy to succeed. As the latest Arab Barometer polling indicated, \u201cTunisians are more likely to associate \u2018democracy\u2019 with the provision of economic necessities.\u201d \n\nPresident Kais Saied runs hot and cold on the International Monetary Fund\u2019s $1.9 billion\u00a0 (\u20ac1.75bn) loan package\u00a0\u2014 denouncing it as a \u201cforeign diktat\u201d even though his own government negotiated it.\u00a0 \n\nHowever, Tunisia\u2019s increasingly heavy international debt burdens may eventually force him to accept the package to avoid default. If and when that happens, the loan package would provide significant leverage to Western calls for truly fair elections. \n\nRight now, all eyes are on Washington \n\nHere it is crucial to note that for the US to push back against democratic backsliding in key countries, it must get its own house in order.\u00a0 \n\nPolitical dysfunction in Congress only fuels the narrative propagated by authoritarians that democracies are incapable of meeting the needs of their people. Thus, prioritizing the interests of US constituents over short-term political gains is imperative for restoring global faith in democratic institutions. \n\nAdditionally, planning for the end of conflicts, such as the war in Gaza, is essential. The Biden administration must navigate complex geopolitical realities while upholding democratic principles and humanitarian values.\u00a0 \n\nGlobal scrutiny of US diplomacy will only intensify as this horrific war is prolonged. Will the United States support an undemocratic Israeli occupation and an undemocratic Palestinian Authority?\u00a0 \n\nHow the Biden administration answers these questions (through its actions, not just its words) will be the true test of its commitment to advancing democratic norms throughout the world. \n\nWhile the challenges posed by conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine, as well as the rise of China, are significant, the US cannot afford to neglect the fight against democratic backsliding and authoritarianism which are key factors in the destabilization of nations and entire regions.\u00a0 \n\nIt is especially crucial to support democracy in the Middle East to foster stability, promote human rights, and mitigate the risk of further regional instability and conflicts. \n\nProtecting Tunisia's democracy, a beacon of hope \n\nWhile Freedom House has rightly sounded the alarm about the threats to democracy worldwide, it has also noted that \u201cwhile authoritarians remain extremely dangerous, they are not unbeatable.\u201d\u00a0 \n\nThe Tunisian people proved that when they launched the Jasmine Revolution. Friends of democracy throughout the world need to remember that lesson and continue to support them.\u00a0 \n\nThe Middle East\u2019s conflicts have long had chilling reverberating effects on international security and stability.\u00a0 \n\nThe protection of Tunisia's democracy would stand as a beacon of hope. It would offer a compelling model for the entire Middle East and North Africa region to advance towards peace and prosperity, and showcase the transformative power of democratic ideals amidst tumultuous times. \n\nGordon Gray is the Kuwait Professor of Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Affairs at George Washington University\u2019s Elliott School of International Affairs. He was a career Foreign Service officer who served as the US ambassador to Tunisia at the start of the Arab Spring and as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs. \n\nAt Euronews, we believe all views matter. Contact us at view@euronews.com to send pitches or submissions and be part of the conversation. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Tunisia, where I had the privilege to serve as the US ambassador during its revolution and the initial stages of its democratic transition, presents a unique opportunity for the United States and the European Union to demonstrate their commitment to democracy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Having championed the country's revolution and democratic transition, the US and the EU must now reaffirm their support for Tunisia's democratic path.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When the European Commission offers funds to Tunisia as part of a migration and development deal it should ensure that this is not a short-term solution and doesn\u2019t end up directly in the president\u2019s hands, but that it is tied to conditions for a sustainable long term solution and rebuilding democracy in Tunisia.<\/p>\n<h2>Democracy can't slip away from Tunisians' grasp<\/h2><p>Tunisia has an outsized importance in determining whether democracy will advance globally.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This is the nation that gave birth to the Arab Spring by overthrowing Zine El Abidine Ben Ali after 23 years of increasingly despotic rule.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tunisians not only united to overthrow a dictator; they then came together to draft a constitution and to elect leaders who chose compromise over coercion.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But don\u2019t just take my word for it; I well remember the late Senator John McCain telling me, when he visited Tunisia shortly after the revolution that, \u201cif it can\u2019t succeed here, it can\u2019t succeed anywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">However, as Tunisia goes for elections this year, the Biden administration should clearly express [...] the expectation that the 2024 Tunisian presidential ballot will be conducted as transparently as it was in 2019 and 2014.<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6123046875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//36//31//00//808x496_cmsv2_43c74c57-8b9f-50a6-b902-d16516eeec17-8363100.jpg/" alt=\"A tank is seen next to the portrait of former Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, on a street in Tunis, January 2011\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/36\/31\/00\/384x235_cmsv2_43c74c57-8b9f-50a6-b902-d16516eeec17-8363100.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/36\/31\/00\/640x392_cmsv2_43c74c57-8b9f-50a6-b902-d16516eeec17-8363100.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/36\/31\/00\/750x459_cmsv2_43c74c57-8b9f-50a6-b902-d16516eeec17-8363100.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/36\/31\/00\/828x507_cmsv2_43c74c57-8b9f-50a6-b902-d16516eeec17-8363100.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/36\/31\/00\/1080x661_cmsv2_43c74c57-8b9f-50a6-b902-d16516eeec17-8363100.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/36\/31\/00\/1200x735_cmsv2_43c74c57-8b9f-50a6-b902-d16516eeec17-8363100.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/36\/31\/00\/1920x1176_cmsv2_43c74c57-8b9f-50a6-b902-d16516eeec17-8363100.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A tank is seen next to the portrait of former Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, on a street in Tunis, January 2011<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo\/Thibault Camus<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Democracy in Tunisia though has been in decline under President Kais Saied. His de facto dissolution of parliament in July 2021, abandonment of the constitution, and targeting of opposition leaders, media, and activists are clear signs that Tunisia is no longer a democracy.<\/p>\n<p>However, as Tunisia goes for elections this year, the Biden administration should clearly express\u00a0\u2014 in both its public statements and its private diplomatic exchanges\u00a0\u2014 the expectation that the 2024 Tunisian presidential ballot will be conducted as transparently as it was in 2019 and 2014.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8284340,7697458\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//03//04//water-restrictions-increased-prices-and-imprisonment-how-is-tunisia-battling-5-years-of-dr/">Water restrictions, increased prices and imprisonment: How is Tunisia battling 5 years of drought?<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//06//21//by-striking-a-deal-with-tunisias-saied-is-europe-signalling-its-open-to-extortion/">By striking a deal with Tunisia's Saied, is Europe signalling it's open to extortion?<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>It should voice its desire to see the release of political leaders imprisoned on trumped-up charges\u00a0\u2014 ranging from Islamist Rachid Ghannouchi to Ben Ali loyalist Abir Moussi. And call for the end of the harassment of journalists, which has persisted since the Ben Ali years.<\/p>\n<h2>Running hot and cold on foreign money<\/h2><p>Furthermore, the Biden administration could use a range of economic carrots and sticks to encourage President Kais Saied to return Tunisia to its post-revolution democratic trajectory.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One such incentive would be reviving the $498.7 million (\u20ac459.3m) compact of the Millennium Challenge Corporation, a US foreign aid agency that makes grants to countries with strong economic policies and potential.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//36//31//00//808x539_cmsv2_f98bfc44-8636-57c8-bceb-60f3ba96346e-8363100.jpg/" alt=\"Reporters use cell phones as Tunisia's Kais Saied speaks in Tunis, October 2019\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/36\/31\/00\/384x256_cmsv2_f98bfc44-8636-57c8-bceb-60f3ba96346e-8363100.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/36\/31\/00\/640x427_cmsv2_f98bfc44-8636-57c8-bceb-60f3ba96346e-8363100.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/36\/31\/00\/750x500_cmsv2_f98bfc44-8636-57c8-bceb-60f3ba96346e-8363100.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/36\/31\/00\/828x552_cmsv2_f98bfc44-8636-57c8-bceb-60f3ba96346e-8363100.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/36\/31\/00\/1080x720_cmsv2_f98bfc44-8636-57c8-bceb-60f3ba96346e-8363100.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/36\/31\/00\/1200x800_cmsv2_f98bfc44-8636-57c8-bceb-60f3ba96346e-8363100.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/36\/31\/00\/1920x1281_cmsv2_f98bfc44-8636-57c8-bceb-60f3ba96346e-8363100.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Reporters use cell phones as Tunisia's Kais Saied speaks in Tunis, October 2019<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo\/Mosa'ab Elshamy<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Approved right before President Saied\u2019s 25 July 2021 power grab and suspended ever since, it would support much-needed improvements to Tunisia\u2019s transportation, trade, and water sectors.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Helping Tunisia fix its economy is essential for democracy to succeed. As the latest Arab Barometer polling indicated, \u201cTunisians are more likely to associate \u2018democracy\u2019 with the provision of economic necessities.\u201d<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8124798,7697458\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//12//20//tunisia-must-break-free-from-reliance-on-short-term-economic-fixes/">Tunisia must break free from reliance on short-term economic fixes<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//06//21//by-striking-a-deal-with-tunisias-saied-is-europe-signalling-its-open-to-extortion/">By striking a deal with Tunisia's Saied, is Europe signalling it's open to extortion?<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>President Kais Saied runs hot and cold on the International Monetary Fund\u2019s $1.9 billion\u00a0 (\u20ac1.75bn) loan package\u00a0\u2014 denouncing it as a \u201cforeign diktat\u201d even though his own government negotiated it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, Tunisia\u2019s increasingly heavy international debt burdens may eventually force him to accept the package to avoid default. If and when that happens, the loan package would provide significant leverage to Western calls for truly fair elections.<\/p>\n<h2>Right now, all eyes are on Washington<\/h2><p>Here it is crucial to note that for the US to push back against democratic backsliding in key countries, it must get its own house in order.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Political dysfunction in Congress only fuels the narrative propagated by authoritarians that democracies are incapable of meeting the needs of their people. Thus, prioritizing the interests of US constituents over short-term political gains is imperative for restoring global faith in democratic institutions.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, planning for the end of conflicts, such as the war in Gaza, is essential. The Biden administration must navigate complex geopolitical realities while upholding democratic principles and humanitarian values.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">While the challenges posed by conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine, as well as the rise of China, are significant, the US cannot afford to neglect the fight against democratic backsliding and authoritarianism which are key factors in the destabilization of nations and entire regions.<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//36//31//00//808x539_cmsv2_99fee2a8-fc46-58ec-b649-87c49b1b8951-8363100.jpg/" alt=\"US President Joe Biden arrives on Air Force One at Chicago O'Hare International Airport before attending a campaign fundraiser in Chicago, April 2024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/36\/31\/00\/384x256_cmsv2_99fee2a8-fc46-58ec-b649-87c49b1b8951-8363100.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/36\/31\/00\/640x427_cmsv2_99fee2a8-fc46-58ec-b649-87c49b1b8951-8363100.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/36\/31\/00\/750x500_cmsv2_99fee2a8-fc46-58ec-b649-87c49b1b8951-8363100.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/36\/31\/00\/828x552_cmsv2_99fee2a8-fc46-58ec-b649-87c49b1b8951-8363100.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/36\/31\/00\/1080x720_cmsv2_99fee2a8-fc46-58ec-b649-87c49b1b8951-8363100.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/36\/31\/00\/1200x800_cmsv2_99fee2a8-fc46-58ec-b649-87c49b1b8951-8363100.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/36\/31\/00\/1920x1281_cmsv2_99fee2a8-fc46-58ec-b649-87c49b1b8951-8363100.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">US President Joe Biden arrives on Air Force One at Chicago O'Hare International Airport before attending a campaign fundraiser in Chicago, April 2024<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo\/Evan Vucci<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Global scrutiny of US diplomacy will only intensify as this horrific war is prolonged. Will the United States support an undemocratic Israeli occupation and an undemocratic Palestinian Authority?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>How the Biden administration answers these questions (through its actions, not just its words) will be the true test of its commitment to advancing democratic norms throughout the world.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7962224,7858530\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//08//30//how-to-fix-tunisias-economic-misery-with-a-fair-and-bold-imf-program/">How to fix Tunisia\u2019s economic misery with a fair and bold IMF program<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2023//10//12//in-stunning-move-tunisia-snubs-brussels-and-refunds-60-million-in-eu-aid/">In stunning move, Tunisia snubs Brussels and refunds \u20ac60 million in EU aid<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>While the challenges posed by conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine, as well as the rise of China, are significant, the US cannot afford to neglect the fight against democratic backsliding and authoritarianism which are key factors in the destabilization of nations and entire regions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It is especially crucial to support democracy in the Middle East to foster stability, promote human rights, and mitigate the risk of further regional instability and conflicts.<\/p>\n<h2>Protecting Tunisia's democracy, a beacon of hope<\/h2><p>While Freedom House has rightly sounded the alarm about the threats to democracy worldwide, it has also noted that \u201cwhile authoritarians remain extremely dangerous, they are not unbeatable.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Tunisian people proved that when they launched the Jasmine Revolution. Friends of democracy throughout the world need to remember that lesson and continue to support them.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Middle East\u2019s conflicts have long had chilling reverberating effects on international security and stability.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The protection of Tunisia's democracy would stand as a beacon of hope. It would offer a compelling model for the entire Middle East and North Africa region to advance towards peace and prosperity, and showcase the transformative power of democratic ideals amidst tumultuous times.<\/p>\n<p><em>Gordon Gray is the Kuwait Professor of Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Affairs at George Washington University\u2019s Elliott School of International Affairs. He was a career Foreign Service officer who served as the US ambassador to Tunisia at the start of the Arab Spring and as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>At Euronews, we believe all views matter. Contact us at <a href=https://www.euronews.com/news/\"mailto:view@euronews.com\">view@euronews.com to send pitches or submissions and be part of the conversation.<\/em><\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1712681579,"updatedAt":1712683024,"publishedAt":1712683020,"firstPublishedAt":1712683024,"lastPublishedAt":1712683024,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo\/Euronews","altText":"A woman holds up a banner during a protest against Tunisian President Kais Saied, in Tunis, April 2022","callToActionText":null,"width":1600,"caption":"A woman holds up a banner during a protest against Tunisian President Kais Saied, in Tunis, April 2022","url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/36\/31\/00\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_29cbe18e-3bc3-5e41-9e38-9ad0de96c42b-8363100.jpg","captionUrl":null,"height":900},{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo\/Evan Vucci","altText":"US President Joe Biden arrives on Air Force One at Chicago O'Hare International Airport before attending a campaign fundraiser in Chicago, April 2024","callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"caption":"US President Joe Biden arrives on Air Force One at Chicago O'Hare International Airport before attending a campaign fundraiser in Chicago, April 2024","url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/36\/31\/00\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_99fee2a8-fc46-58ec-b649-87c49b1b8951-8363100.jpg","captionUrl":null,"height":683},{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo\/Mosa'ab Elshamy","altText":"Reporters use cell phones as Tunisia's Kais Saied speaks in Tunis, October 2019","callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"caption":"Reporters use cell phones as Tunisia's Kais Saied speaks in Tunis, October 2019","url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/36\/31\/00\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_f98bfc44-8636-57c8-bceb-60f3ba96346e-8363100.jpg","captionUrl":null,"height":683},{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo\/Thibault Camus","altText":"A tank is seen next to the portrait of former Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, on a street in Tunis, January 2011","callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"caption":"A tank is seen next to the portrait of former Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, on a street in Tunis, January 2011","url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/36\/31\/00\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_43c74c57-8b9f-50a6-b902-d16516eeec17-8363100.jpg","captionUrl":null,"height":627}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"urlSafeValue":"tunisia","titleRaw":"Tunisia","id":8191,"title":"Tunisia","slug":"tunisia"},{"urlSafeValue":"tunisian-election","titleRaw":"Tunisian election","id":10147,"title":"Tunisian election","slug":"tunisian-election"},{"urlSafeValue":"kais-saied","titleRaw":"Ka\u00efs Sa\u00efed","id":21270,"title":"Ka\u00efs Sa\u00efed","slug":"kais-saied"},{"urlSafeValue":"european-union","titleRaw":"European Union","id":105,"title":"European Union","slug":"european-union"},{"urlSafeValue":"united-states","titleRaw":"United States ","id":13363,"title":"United States ","slug":"united-states"},{"urlSafeValue":"euroviews","titleRaw":"Euroviews","id":22480,"title":"Euroviews","slug":"euroviews"}],"widgets":[{"count":3,"slug":"image"},{"count":2,"slug":"quotation"},{"count":3,"slug":"related"}],"related":[],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":[],"video":0,"videos":[],"liveStream":[{"endDate":0,"startDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":"","additionalReporting":"Ambassador (ret.) 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Even as the morning sun casts a golden hue over the canopy, a sense of unease lingers. Their use of the land is being threatened, and they have organised to resist the possibility of losing their livelihood. \n\nIn the past year, the Liberian government has agreed to sell about 10 per cent of the West African country\u2019s land - equivalent to 10,931 square kilometres - to Dubai-based company Blue Carbon to preserve forests that might otherwise be logged and used for farming, the primary livelihood for many communities. \n\nBlue Carbon, which did not respond to repeated emails and calls seeking comment, plans to make money from this conservation by selling carbon credits to polluters to offset their emissions as they burn fossil fuels. Some experts argue that the model offers little climate benefit, while activists label it 'carbon colonialism'. \n\n'There is no legal framework on carbon credits in Liberia' \n\nActivists say the government has no legal right over the land and that Liberian law acknowledges Indigenous land ownership. The government and Blue Carbon reached an agreement in March 2023 - months after the company's launch - without consulting local communities, which are concerned about a lack of protections. \n\n\u201cThere is no legal framework on carbon credits in Liberia , and so we don\u2019t have rules and regulations to fight for ourselves as a community,\u201d says Walley, whose community, Neezuin, could see about 573 square kilometres signed away to Blue Carbon. \n\nA raft of agreements between at least five African countries and Blue Carbon could give the company control over large swaths of land on the continent. In Kenya, Indigenous populations already have been evicted to make way for other carbon credits projects, according to rights groups like Amnesty International and Survival International. \n\nCarbon credit projects are 'culturally destructive' \n\nThey have criticised the projects as \u201cculturally destructive\", lacking transparency and threatening the livelihoods and food security of rural African populations. \n\n\u201cMany such projects are associated with appalling human rights abuses against local communities at the hands of park rangers,\u201d says Simon Counsell, an independent researcher of conservation projects in Kenya, Congo, Cameroon and other countries. \n\n\u201cThe majority had involved evictions, most were involved in conflict with local people, and almost none had ever sought or gained the landholders\u2019 consent,\u201d continues Counsell, former director of Rainforest Foundation UK, a nonprofit that supports both human rights and environmental protection. \n\nAfrica contributes the least to greenhouse gas emissions, but its vast natural resources, such as forests, are crucial in the fight against climate change. Indigenous populations traditionally rely on forests for their livelihoods, highlighting the tension between climate goals and economic realities. \n\nCash-strapped governments in Africa are attracted to these kinds of conservation initiatives because they generate badly needed income despite concerns about human rights abuses and transparency. \n\nCarbon credit deals must 'balance environmental goals and economic well-being of people' \n\nBlue Carbon has only one project under development in Zimbabwe , which involves approximately 20 per cent of the country\u2019s land, according to the company's website. \n\nHowever, through opaque agreements, the company has potentially secured staggering amounts of land across other countries, including Kenya , Liberia, Tanzania and Zambia, since forming in late 2022. \n\nIn Liberia, the government is required to obtain prior, informed consent from communities before using their land for such deals. However, former President George Weah's government moved forward without it, according to activists and communities. \n\nCommunities only became aware after activists mobilised against the deal following a leak through a network of nongovernmental organisations. Although the agreement said talks with communities would be done last November, locals and activists reported that they did not happen. \n\n\u201cThere is no opposition to fighting climate change, but it has to be done in a way that respects people\u2019s rights and does not breach the law,\u201d says Ambulah Mamey, a Liberian activist who has helped galvanise opposition to the Blue Carbon deal. \n\nAfter protests from communities and activists, Weah\u2019s government halted the deal before the presidential vote last year, but he still lost the election. \n\n\u201cWe resolved to vote the George Weah government out to stop the deal, which will devastatingly affect communities, but we don\u2019t know if the new government will restart it,\u201d says Walley, the community leader. \u201cWe are waiting for them.\u201d \n\nThe new director of Liberia's Environmental Protection Agency, Emmanuel Yarkpawolo, says the Blue Carbon deal was rushed through \"a quick process that does not lend itself to a good level of transparency.\" \n\nHe confirmed the deal is on hold and said Liberia is now developing rules for selling carbon credits , which will \u201cemphasise balance between environmental goals and economic well-being of our people and take care of concerns about Indigenous people's rights, including alternative livelihood means.\" \n\nCarbon offset arrangements 'opaque and inequitable' \n\nBlue Carbon in March sent out invitations to developers, asking for proposals for carbon offset projects. The company document, which activists shared with news agency The Associated Press, does not say which countries it is targeting, just that basic land information will be shared with applicants. \n\nThe process seems \u201cextraordinarily opaque\u201d given the significant amount of some countries\u2019 land involved, says Counsell, the conservation researcher. He raised concerns about whether governments understand it, let alone the people living in those areas. \n\n\u201cThey are precisely the kind of opaque and inequitable arrangements that the UN should very specifically be guarding against as it continues to develop the rules for a global carbon market ,\u201d Counsell says. \n\nBlue Carbon was founded by Emirati royal Sheikh Ahmed Dalmook Al Maktoum, whose private holdings include fossil fuel operations. It has not disclosed the governments or companies that will buy the credits generated from its carbon projects. \n\nDo carbon credits really protect the planet? \n\nThe effectiveness of carbon offsetting itself is debated. One concern is the concept of 'additionality', or the amount of carbon that a project claims it reduces through preventing deforestation. In many cases, it's possible those reductions could have happened anyway. \n\nA study by Counsell and Survival International on one carbon credit initiative, called the Northern Kenya Grassland Carbon Project, says livestock farmers whose livelihoods were upended by the project had operated within \u201cbroadly sustainable limits\u201d. \n\nThis, Walley says, is similar to the practice of communities in Liberia, where they have a duty to conserve forests under government rules. In addition, 40 per cent of Liberia\u2019s forestland is already protected. \n\n\"This means that the project, in climate terms, has no \u2018additionality', and any carbon credits generated do not represent genuine new savings of carbon,\" Counsell says. \n\nPlus, over time, trees release the carbon they're storing back into the atmosphere through natural ageing, forest fires or commercial use, which undermines the idea of forests absorbing carbon permanently, Counsell adds. \n\nThere is also the problem of a 'zero' benefit to the climate. Protecting forests in one area may result in deforestation elsewhere as communities affected by conservation projects move to earn a living. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Matthew Walley's eyes sweep over the large forest that has sustained his Indigenous community in Liberia for generations. Even as the morning sun casts a golden hue over the canopy, a sense of unease lingers. Their use of the land is being threatened, and they have organised to resist the possibility of losing their livelihood.<\/p>\n<p>In the past year, the Liberian government has agreed to sell about 10 per cent of the West African country\u2019s land - equivalent to 10,931 square kilometres - to Dubai-based company Blue Carbon to preserve forests that might otherwise be logged and used for farming, the primary livelihood for many communities.<\/p>\n<p>Blue Carbon, which did not respond to repeated emails and calls seeking comment, plans to make money from this conservation by selling carbon credits to polluters to offset their emissions as they burn fossil fuels. Some experts argue that the model offers little climate benefit, while activists label it 'carbon colonialism'.<\/p>\n<h2>'There is no legal framework on carbon credits in Liberia'<\/h2><p>Activists say the government has no legal right over the land and that Liberian law acknowledges <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//12//05//climate-funds-for-indigenous-peoples-evaporate-before-reaching-them-report-reveals/">Indigenous land ownership. The government and Blue Carbon reached an agreement in March 2023 - months after the company's launch - without consulting local communities, which are concerned about a lack of protections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no legal framework on carbon credits in <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2022//04//29//us-liberia-environment/">Liberia, and so we don\u2019t have rules and regulations to fight for ourselves as a community,\u201d says Walley, whose community, Neezuin, could see about 573 square kilometres signed away to Blue Carbon.<\/p>\n<p>A raft of agreements between at least five African countries and Blue Carbon could give the company control over large swaths of land on the continent. In Kenya, Indigenous populations already have been evicted to make way for other <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//02//03//taylor-swift-isnt-the-only-private-jet-flier-does-celebrity-carbon-offsetting-work/">carbon credits<\/strong><\/a> projects, according to rights groups like Amnesty International and Survival International.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8354140,8351114\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//04//04//wont-take-no-for-an-answer-why-is-botswana-threatening-to-send-herds-of-elephants-to-germa/">Germany might be hit with 20,000 elephants amidst row with Botswana over hunting<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//04//07//what-is-sf6-study-raises-concerns-about-gas-that-is-24000x-more-powerful-than-co2/">What is SF6? Study raises concerns about gas that is 24,000x more powerful than CO2<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Carbon credit projects are 'culturally destructive'<\/h2><p>They have criticised the projects as \u201cculturally destructive\", lacking transparency and threatening the livelihoods and food security of rural <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//09//07//african-leaders-back-call-for-global-carbon-tax-on-fossil-fuels-shipping-and-flights/">African populations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany such projects are associated with appalling human rights abuses against local communities at the hands of park rangers,\u201d says Simon Counsell, an independent researcher of conservation projects in Kenya, Congo, Cameroon and other countries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe majority had involved evictions, most were involved in conflict with local people, and almost none had ever sought or gained the landholders\u2019 consent,\u201d continues Counsell, former director of Rainforest Foundation UK, a nonprofit that supports both human rights and environmental protection.<\/p>\n<p>Africa contributes the least to greenhouse gas emissions, but its vast natural resources, such as forests, are crucial in the fight against climate change. <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//03//07//sami-activists-backed-by-greta-thunberg-reach-deal-to-save-reindeer-farming-from-giant-win/">Indigenous populations<\/strong><\/a> traditionally rely on forests for their livelihoods, highlighting the tension between climate goals and economic realities.<\/p>\n<p>Cash-strapped governments in Africa are attracted to these kinds of conservation initiatives because they generate badly needed income despite concerns about human rights abuses and transparency.<\/p>\n<h2>Carbon credit deals must 'balance environmental goals and economic well-being of people'<\/h2><p>Blue Carbon has only one project under development in <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//03//13//toughest-season-el-nino-leaves-tobacco-farmers-in-zimbabwe-with-less-crops-and-lower-price/">Zimbabwe, which involves approximately 20 per cent of the country\u2019s land, according to the company's website.<\/p>\n<p>However, through opaque agreements, the company has potentially secured staggering amounts of land across other countries, including <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//02//16//eu-dumps-37-million-items-of-plastic-clothing-in-kenya-a-year-which-country-is-the-worst-o/">Kenya, Liberia, Tanzania and Zambia, since forming in late 2022.<\/p>\n<p>In Liberia, the government is required to obtain prior, informed consent from communities before using their land for such deals. However, former President George Weah's government moved forward without it, according to activists and communities.<\/p>\n<p>Communities only became aware after activists mobilised against the deal following a leak through a network of nongovernmental organisations. Although the agreement said talks with communities would be done last November, locals and activists reported that they did not happen.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//35//89//50//808x454_cmsv2_2dfe53fb-54dd-5fe3-a31b-ed201cc3d964-8358950.jpg/" alt=\"Yarkpa Town stands out in the surrounding rainforest in Rivercess County, Southeast Liberia, 6 March 2024.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/35\/89\/50\/384x216_cmsv2_2dfe53fb-54dd-5fe3-a31b-ed201cc3d964-8358950.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/35\/89\/50\/640x360_cmsv2_2dfe53fb-54dd-5fe3-a31b-ed201cc3d964-8358950.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/35\/89\/50\/750x422_cmsv2_2dfe53fb-54dd-5fe3-a31b-ed201cc3d964-8358950.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/35\/89\/50\/828x466_cmsv2_2dfe53fb-54dd-5fe3-a31b-ed201cc3d964-8358950.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/35\/89\/50\/1080x608_cmsv2_2dfe53fb-54dd-5fe3-a31b-ed201cc3d964-8358950.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/35\/89\/50\/1200x675_cmsv2_2dfe53fb-54dd-5fe3-a31b-ed201cc3d964-8358950.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/35\/89\/50\/1920x1080_cmsv2_2dfe53fb-54dd-5fe3-a31b-ed201cc3d964-8358950.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Yarkpa Town stands out in the surrounding rainforest in Rivercess County, Southeast Liberia, 6 March 2024.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo\/ Derick Snyder<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere is no opposition to fighting climate change, but it has to be done in a way that respects people\u2019s rights and does not breach the law,\u201d says Ambulah Mamey, a Liberian activist who has helped galvanise opposition to the Blue Carbon deal.<\/p>\n<p>After protests from communities and activists, Weah\u2019s government halted the deal before the presidential vote last year, but he still lost the election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe resolved to vote the George Weah government out to stop the deal, which will devastatingly affect communities, but we don\u2019t know if the new government will restart it,\u201d says Walley, the community leader. \u201cWe are waiting for them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The new director of Liberia's Environmental Protection Agency, Emmanuel Yarkpawolo, says the Blue Carbon deal was rushed through \"a quick process that does not lend itself to a good level of transparency.\"<\/p>\n<p>He confirmed the deal is on hold and said Liberia is now developing rules for selling <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//02//13//meps-seek-to-limit-companies-use-of-carbon-offsets-in-anti-greenwashing-move/">carbon credits<\/strong><\/a>, which will \u201cemphasise balance between environmental goals and economic well-being of our people and take care of concerns about Indigenous people's rights, including alternative livelihood means.\"<\/p>\n<h2>Carbon offset arrangements 'opaque and inequitable'<\/h2><p>Blue Carbon in March sent out invitations to developers, asking for proposals for <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//02//21//you-ve-heard-of-offsetting-but-what-in-the-world-is-carbon-insetting/">carbon offset<\/strong><\/a> projects. The company document, which activists shared with news agency The Associated Press, does not say which countries it is targeting, just that basic land information will be shared with applicants.<\/p>\n<p>The process seems \u201cextraordinarily opaque\u201d given the significant amount of some countries\u2019 land involved, says Counsell, the conservation researcher. He raised concerns about whether governments understand it, let alone the people living in those areas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are precisely the kind of opaque and inequitable arrangements that the UN should very specifically be guarding against as it continues to develop the rules for a global <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//02//20//conservationists-alarmed-at-new-market-for-carbon-removal-certificates/">carbon market<\/strong><\/a>,\u201d Counsell says.<\/p>\n<p>Blue Carbon was founded by Emirati royal Sheikh Ahmed Dalmook Al Maktoum, whose private holdings include <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//12//01//uae-among-petrostates-that-risk-losing-half-their-income-as-fossil-fuel-demand-drops/">fossil fuel<\/strong><\/a> operations. It has not disclosed the governments or companies that will buy the credits generated from its carbon projects.<\/p>\n<h2>Do carbon credits really protect the planet?<\/h2><p>The effectiveness of <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//11//30//what-are-blue-carbon-credits-and-can-they-help-battle-the-climate-crisis/">carbon offsetting<\/strong><\/a> itself is debated. One concern is the concept of 'additionality', or the amount of carbon that a project claims it reduces through preventing deforestation. In many cases, it's possible those reductions could have happened anyway.<\/p>\n<p>A study by Counsell and Survival International on one carbon credit initiative, called the Northern Kenya Grassland Carbon Project, says livestock <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//02//16//in-farming-genomic-techniques-cant-afford-a-repeat-of-disastrous-gmo-rejection/">farmers whose livelihoods were upended by the project had operated within \u201cbroadly sustainable limits\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>This, Walley says, is similar to the practice of communities in Liberia, where they have a duty to conserve <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//04//04//two-steps-forward-two-steps-back-forest-loss-falls-in-brazil-and-colombia-but-the-world-is/">forests under government rules. In addition, 40 per cent of Liberia\u2019s forestland is already protected.<\/p>\n<p>\"This means that the project, in climate terms, has no \u2018additionality', and any carbon credits generated do not represent genuine new savings of carbon,\" Counsell says.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, over time, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//03//27//planting-trees-in-the-wrong-places-could-be-contributing-to-global-warming-study-reveals/">trees release the carbon they're storing back into the atmosphere through natural ageing, forest fires or commercial use, which undermines the idea of forests absorbing carbon permanently, Counsell adds.<\/p>\n<p>There is also the problem of a 'zero' benefit to the climate. Protecting forests in one area may result in deforestation elsewhere as communities affected by conservation projects move to earn a living.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1712569606,"updatedAt":1712588483,"publishedAt":1712588424,"firstPublishedAt":1712573436,"lastPublishedAt":1712588483,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo\/Derick Snyder","altText":"In the past year, the Liberian government has agreed to sell about 10 per cent of the West African country's land to Dubai-based company Blue Carbon.","callToActionText":null,"width":1920,"caption":"In the past year, the Liberian government has agreed to sell about 10 per cent of the West African country's land to Dubai-based company Blue 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want to tackle it in a big way\u2019: Meet the Nigerian women spearheading solar projects","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"\u2018I want to tackle it in a big way\u2019: Meet the Nigerian women spearheading solar projects","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Meet the solar entrepreneurs changing women\u2019s lives in Nigeria","titleListing2":"\u2018I want to tackle it in a big way\u2019: Meet the Nigerian women spearheading solar projects","leadin":"The African country has the lowest access to electricity in the world. Women and girls are bearing the brunt of energy poverty.","summary":"The African country has the lowest access to electricity in the world. Women and girls are bearing the brunt of energy poverty.","keySentence":"","url":"i-want-to-tackle-it-in-a-big-way-meet-the-nigerian-women-spearheading-solar-projects","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2024\/03\/31\/i-want-to-tackle-it-in-a-big-way-meet-the-nigerian-women-spearheading-solar-projects","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"32-year-old green energy entrepreneur Yetunde Fadeyi will never forget what inspired her to start a clean energy company in Nigeria. \n\nAs a six-year-old, Fadeyi\u2019s best friend, Fatima, was killed by carbon monoxide poisoning in her Lagos home, along with her father and pregnant mother. \n\n\u201cShe often came over for sleepovers. But that day she didn\u2019t,\u201d says Fadeyi. \u201cIt was the time that they were stealing people\u2019s generators, so they kept [the generator] in an enclosed area and by the time it was morning they were dead.\u201d \n\nPetrol-powered generators like the one Fatima\u2019s family had are valuable assets because of the country\u2019s energy problems, making them targets of theft if left outside the house. \n\nMore children die from air pollution - mainly inside the home - in Nigeria than in any other African country, and Fadeyi made it her life\u2019s calling to end the energy poverty causing such deaths. \n\nAfter a childhood in Lagos plagued by intermittent electricity, a degree in chemistry and training in solar panel installation, Fadeyi started Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability (REES). The non-profit is dedicated to climate advocacy and providing clean energy to poor communities in rural Nigeria. \n\nBringing solar energy to Nigeria\u2019s poorest homes \n\nSince its inception in 2017, REES Africa has provided solar energy to over 6,000 people in the poorest parts of Nigeria, funded by grants and philanthropic donations. \n\nIt supplies solar microgrids, which generate energy through solar panels and store them in battery banks for distribution. The small grids bring high quality, cheap and constant power to up to 100 homes each, powering light bulbs, radios, sockets and other low energy appliances. \n\nFadeyi says that energy companies don\u2019t see any potential for profit in poor and marginalised communities. With around 40 per cent of Nigerians living below the national poverty line, it\u2019s up to companies like Fadeyi\u2019s to fill the gap for now. \n\nSolar energy is transforming women\u2019s lives in Nigeria \n\nIn the village of Aba-Oje, a rural outpost in southwest Nigeria , 76-year-old community chief Muritala Ojeleye says life has changed completely since REES Africa installed a solar grid in 2018. \n\n\u201cWe had not had light here since the history of this village - not even electric poles. Life was very difficult for us,\u201d he says. \n\nMary Ojo, a 46-year old trader, agrees. She has given birth to her five children by the light of a kerosene lamp. \n\n\u201cThe closest hospital here is two to three hours away,\u201d she says. \u201cThe midwives deliver babies here, and [previously] if it happened in the night they used atupa [kerosene lanterns] to see well.\u201d \n\nThanks to the electricity, she can now work longer and earn more money because she doesn\u2019t have to stop working at nightfall. \n\nIt\u2019s making differences like this, especially for women in the communities she works in, that drive Fadeyi. \n\n\u201cEach time we do field work, we end up crying,\u201d she says. \u201cI'm literally envisioning what's happening now in the dark in some of these places. \n\n\u201cMaybe a woman\u2019s husband is beating her because she didn't get food on time. These are the issues, of gender-based violence, people getting bitten by snakes, women getting raped - and so these are the issues, and just having access to electricity can change that.\u201d \n\nAn oil rich but energy poor country \n\nDespite being Africa\u2019s top oil producer and holding the continent\u2019s biggest gas deposits, Nigeria has the lowest access to electricity of any country in the world. It generates only about one-third of its grid capacity, leaving over 92 million people living off-grid. \n\nNigeria\u2019s electricity production still relies heavily on fossil fuels, and its power supply is unreliable: over 200 grid collapses in the last nine years resulted in widespread blackouts and an annual loss of $29 billion (\u20ac26.8 bn), according to the World Bank. \n\nThe government plans to switch to renewable energy sources, reaching for net zero emissions by 2060 while ending energy poverty in the country. But this requires investments of around $400 billion (\u20ac370 bn), and the energy access gap continues to grow as the population increases. \n\nMeet the former oil expert scaling up solar microgrids \n\nProfessor Yinka Omoregbe is hoping to bridge this energy gap as CEO of Etin Power, providing energy to offgrid communities using mini solar grids. She brings a wealth of experience to the role as a former national advisor on the reform of Nigeria\u2019s petroleum sector and a former state attorney general. \n\nIn its first year, Etin Power provided electricity to over 5,200 people in three neglected coastal communities in Edo State, southern Nigeria. \n\nWhile the results so far are small, Omoregbe\u2019s ambitions are far bigger. \u201cWe'll have grids all over the place, everywhere, and we will still be in vulnerable communities. We will have proven that it is possible to profitably give green energy to vulnerable communities.\u201d \n\nTrue to her private sector roots, Omoregbe is here to make a profit, as well as a difference. \n\n\u201cI'm not in there just to look at two communities and be very happy with myself. I'm not an NGO. I don't want to be disrespectful, but a lot of the time, the NGOs are very content with minor outcomes or small outcomes. I'm not, because it's a huge problem, and I want to tackle it in a big way if I can, and also invite other people to tackle it in a big way.\u201d \n\nShe sees energy provision as a key factor in ending poverty; especially in rural Nigeria, where almost half of the country\u2019s population lives but only about 34 per cent of people have access to electricity. \n\n\"These rural communities have been completely left out of the climate change conversation, even when they are the most affected,\" says Omoregbe. \n\n\"In all of these, women and their children are the hardest hit. Women suffer the brunt of anything that is poverty. The face of poverty is actually the face of a young girl, because they are the most disadvantaged\u2026 but the truth is that the entire community suffers. \n\n\u201cThere are gender dimensions to poverty, in every sense, as there are gender dimensions to energy poverty .\u201d \n\nCreating solar energy entrepreneurs \n\nWomen being disproportionately affected by energy poverty is the inspiration behind Solar Sister, a US-based NGO that fights energy poverty while lifting women in Africa out of financial poverty too. \n\nFounded in 2009 by former US investment banker Katherine Lucey, the initiative aims to make women in rural communities solar entrepreneurs, owning and running businesses selling solar-powered products like lamps, torches, chargers and radios. \n\nSolar Sister currently works in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Nigeria. Since its launch in Nigeria nine years ago, the NGO has trained over 3,000 women to run their own small solar businesses, and they now operate in 29 of Nigeria\u2019s 36 states. \n\n\u201cWhen we started nine years ago, most people involved in energy would be men ,\u201d recalls Olasimbo Sojinrin, Solar Sisters\u2019 Chief Operating Officer in Nigeria. \n\n\u201cBut we found that women were particularly and disproportionately affected by the challenges associated with this energy poverty. So for us, it only made sense building this network of women entrepreneurs that will not just be victims of energy poverty, but will be at the forefront of solving these problems,\u201d says Sojinrin. \n\nIt's not only about economic empowerment for women when they make money selling their products; but all the benefits that clean energy affords, she explains. \n\n\u201cSaving time, saving money, the fact that they now have clean lights and the ripple effect of that which spans [...] through health or education of the children or just for the household not having to inhale harmful fumes.\u201d \n\nNigeria\u2019s government needs to ramp up renewable funding \n\nNigeria has significant renewable energy potential, as a recent report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) states. \n\nThe agency recommends that Nigeria\u2019s government significantly ramp up investment in renewables to keep up with a rapidly growing population. \n\n\"Funds to deploy large scale renewable energy projects required to power these communities is one of our major challenges,\" says Yetunde Fadeyi. \n\nOmoregbe agrees. \u201cThe general obstacle you might find.. is financing.\u201d \n\nBut, she continues, she won\u2019t let any obstacles get in her way. \n\n\u201cI haven\u2019t got any complaints, I've just started out. I'm moving. If I see any big obstacles at a point, I will scream out, and I will shout\u2026whatever I can see that I need to do, I go ahead and do it. It\u2019s if I cannot do it, that I'll call it a challenge. That is the way I see it.\u201d \n\nThis piece has been published in collaboration with Egab. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>32-year-old green energy entrepreneur Yetunde Fadeyi will never forget what inspired her to start a clean energy company in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>As a six-year-old, Fadeyi\u2019s best friend, Fatima, was killed by carbon monoxide poisoning in her Lagos home, along with her father and pregnant mother.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe often came over for sleepovers. But that day she didn\u2019t,\u201d says Fadeyi. \u201cIt was the time that they were stealing people\u2019s generators, so they kept [the generator] in an enclosed area and by the time it was morning they were dead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Petrol-powered generators like the one Fatima\u2019s family had are valuable assets because of the country\u2019s energy problems, making them targets of theft if left outside the house.<\/p>\n<p>More children die from <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//04//24//air-pollution-is-killing-1200-children-and-teenagers-in-europe-each-year-eea-warns/">air pollution<\/strong><\/a> - mainly inside the home - in Nigeria than in any other African country, and Fadeyi made it her life\u2019s calling to end the energy poverty causing such deaths.<\/p>\n<p>After a childhood in Lagos plagued by intermittent electricity, a degree in chemistry and training in <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//09//19//solar-panels-installed-in-remote-arctic-community-to-power-green-energy-transition/">solar panel<\/strong><\/a> installation, Fadeyi started Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability (REES). The non-profit is dedicated to climate advocacy and providing clean energy to poor communities in rural Nigeria.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8293794,8318546\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//03//20//only-seven-countries-in-the-world-breathe-safe-air-three-of-them-are-in-europe/">Only seven countries in the world breathe safe air. Three of them are in Europe<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//03//08//climate-change-remains-worse-for-women-and-girls-but-it-doesnt-have-to-be/">Climate change remains worse for women and girls \u2014 but it doesn\u2019t have to be<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Bringing solar energy to Nigeria\u2019s poorest homes<\/h2><p>Since its inception in 2017, REES Africa has provided <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//03//12//a-beautiful-idea-this-french-town-is-making-its-cemetery-a-source-of-solar-energy/">solar energy<\/strong><\/a> to over 6,000 people in the poorest parts of Nigeria, funded by grants and philanthropic donations.<\/p>\n<p>It supplies solar microgrids, which generate energy through solar panels and store them in <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//07//21//the-race-for-renewable-batteries-whats-the-future-of-solar-and-wind-storage/">battery banks<\/strong><\/a> for distribution. The small grids bring high quality, cheap and constant power to up to 100 homes each, powering light bulbs, radios, sockets and other low energy appliances.<\/p>\n<p>Fadeyi says that energy companies don\u2019t see any potential for profit in poor and marginalised communities. With around 40 per cent of Nigerians living below the national poverty line, it\u2019s up to companies like Fadeyi\u2019s to fill the gap for now.<\/p>\n<h2>Solar energy is transforming women\u2019s lives in Nigeria<\/h2><p>In the village of Aba-Oje, a rural outpost in southwest <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//03//26//building-new-wind-and-solar-projects-is-getting-harder-but-this-german-village-could-have-/">Nigeria, 76-year-old community chief Muritala Ojeleye says life has changed completely since REES Africa installed a solar grid in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had not had light here since the history of this village - not even electric poles. Life was very difficult for us,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>Mary Ojo, a 46-year old trader, agrees. She has given birth to her five children by the light of a kerosene lamp.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe closest hospital here is two to three hours away,\u201d she says. \u201cThe midwives deliver babies here, and [previously] if it happened in the night they used atupa [kerosene lanterns] to see well.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"1\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//33//77//78//808x808_cmsv2_4e0cc7be-3530-51f6-91a8-b70929a317b6-8337778.jpg/" alt=\"A kerosene lamp previously used in the communities.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/33\/77\/78\/384x384_cmsv2_4e0cc7be-3530-51f6-91a8-b70929a317b6-8337778.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/33\/77\/78\/640x640_cmsv2_4e0cc7be-3530-51f6-91a8-b70929a317b6-8337778.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/33\/77\/78\/750x750_cmsv2_4e0cc7be-3530-51f6-91a8-b70929a317b6-8337778.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/33\/77\/78\/828x828_cmsv2_4e0cc7be-3530-51f6-91a8-b70929a317b6-8337778.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/33\/77\/78\/1080x1080_cmsv2_4e0cc7be-3530-51f6-91a8-b70929a317b6-8337778.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/33\/77\/78\/1200x1200_cmsv2_4e0cc7be-3530-51f6-91a8-b70929a317b6-8337778.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/33\/77\/78\/1920x1920_cmsv2_4e0cc7be-3530-51f6-91a8-b70929a317b6-8337778.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A kerosene lamp previously used in the communities.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">REES Africa<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Thanks to the electricity, she can now work longer and earn more money because she doesn\u2019t have to stop working at nightfall.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s making differences like this, especially for women in the communities she works in, that drive Fadeyi.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEach time we do field work, we end up crying,\u201d she says. \u201cI'm literally envisioning what's happening now in the dark in some of these places.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe a woman\u2019s husband is beating her because she didn't get food on time. These are the issues, of gender-based violence, people getting bitten by snakes, women getting raped - and so these are the issues, and just having access to electricity can change that.\u201d<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"6213270\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2021//11//09//the-five-devastating-reasons-climate-change-affects-women-more-than-men/">The five devastating reasons climate change affects women more than men<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>An oil rich but energy poor country<\/h2><p>Despite being Africa\u2019s top <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//04//10//seven-new-oil-and-gas-projects-approved-since-ipcc-report-called-for-an-end-to-fossil-fuel/">oil producer<\/strong><\/a> and holding the continent\u2019s biggest gas deposits, Nigeria has the lowest access to electricity of any country in the world. It generates only about one-third of its grid capacity, leaving over 92 million people living off-grid.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria\u2019s electricity production still relies heavily on fossil fuels, and its power supply is unreliable: over 200 grid collapses in the last nine years resulted in widespread blackouts and an annual loss of $29 billion (\u20ac26.8 bn), according to the World Bank.<\/p>\n<p>The government plans to switch to renewable energy sources, reaching for net zero emissions by 2060 while ending energy poverty in the country. But this requires investments of around $400 billion (\u20ac370 bn), and the energy access gap continues to grow as the population increases.<\/p>\n<h2>Meet the former oil expert scaling up solar microgrids<\/h2><div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.75\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//33//77//78//808x608_cmsv2_37988037-a1a6-52e2-b233-1e516acdbf2b-8337778.jpg/" alt=\"Solar panels are installed in a community in Nigeria.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/33\/77\/78\/384x288_cmsv2_37988037-a1a6-52e2-b233-1e516acdbf2b-8337778.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/33\/77\/78\/640x480_cmsv2_37988037-a1a6-52e2-b233-1e516acdbf2b-8337778.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/33\/77\/78\/750x563_cmsv2_37988037-a1a6-52e2-b233-1e516acdbf2b-8337778.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/33\/77\/78\/828x621_cmsv2_37988037-a1a6-52e2-b233-1e516acdbf2b-8337778.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/33\/77\/78\/1080x810_cmsv2_37988037-a1a6-52e2-b233-1e516acdbf2b-8337778.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/33\/77\/78\/1200x900_cmsv2_37988037-a1a6-52e2-b233-1e516acdbf2b-8337778.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/33\/77\/78\/1920x1440_cmsv2_37988037-a1a6-52e2-b233-1e516acdbf2b-8337778.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Solar panels are installed in a community in Nigeria.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">EtinPower<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Professor Yinka Omoregbe is hoping to bridge this energy gap as CEO of Etin Power, providing energy to offgrid communities using mini solar grids. She brings a wealth of experience to the role as a former national advisor on the reform of Nigeria\u2019s petroleum sector and a former state attorney general.<\/p>\n<p>In its first year, Etin Power provided electricity to over 5,200 people in three neglected coastal communities in Edo State, southern Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>While the results so far are small, Omoregbe\u2019s ambitions are far bigger. \u201cWe'll have grids all over the place, everywhere, and we will still be in vulnerable communities. We will have proven that it is possible to profitably give green energy to vulnerable communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">We will have proven that it is possible to profitably give green energy to vulnerable communities.<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>True to her <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//07//09//can-you-change-a-polluting-industry-from-the-inside-ex-aviation-mining-and-gas-employees-s/">private sector<\/strong><\/a> roots, Omoregbe is here to make a profit, as well as a difference.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI'm not in there just to look at two communities and be very happy with myself. I'm not an NGO. I don't want to be disrespectful, but a lot of the time, the NGOs are very content with minor outcomes or small outcomes. I'm not, because it's a huge problem, and I want to tackle it in a big way if I can, and also invite other people to tackle it in a big way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She sees energy provision as a key factor in ending poverty; especially in rural Nigeria, where almost half of the country\u2019s population lives but only about 34 per cent of people have access to electricity.<\/p>\n<p>\"These rural communities have been completely left out of the climate change conversation, even when they are the most affected,\" says Omoregbe.<\/p>\n<p>\"In all of these, women and their children are the hardest hit. Women suffer the brunt of anything that is poverty. The face of poverty is actually the face of a young girl, because they are the most disadvantaged\u2026 but the truth is that the entire community suffers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are gender dimensions to poverty, in every sense, as there are gender dimensions to <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//02//23//why-energy-poverty-is-rising-among-low-income-households-in-the-eu/">energy poverty<\/strong><\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7372070\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//02//05//its-not-fix-and-forget-why-understanding-how-people-live-with-solar-panels-is-vital/">Installing solar panels on these family homes led to spare cash and more free time<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Creating solar energy entrepreneurs<\/h2><p>Women being disproportionately affected by energy poverty is the inspiration behind Solar Sister, a US-based NGO that fights energy poverty while lifting women in Africa out of financial poverty too.<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 2009 by former US investment banker Katherine Lucey, the initiative aims to make women in rural communities solar entrepreneurs, owning and running businesses selling solar-powered products like lamps, torches, chargers and radios.<\/p>\n<p>Solar Sister currently works in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Nigeria. Since its launch in Nigeria nine years ago, the NGO has trained over 3,000 women to run their own small solar businesses, and they now operate in 29 of Nigeria\u2019s 36 states.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we started nine years ago, most people involved in energy would be <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//02//23//women-are-falling-behind-men-in-green-jobs-of-the-future-linkedin-report-shows/">men,/u201d recalls Olasimbo Sojinrin, Solar Sisters\u2019 Chief Operating Officer in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut we found that women were particularly and disproportionately affected by the challenges associated with this energy poverty. So for us, it only made sense building this network of women entrepreneurs that will not just be victims of energy poverty, but will be at the forefront of solving these problems,\u201d says Sojinrin.<\/p>\n<p>It's not only about economic empowerment for women when they make money selling their products; but all the benefits that clean energy affords, she explains.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSaving time, saving money, the fact that they now have clean lights and the ripple effect of that which spans [...] through health or <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//12//13//from-living-in-tents-to-missing-school-heres-why-climate-change-is-a-child-rights-crisis/">education of the children or just for the household not having to inhale harmful fumes.\u201d<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8171602\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//05//15//positive-environmental-stories-from-2024/">Renewable records and green awards: Positive environmental stories from 2024<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Nigeria\u2019s government needs to ramp up renewable funding<\/h2><p>Nigeria has significant renewable energy potential, as a recent report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) states.<\/p>\n<p>The agency recommends that Nigeria\u2019s government significantly ramp up investment in renewables to keep up with a rapidly growing population.<\/p>\n<p>\"Funds to deploy large scale renewable energy projects required to power these communities is one of our major challenges,\" says Yetunde Fadeyi.<\/p>\n<p>Omoregbe agrees. \u201cThe general obstacle you might find.. is financing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But, she continues, she won\u2019t let any obstacles get in her way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI haven\u2019t got any complaints, I've just started out. I'm moving. If I see any big obstacles at a point, I will scream out, and I will shout\u2026whatever I can see that I need to do, I go ahead and do it. It\u2019s if I cannot do it, that I'll call it a challenge. That is the way I see it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>This piece has been published in collaboration with Egab.<\/em><\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1711653532,"updatedAt":1712044109,"publishedAt":1711864858,"firstPublishedAt":1711654810,"lastPublishedAt":1712044109,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Solar Sisters Nigeria","altText":"Products at a Solar Sisters outreach in a Nigerian community. ","callToActionText":null,"width":1600,"caption":"Products at a Solar Sisters outreach in a Nigerian community. 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SAFRICA BUS CRASH","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Bus plunges off South Africa bridge, killing 45 ","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":null,"titleListing2":"Bus plunges off South Africa bridge, killing 45","leadin":"An 8-year-old is the only survivor and is being treated for serious injuries.","summary":"An 8-year-old is the only survivor and is being treated for serious injuries.","keySentence":"","url":"bus-plunges-off-south-africa-bridge-killing-45","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/03\/29\/bus-plunges-off-south-africa-bridge-killing-45","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"A bus carrying worshippers headed to an Easter festival plunged off a bridge on a mountain pass and burst into flames in South Africa on Thursday, killing at least 45 people.\u00a0 \n\nThe only survivor of the crash was an 8-year-old girl, who is receiving medical attention for serious injuries according to authorities in the northern province of Limpopo. \n\nThe Limpopo provincial government said the bus veered off the Mmamatlakala bridge and plunged 50 metres into a ravine before bursting into flames. \n\nSearch operations were ongoing, the provincial government said, but many bodies were burned beyond recognition and still trapped inside the vehicle. \n\nAuthorities said they believe the bus was travelling from the neighbouring country of Botswana to the town of Moria, which hosts a popular Easter pilgrimage. \n\nThe South African government often warns motorists to be cautious during the Easter holidays, which is a particularly busy and dangerous time for road travel. \n\n\u00a0More than 200 people died in road crashes during the Easter weekend last year. \n\nJust a day before the bus crash, the South African government called on people to be extra careful on Thursday and Friday because of the expected high volumes travelling by road to Moria. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>A bus carrying worshippers headed to an Easter festival plunged off a bridge on a mountain pass and burst into flames in South Africa on Thursday, killing at least 45 people.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The only survivor of the crash was an 8-year-old girl, who is receiving medical attention for serious injuries according to authorities in the northern province of Limpopo.<\/p>\n<p>The Limpopo provincial government said the bus veered off the Mmamatlakala bridge and plunged 50 metres into a ravine before bursting into flames.<\/p>\n<p>Search operations were ongoing, the provincial government said, but many bodies were burned beyond recognition and still trapped inside the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities said they believe the bus was travelling from the neighbouring country of Botswana to the town of Moria, which hosts a popular Easter pilgrimage.<\/p>\n<p>The South African government often warns motorists to be cautious during the Easter holidays, which is a particularly busy and dangerous time for road travel.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0More than 200 people died in road crashes during the Easter weekend last year.<\/p>\n<p>Just a day before the bus crash, the South African government called on people to be extra careful on Thursday and Friday because of the expected high volumes travelling by road to Moria.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1711672014,"updatedAt":1711721370,"publishedAt":1711708129,"firstPublishedAt":1711708133,"lastPublishedAt":1711708133,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP\/AP","altText":"A bus carrying worshippers headed to an Easter festival plunged off a bridge on a mountain pass and burst into flames in Limpopo, South Africa,","callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"caption":"A bus carrying worshippers headed to an Easter festival plunged off a bridge on a mountain pass and burst into flames in Limpopo, South 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St Helena island is opening up to tourists","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Love exploring less-travelled places? St Helena is an island paradise","titleListing2":"Want to meet Jonathan, the world\u2019s oldest tortoise? St Helena island is opening up to tourists","leadin":"Natural wonders. Napoleon's exile. A remote island in the South Atlantic is now easier to reach","summary":"Natural wonders. Napoleon's exile. A remote island in the South Atlantic is now easier to reach","keySentence":"","url":"want-to-meet-jonathan-the-worlds-oldest-tortoise-st-helena-island-is-opening-up-to-tourist","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/travel\/2024\/03\/21\/want-to-meet-jonathan-the-worlds-oldest-tortoise-st-helena-island-is-opening-up-to-tourist","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"St Helena, a small, craggy island in the South Atlantic Ocean, has never seen many tourists. It\u2019s for a good reason though - it's one of the most remote inhabited places in the world. \n\nUp until 2017, it took five nights by boat to reach the British overseas territory, located halfway between southern Africa and Brazil. \n\nThat\u2019s changed recently, with weekly commercial flights and the recent arrival of high-speed internet. \n\nLocal authorities are now hoping to breathe new life into a fledgling tourism industry. In 2023, the island welcomed about 2,100 leisure travellers - and the aim is to attract even more. \n\nThe island\u2019s permanent population is tiny, with just over 4,000 residents. \n\nInhabitants call themselves \u2018Saints\u2019 - and they know their isolated island will likely attract a certain kind of visitor. \n\n\u201cIt\u2019s people with a real desire to travel and learn rather than, \u2018let\u2019s go somewhere to have a bit of sunshine and some nice food,\u2019\u201d Emma Phillips, whose husband, Nigel, is St Helena's governor, told the AP. \n\nFor all its charms, weather on the island can be unpredictable - and, unsurprisingly, supplies can sometimes run low when you\u2019re more than 1,900 kilometres away from the nearest continent. \n\n\u201cYou\u2019ve got to be prepared to embrace all of that,\u201d Phillips explained, while extolling the island\u2019s welcoming locals, rich history and natural wonders. \u201cCome with an open mind.\u201d \n\nSt Helena offers rich history - and is home to the world\u2019s most iconic tortoise \n\nMany tourists who have previously visited St Helena would have made a beeline for the legendary tortoise Jonathan. \n\nEstimated to be 192 years old, he\u2019s officially the world\u2019s oldest land animal and, thanks to his celebrity status, has even rubbed shoulders with royalty, including the late Queen Elizabeth II, who visited the island in 1947. \n\n\u201cJonathan is an enigmatic tortoise,\u201d Teeny Lucy, one of his caretakers for over a decade, told the AP \u201cIf you come to St Helena, people usually know two things: Jonathan the tortoise and Napoleon Bonaparte.\u201d \n\nIndeed, Jonathan is not the only celebrity to have called the island his home. \n\nFrom 1815 until his death in 1821, the former French emperor was exiled on St Helena. \n\nToday, it offers tourists the chance to visit his homes and his original burial grounds (although his remains were returned to France in 1840). \n\nThe island also boasts a rich collection of British Georgian-era colonial buildings, mostly in its capital city, Jamestown. \n\nThere you\u2019ll also find a handful of DVD rental shops - remnants of the island\u2019s pre-high-speed internet days. \n\nAn island full of natural wonders for all kinds of nature lovers \n\nIf you\u2019re more into nature than technology, you\u2019re in luck. \n\nRoughly one-third of all endemic biodiversity in UK territories can be found within the 75-square-kilometre island. \n\nMore than 500 species present there are not seen anywhere else on earth - including around 45 flowering plants and ferns. \n\nMicroclimates ranging from cool tropical forests to sunny rolling grasslands and windswept volcanic cliffs can all be experienced within an hour\u2019s drive. \n\nHome to two dozen scenic trails, serious trekkers can opt for a hike to the island\u2019s highest point, Diana\u2019s Peak, which takes you 2,690 feet above sea level and into Britain\u2019s last remaining natural cloud forest. \n\nCasual hikers can stroll along Blue Point Trail for spectacular views of Sandy Bay, Sperry Island and Castle Rock. \n\nFor a moderate challenge, try the shaded hike to St Helena\u2019s famed Heart Shaped Waterfall, which only flows in winter and early spring. The best views of the falls can be seen from the main road out of Jamestown. \n\nOther nature-themed bucket list activities include swimming with Chilean devil rays or whale sharks, which are most often spotted from December until March. \n\nThere\u2019s also humpback whale watching from June to December. If you visit in January, you\u2019ll likely catch peak nesting season for the wirebird - also known as the St Helena plover - which can only be found on the island. \n\nPlan logistics ahead of your visit for the best possible trip \n\nAlthough it\u2019s now relatively easier to get to St Helena, it\u2019s still not the most straightforward journey. \n\nSouth African airline Airlink flies once weekly from Johannesburg , with a mid-week flight sometimes added during the island\u2019s busier summer season, which runs from December to March. \n\nBefore being allowed to board the plane, you\u2019ll need proof of medical insurance covering at least \u00a3175,000 pounds (about \u20ac204,000). \n\nHaving just opened up to modern tourism, St Helena currently has no ATMs, credit cards are not widely accepted - and the local bank has limited hours. \n\nMake sure to bring plenty of British pounds for the duration of your stay as well as \u00a320 (about \u20ac23) to pay the island\u2019s entry fee. \n\nSt Helena Bank\u2019s prepaid Tourist Card app is another option. It can be loaded with debit cards online and is accepted across the island. \n\nDespite the newly installed high speed internet, visitors are recommended to download maps before arrival, as Wi-Fi and mobile data is still limited and expensive. \n\nThere are a number of accommodation options, ranging from simple home stays to boutique hotels and taxis are plentiful for excursions. \n\nIt is possible to rent stick shift cars, but remember you\u2019ll need to drive on the left-hand side - and St Helena\u2019s narrow roads and blind curves are infamously not for the faint of heart. \n\nFood and drink options on the island are also famous - but for good reason. \n\nCoffee connoisseurs seek out St Helena\u2019s beans, often touted as one of the rarest and most expensive varieties in the world due to their export costs and single-origin status. \n\nSelling online for upwards of \u20ac137 for just over 200 grams, extreme isolation has ensured that the coffee plants, which were imported from Yemen in the 18th century, have never been cross-fertilised. \n\nOther local culinary delights include plo - a cross between curry and Spanish paella - fresh fish cakes and sponge cakes with bright pink icing known as coconut fingers. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>St Helena, a small, craggy island in the South Atlantic Ocean, has never seen many tourists. It\u2019s for a good reason though - it's one of the most remote inhabited places in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Up until 2017, it took five nights by boat to reach the British overseas territory, located halfway between southern Africa and Brazil.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s changed recently, with weekly commercial flights and the recent arrival of high-speed internet.<\/p>\n<p>Local authorities are now hoping to breathe new life into a fledgling tourism industry. In 2023, the island welcomed about 2,100 leisure travellers - and the aim is to attract even more.<\/p>\n<p>The island\u2019s permanent population is tiny, with just over 4,000 residents.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.66796875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//31//93//74//808x539_cmsv2_d3a66ac4-0128-5605-b93a-1065342de6c2-8319374.jpg/" alt=\"Scenic ocean views and rolling pastureland are seen on the island\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/93\/74\/384x257_cmsv2_d3a66ac4-0128-5605-b93a-1065342de6c2-8319374.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/93\/74\/640x428_cmsv2_d3a66ac4-0128-5605-b93a-1065342de6c2-8319374.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/93\/74\/750x501_cmsv2_d3a66ac4-0128-5605-b93a-1065342de6c2-8319374.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/93\/74\/828x553_cmsv2_d3a66ac4-0128-5605-b93a-1065342de6c2-8319374.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/93\/74\/1080x721_cmsv2_d3a66ac4-0128-5605-b93a-1065342de6c2-8319374.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/93\/74\/1200x802_cmsv2_d3a66ac4-0128-5605-b93a-1065342de6c2-8319374.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/93\/74\/1920x1283_cmsv2_d3a66ac4-0128-5605-b93a-1065342de6c2-8319374.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Scenic ocean views and rolling pastureland are seen on the island<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Nicole Evatt\/AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Inhabitants call themselves \u2018Saints\u2019 - and they know their isolated island will likely attract a certain kind of visitor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s people with a real desire to travel and learn rather than, \u2018let\u2019s go somewhere to have a bit of sunshine and some nice food,\u2019\u201d Emma Phillips, whose husband, Nigel, is St Helena's governor, told the AP.<\/p>\n<p>For all its charms, weather on the island can be unpredictable - and, unsurprisingly, supplies can sometimes run low when you\u2019re more than 1,900 kilometres away from the nearest continent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019ve got to be prepared to embrace all of that,\u201d Phillips explained, while extolling the island\u2019s welcoming locals, rich history and natural wonders. \u201cCome with an open mind.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.66796875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//31//93//74//808x539_cmsv2_30fb8bd8-9395-5d59-8845-5d6eeb9d7596-8319374.jpg/" alt=\"The city of Jamestown is pictured from the top of Jacob\u2019s Ladder, a massive staircase carved into the side of a mountain on the remote island of St Helena\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/93\/74\/384x257_cmsv2_30fb8bd8-9395-5d59-8845-5d6eeb9d7596-8319374.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/93\/74\/640x428_cmsv2_30fb8bd8-9395-5d59-8845-5d6eeb9d7596-8319374.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/93\/74\/750x501_cmsv2_30fb8bd8-9395-5d59-8845-5d6eeb9d7596-8319374.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/93\/74\/828x553_cmsv2_30fb8bd8-9395-5d59-8845-5d6eeb9d7596-8319374.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/93\/74\/1080x721_cmsv2_30fb8bd8-9395-5d59-8845-5d6eeb9d7596-8319374.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/93\/74\/1200x802_cmsv2_30fb8bd8-9395-5d59-8845-5d6eeb9d7596-8319374.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/93\/74\/1920x1283_cmsv2_30fb8bd8-9395-5d59-8845-5d6eeb9d7596-8319374.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">The city of Jamestown is pictured from the top of Jacob\u2019s Ladder, a massive staircase carved into the side of a mountain on the remote island of St Helena<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Nicole Evatt\/AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>St Helena offers rich history - and is home to the world\u2019s most iconic tortoise<\/h2><p>Many tourists who have previously visited St Helena would have made a beeline for the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//12//04//jonathan-the-tortoise-worlds-oldest-living-land-mammal-celebrates-190th-birthday/">legendary tortoise Jonathan.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Estimated to be 192 years old, he\u2019s officially the world\u2019s oldest land animal and, thanks to his celebrity status, has even rubbed shoulders with royalty, including the late Queen Elizabeth II, who visited the island in 1947.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJonathan is an enigmatic tortoise,\u201d Teeny Lucy, one of his caretakers for over a decade, told the AP \u201cIf you come to St Helena, people usually know two things: Jonathan the tortoise and Napoleon Bonaparte.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.724609375\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//31//93//74//808x586_cmsv2_7d3498d1-94c0-55ff-8682-409ebed4333b-8319374.jpg/" alt=\"Tourists take photos of Jonathan, a 192-year-old tortoise, on the lawn of Plantation House on the South Atlantic island\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/93\/74\/384x278_cmsv2_7d3498d1-94c0-55ff-8682-409ebed4333b-8319374.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/93\/74\/640x464_cmsv2_7d3498d1-94c0-55ff-8682-409ebed4333b-8319374.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/93\/74\/750x543_cmsv2_7d3498d1-94c0-55ff-8682-409ebed4333b-8319374.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/93\/74\/828x600_cmsv2_7d3498d1-94c0-55ff-8682-409ebed4333b-8319374.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/93\/74\/1080x783_cmsv2_7d3498d1-94c0-55ff-8682-409ebed4333b-8319374.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/93\/74\/1200x870_cmsv2_7d3498d1-94c0-55ff-8682-409ebed4333b-8319374.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/93\/74\/1920x1391_cmsv2_7d3498d1-94c0-55ff-8682-409ebed4333b-8319374.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Tourists take photos of Jonathan, a 192-year-old tortoise, on the lawn of Plantation House on the South Atlantic island<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Nicole Evatt\/AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Indeed, Jonathan is not the only celebrity to have called the island his home.<\/p>\n<p>From 1815 until his death in 1821, the former French emperor was exiled on St Helena.<\/p>\n<p>Today, it offers tourists the chance to visit his homes and his original burial grounds (although his remains were returned to France in 1840).<\/p>\n<p>The island also boasts a rich collection of British Georgian-era colonial buildings, mostly in its capital city, Jamestown.<\/p>\n<p>There you\u2019ll also find a handful of DVD rental shops - remnants of the island\u2019s pre-high-speed internet days.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//31//93//74//808x539_cmsv2_d5e46e5e-b151-59b1-bb3e-57131608398f-8319374.jpg/" alt=\"British Georgian-era colonial buildings line Main Street in Jamestown, St Helena's capital\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/93\/74\/384x256_cmsv2_d5e46e5e-b151-59b1-bb3e-57131608398f-8319374.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/93\/74\/640x427_cmsv2_d5e46e5e-b151-59b1-bb3e-57131608398f-8319374.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/93\/74\/750x500_cmsv2_d5e46e5e-b151-59b1-bb3e-57131608398f-8319374.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/93\/74\/828x552_cmsv2_d5e46e5e-b151-59b1-bb3e-57131608398f-8319374.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/93\/74\/1080x720_cmsv2_d5e46e5e-b151-59b1-bb3e-57131608398f-8319374.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/93\/74\/1200x800_cmsv2_d5e46e5e-b151-59b1-bb3e-57131608398f-8319374.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/93\/74\/1920x1281_cmsv2_d5e46e5e-b151-59b1-bb3e-57131608398f-8319374.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">British Georgian-era colonial buildings line Main Street in Jamestown, St Helena's capital<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Nicole Evatt\/AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"5171740,5165494\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2021//01//29//how-can-we-travel-to-remote-communities-while-still-being-ethical/">How can we travel to remote communities while still being ethical?<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2021//01//29//what-s-it-like-to-spend-time-with-remote-communities/">What/u2019s it like to spend time with remote communities?<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>An island full of natural wonders for all kinds of nature lovers<\/h2><p>If you\u2019re more into nature than technology, you\u2019re in luck.<\/p>\n<p>Roughly one-third of all endemic biodiversity in UK territories can be found within the 75-square-kilometre island.<\/p>\n<p>More than 500 species present there are not seen anywhere else on earth - including around 45 flowering plants and ferns.<\/p>\n<p>Microclimates ranging from cool tropical forests to sunny rolling grasslands and windswept volcanic cliffs can all be experienced within an hour\u2019s drive.<\/p>\n<p>Home to two dozen scenic trails, serious <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2024//03//12//cool-climes-great-transport-links-and-an-intriguing-history-why-you-should-visit-lithuania/">trekkers can opt for a hike to the island\u2019s highest point, Diana\u2019s Peak, which takes you 2,690 feet above sea level and into Britain\u2019s last remaining natural cloud forest.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//31//93//74//808x539_cmsv2_8fb731aa-f6cb-51af-9e51-cd6ab274a39e-8319374.jpg/" alt=\"A hiker walks the Cox's Battery trail on the island of St Helena\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/93\/74\/384x256_cmsv2_8fb731aa-f6cb-51af-9e51-cd6ab274a39e-8319374.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/93\/74\/640x427_cmsv2_8fb731aa-f6cb-51af-9e51-cd6ab274a39e-8319374.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/93\/74\/750x500_cmsv2_8fb731aa-f6cb-51af-9e51-cd6ab274a39e-8319374.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/93\/74\/828x552_cmsv2_8fb731aa-f6cb-51af-9e51-cd6ab274a39e-8319374.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/93\/74\/1080x720_cmsv2_8fb731aa-f6cb-51af-9e51-cd6ab274a39e-8319374.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/93\/74\/1200x800_cmsv2_8fb731aa-f6cb-51af-9e51-cd6ab274a39e-8319374.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/93\/74\/1920x1281_cmsv2_8fb731aa-f6cb-51af-9e51-cd6ab274a39e-8319374.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A hiker walks the Cox's Battery trail on the island of St Helena<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Nicole Evatt\/AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2024//03//09//serbias-national-parks-are-a-nature-lovers-dream-where-to-go-for-vineyards-hiking-and-hist/">Casual hikers<\/strong><\/a> can stroll along Blue Point Trail for spectacular views of Sandy Bay, Sperry Island and Castle Rock.<\/p>\n<p>For a moderate challenge, try the shaded hike to St Helena\u2019s famed Heart Shaped Waterfall, which only flows in winter and early spring. The best views of the falls can be seen from the main road out of Jamestown.<\/p>\n<p>Other nature-themed bucket list activities include swimming with Chilean devil rays or whale sharks, which are most often spotted from December until March.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s also humpback whale watching from June to December. 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font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.instagram.com//p//C4frP9lNFsA//?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\%22 style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by St Helena Tourism (@st.helena.tourism)<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote> <script async src=https://www.euronews.com/"////www.instagram.com//embed.js/"> \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Plan logistics ahead of your visit for the best possible trip<\/h2><p>Although it\u2019s now relatively easier to get to St Helena, it\u2019s still not the most straightforward journey.<\/p>\n<p>South African airline Airlink flies once weekly from <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//video//2023//07//10//watch-snow-way-residents-in-johannesburg-wake-up-to-rare-snowfall/">Johannesburg, with a mid-week flight sometimes added during the island\u2019s busier summer season, which runs from December to March.<\/p>\n<p>Before being allowed to board the plane, you\u2019ll need proof of medical insurance covering at least \u00a3175,000 pounds (about \u20ac204,000).<\/p>\n<p>Having just opened up to modern tourism, St Helena currently has no ATMs, credit cards are not widely accepted - and the local bank has limited hours.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//31//93//74//808x539_cmsv2_125c17f2-ba7f-5880-9a08-653ac61aec6f-8319374.jpg/" alt=\"The site of Napoleon Bonaparte's tomb, known as the Valley of the Tomb, is seen on the British overseas territory\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/93\/74\/384x256_cmsv2_125c17f2-ba7f-5880-9a08-653ac61aec6f-8319374.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/93\/74\/640x427_cmsv2_125c17f2-ba7f-5880-9a08-653ac61aec6f-8319374.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/93\/74\/750x500_cmsv2_125c17f2-ba7f-5880-9a08-653ac61aec6f-8319374.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/93\/74\/828x552_cmsv2_125c17f2-ba7f-5880-9a08-653ac61aec6f-8319374.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/93\/74\/1080x720_cmsv2_125c17f2-ba7f-5880-9a08-653ac61aec6f-8319374.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/93\/74\/1200x800_cmsv2_125c17f2-ba7f-5880-9a08-653ac61aec6f-8319374.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/93\/74\/1920x1281_cmsv2_125c17f2-ba7f-5880-9a08-653ac61aec6f-8319374.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">The site of Napoleon Bonaparte's tomb, known as the Valley of the Tomb, is seen on the British overseas territory<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Nicole Evatt\/AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Make sure to bring plenty of British pounds for the duration of your stay as well as \u00a320 (about \u20ac23) to pay the island\u2019s entry fee.<\/p>\n<p>St Helena Bank\u2019s prepaid Tourist Card app is another option. It can be loaded with debit cards online and is accepted across the island.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the newly installed high speed internet, visitors are recommended to download maps before arrival, as Wi-Fi and mobile data is still limited and expensive.<\/p>\n<p>There are a number of accommodation options, ranging from simple home stays to boutique hotels and taxis are plentiful for excursions.<\/p>\n<p>It is possible to rent stick shift cars, but remember you\u2019ll need to drive on the left-hand side - and St Helena\u2019s narrow roads and blind curves are infamously not for the faint of heart.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.66796875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//31//93//74//808x539_cmsv2_90ee8dae-378d-57f7-9d89-1fd8c3a1c183-8319374.jpg/" alt=\"Coconut fingers, a traditional celebration dessert of iced sponge cake dusted with coconut, are displayed at a restaurant on the island\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/93\/74\/384x257_cmsv2_90ee8dae-378d-57f7-9d89-1fd8c3a1c183-8319374.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/93\/74\/640x428_cmsv2_90ee8dae-378d-57f7-9d89-1fd8c3a1c183-8319374.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/93\/74\/750x501_cmsv2_90ee8dae-378d-57f7-9d89-1fd8c3a1c183-8319374.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/93\/74\/828x553_cmsv2_90ee8dae-378d-57f7-9d89-1fd8c3a1c183-8319374.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/93\/74\/1080x721_cmsv2_90ee8dae-378d-57f7-9d89-1fd8c3a1c183-8319374.jpg 1080w, 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normal - but are also serious about protecting the surrounding wilderness for generations to come.","keySentence":"","url":"heres-why-a-visit-to-south-africas-lepogo-lodges-could-be-the-most-eco-friendly-safari-in-","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/travel\/2024\/03\/21\/heres-why-a-visit-to-south-africas-lepogo-lodges-could-be-the-most-eco-friendly-safari-in-","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"For many of us, safaris conjure up ideas of luxury, exclusivity and owners paying no mind to sustainability. \n\nWhile that is sometimes the case, Lepogo Lodges operate in a very different manner. \n\nIn South Africa's Lapalala Wilderness Reserve, this particular safari destination certainly offers a luxury experience, but it also gives back, too. \n\nAt the forefront of sustainable tourism, the brains behind Lepogo set it up with a very different kind of safari lodge in mind - one that operates off-grid, embraces sustainable technologies and contributes to the surrounding land and nearby communities. \n\nTo learn more about the conservation legacy Lepogo\u2019s owners are continuing to create, Euronews Travel spoke to company operations director Kate Hughes, whose family set up the venture. \n\nHow did Lepogo Lodges come about? \n\n\u201cLepogo Lodges was born from a desire to leave a conservation legacy, protecting endangered animals and land for future generations. Having pledged to be not-for-profit to enable this, we purposefully set our lodges to be a testament to luxury and sustainability,\u201d Kate explains. \n\nFrom the off, the team ensured that there would never be any more than three commercial lodges in the entire 50,000 hectare Lapalala reserve. That was not just to protect the natural infrastructure but also to offer guests a tranquil experience, a world away from the typical crowded safari experience . \n\nLepogo\u2019s sustainability pledge has been in place from the time it first opened its doors in 2019. \n\nThat year, Noka Camp was the first lodge launched. It consists of five stilted villas perched atop a 30 metre-high cliff, with stunning views of the winding Palala River below. \n\nIn January 2024, Melote House - the second property - was unveiled. \n\nInspired by the rock formations of the region, it features living roofs that small animals can graze on as well as design which blends seamlessly into its natural surroundings. \n\nBoth lodges have remained off-grid and each visitor has their carbon journey offset - from the moment they leave their home to the minute they return. It is something Hughes believes is a first among properties in Africa. \n\nThe carbon offset figure is converted into a monetary value which is then donated by Lepogo to one of three local conservation or community projects, chosen by each individual guest. \n\nOne of their most successful - and environmentally beneficial projects - is the Community Stove Programme. Local communities are provided with stoves which not only improves nutrition but can also save each household eight tonnes of wood per year. \n\nHow has Lepogo maintained its sustainable ethos? \n\n\u201cWe are also deeply committed to community engagement and education through our partnership with the Lapalala Wilderness School and we prioritise supporting the local community above all else,\u201d Hughes tells Euronews Travel. \n\nPart of that aim was Lepogo\u2019s intention to operate as a not-for-profit venture right from the beginning. \n\n\u201cThis allowed us to align our mission with our core values of conservation, community empowerment and sustainable tourism,\u201d she explains. \n\n\u201cThrough adopting a non-profit model, we reinvest all profits back into our conservation efforts and wildlife protection initiatives, ensuring a positive impact and enduring legacy for the future of the surrounding Lapalala Wilderness and its community.\u201d \n\nConservation of endangered species for the future is also a significant part of Lepogo\u2019s mission. In 2019, they supported the Lapalala Wilderness with a cheetah reintroduction. \n\nLepogo is inextricably linked with cheetahs, not least because the name \u2018Lepogo\u2019 derives from the Sotho word for the animal. \n\n\u201cPreserving the cheetah is at the heart of Lepogo Lodges,\u201d Hughes says, \u201cLand\u2019s fastest animal, cheetahs are considered a cherished emblem of Africa\u2019s wildlife heritage but are facing numerous challenges in the world which, tragically, makes them highly endangered by human activity.\u201d \n\nAt its core, she explains, the \u201cconservation legacy is deeply rooted in our commitment to safeguarding Africa's precious wildlife and habitats for future generations.\u201d \n\nAs well as their work with cheetahs, Hughes and the team strive to make a lasting impact on biodiversity conservation and ecosystem restoration. \n\nThey are using anti-poaching tactics and habitat restoration programmes to ensure animals including the African wild dog, cheetah, buffalo and black rhino can not just survive but also thrive within the reserve. \n\nHow does Lepogo give back to the local community? \n\n\u201cThe majority of our workforce is hired from the local community,\u201d Hughes explains, \u201cThis deliberate choice stems from our belief in the importance of community empowerment and the recognition of the invaluable local knowledge and expertise that these individuals bring to Lepogo.\u201d \n\nTeam members with local knowledge are able to enrich guests\u2019 experience, with their unique insights into land, wildlife and cultural nuances. \n\nThe hiring process is of benefit to locals, too. \u201cHiring locally not only creates employment opportunities but also fosters a sense of ownership and pride within the community, strengthening our relationship and mutual commitment to the conservation and sustainable development of the region,\u201d Hughes says. \n\nThe Lepogo team also sponsors many of their staff in their career progression and supports them in their studies to achieve the required qualifications needed to move forward in their working lives. \n\nThey work with residents in partnership with the Lapalala Wilderness School, too. \n\nEstablished in 1981 by artist and conservationist Clive Walker and philanthropist Dale Parker, the centre was set up to teach children the importance of the environment and biodiversity. Much of the fresh produce served at the lodge comes straight from the School\u2019s gardens. \n\nIt\u2019s not just food which is sourced locally. \n\nKamatsogo Craft Art was founded in 2006 as an empowerment project for The Clive Walker Foundation. Since then, it\u2019s continued to create employment opportunities and give women a purpose through the production, marketing and sales of hand-crafted products. \n\nTheir current initiative, 'changing lives stitch by stitch\u2019, sees these products for sale in the lodge's shop. \n\nLocal women also handcraft bed mats and placemats used at Lepogo, with placemats made from the Palala palm, plucked from the river flowing beneath the lodge. The nearby Timola community creates room spray and amenities for the shop. \n\nWhy visit Lepogo Lodges over other alternatives? \n\n\u201cMany visitors appreciate the opportunity to experience South Africa's natural beauty while knowing their stay directly contributes to meaningful conservation efforts,\u201d Hughes says. \n\n\u201cAdditionally, our guests also seek out Lepogo Lodges for the exceptional luxury and hospitality we provide which extends beyond our beautifully designed accommodation offerings\u201d. \n\n\u201cBy choosing Lapalala, we aim to not only provide guests with an unparalleled safari experience but also contribute to the long-term sustainability and preservation of this remarkable wilderness area,\u201d she adds.\u00a0 \n\n","htmlText":"<p>For many of us, safaris conjure up ideas of luxury, exclusivity and owners paying no mind to sustainability.<\/p>\n<p>While that is sometimes the case, Lepogo Lodges operate in a very different manner.<\/p>\n<p>In South Africa's Lapalala Wilderness Reserve, this particular safari destination certainly offers a luxury experience, but it also gives back, too.<\/p>\n<p>At the forefront of sustainable tourism, the brains behind Lepogo set it up with a very different kind of safari lodge in mind - one that operates off-grid, embraces sustainable technologies and contributes to the surrounding land and nearby communities.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about the conservation legacy Lepogo\u2019s owners are continuing to create, Euronews Travel spoke to company operations director Kate Hughes, whose family set up the venture.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6663829787234042\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//31//97//84//808x539_cmsv2_39abcbe2-eba4-5984-b5ec-25c3a6a84cd5-8319784.jpg/" alt=\"The accommodation offers incredible views of the surrounding wilderness\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/97\/84\/384x256_cmsv2_39abcbe2-eba4-5984-b5ec-25c3a6a84cd5-8319784.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/97\/84\/640x426_cmsv2_39abcbe2-eba4-5984-b5ec-25c3a6a84cd5-8319784.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/97\/84\/750x500_cmsv2_39abcbe2-eba4-5984-b5ec-25c3a6a84cd5-8319784.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/97\/84\/828x552_cmsv2_39abcbe2-eba4-5984-b5ec-25c3a6a84cd5-8319784.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/97\/84\/1080x720_cmsv2_39abcbe2-eba4-5984-b5ec-25c3a6a84cd5-8319784.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/97\/84\/1200x800_cmsv2_39abcbe2-eba4-5984-b5ec-25c3a6a84cd5-8319784.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/97\/84\/1920x1279_cmsv2_39abcbe2-eba4-5984-b5ec-25c3a6a84cd5-8319784.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">The accommodation offers incredible views of the surrounding wilderness<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Lepogo Lodges<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>How did Lepogo Lodges come about?<\/h2><p>\u201cLepogo Lodges was born from a desire to leave a conservation legacy, protecting endangered animals and land for future generations. Having pledged to be not-for-profit to enable this, we purposefully set our lodges to be a testament to luxury and sustainability,\u201d Kate explains.<\/p>\n<p>From the off, the team ensured that there would never be any more than three commercial lodges in the entire 50,000 hectare Lapalala reserve. That was not just to protect the natural infrastructure but also to offer guests a tranquil experience, a world away from the typical crowded <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2021//05//17//conservationists-urge-people-to-shoot-animals-with-a-camera-instead-of-a-gun/">safari experience<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">\u201cWe knew immediately when we discovered the Lapalala Wilderness Reserve in South Africa\u2019s Limpopo Province that the pristine, unspoilt beautiful reserve was perfect. Our off-grid haven stands out as a rare gem and our vision was to leave an enduring legacy of sustainability - protecting and conserving the beautiful surroundings and wildlife.\u201d<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <div class=\"widget__authorText\">\n Kate Hughes\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"widget__author_descriptionText\">\n Lepogo's operations director\n <\/div>\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Lepogo\u2019s sustainability pledge has been in place from the time it first opened its doors in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>That year, Noka Camp was the first lodge launched. It consists of five stilted villas perched atop a 30 metre-high cliff, with stunning views of the winding Palala River below.<\/p>\n<p>In January 2024, Melote House - the second property - was unveiled.<\/p>\n<p>Inspired by the rock formations of the region, it features living roofs that small animals can graze on as well as design which blends seamlessly into its natural surroundings.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5616929698708751\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//31//97//84//808x454_cmsv2_0d304bbe-1a7f-5623-b186-a4096b84ac35-8319784.jpg/" alt=\"The newly opened Melote House merges luxury and sustainability throughout\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/97\/84\/384x216_cmsv2_0d304bbe-1a7f-5623-b186-a4096b84ac35-8319784.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/97\/84\/640x359_cmsv2_0d304bbe-1a7f-5623-b186-a4096b84ac35-8319784.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/97\/84\/750x421_cmsv2_0d304bbe-1a7f-5623-b186-a4096b84ac35-8319784.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/97\/84\/828x465_cmsv2_0d304bbe-1a7f-5623-b186-a4096b84ac35-8319784.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/97\/84\/1080x607_cmsv2_0d304bbe-1a7f-5623-b186-a4096b84ac35-8319784.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/97\/84\/1200x674_cmsv2_0d304bbe-1a7f-5623-b186-a4096b84ac35-8319784.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/97\/84\/1920x1078_cmsv2_0d304bbe-1a7f-5623-b186-a4096b84ac35-8319784.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">The newly opened Melote House merges luxury and sustainability throughout<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Lepogo Lodges<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Both lodges have remained off-grid and each visitor has their carbon journey offset - from the moment they leave their home to the minute they return. It is something Hughes believes is a first among properties in Africa.<\/p>\n<p>The carbon offset figure is converted into a monetary value which is then donated by Lepogo to one of three local conservation or community projects, chosen by each individual guest.<\/p>\n<p>One of their most successful - and <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2024//02//25//booking-your-summer-holidays-heres-how-to-travel-more-sustainably-as-a-family/">environmentally beneficial<\/strong><\/a> projects - is the Community Stove Programme. Local communities are provided with stoves which not only improves nutrition but can also save each household eight tonnes of wood per year.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8272326,7631818\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2024//03//06//sustainable-safaris-and-off-grid-coastal-cafes-meet-the-women-trailblazing-greener-ways-to/">Sustainable safaris and off-grid coastal cafes: Meet the women trailblazing greener ways to travel<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//05//27//wildlife-safaris-in-the-uk-my-weekend-spotting-beavers-on-a-rewilding-estate-in-scotland/">Wildlife safaris in the UK: My weekend spotting beavers on a rewilding estate in Scotland<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>How has Lepogo maintained its sustainable ethos?<\/h2><p>\u201cWe are also deeply committed to community engagement and education through our partnership with the Lapalala Wilderness School and we prioritise supporting the local community above all else,\u201d Hughes tells Euronews Travel.<\/p>\n<p>Part of that aim was Lepogo\u2019s intention to operate as a not-for-profit venture right from the beginning.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6673333333333333\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//31//97//84//808x539_cmsv2_543b12f7-3c90-5921-9e01-217cf0480997-8319784.jpg/" alt=\"The brains behind Lepogo have hired the majority fo their staff from local communities\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/97\/84\/384x256_cmsv2_543b12f7-3c90-5921-9e01-217cf0480997-8319784.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/97\/84\/640x427_cmsv2_543b12f7-3c90-5921-9e01-217cf0480997-8319784.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/97\/84\/750x501_cmsv2_543b12f7-3c90-5921-9e01-217cf0480997-8319784.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/97\/84\/828x553_cmsv2_543b12f7-3c90-5921-9e01-217cf0480997-8319784.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/97\/84\/1080x721_cmsv2_543b12f7-3c90-5921-9e01-217cf0480997-8319784.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/97\/84\/1200x801_cmsv2_543b12f7-3c90-5921-9e01-217cf0480997-8319784.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/97\/84\/1920x1281_cmsv2_543b12f7-3c90-5921-9e01-217cf0480997-8319784.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">The brains behind Lepogo have hired the majority fo their staff from local communities<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">www.photosafari-africa.net<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis allowed us to align our mission with our core values of conservation, community empowerment and sustainable tourism,\u201d she explains.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThrough adopting a non-profit model, we reinvest all profits back into our conservation efforts and wildlife protection initiatives, ensuring a positive impact and enduring legacy for the future of the surrounding Lapalala Wilderness and its community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Conservation of endangered species for the future is also a significant part of Lepogo\u2019s mission. In 2019, they supported the Lapalala Wilderness with a <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//08//04//cheetahs-are-being-reintroduced-to-india-after-70-years-of-extinction/">cheetah reintroduction.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">"The Lapalala Wilderness is one of the most beautiful, unspoilt, biodiverse reserves in Southern Africa with an outstanding commitment to conservation. We knew the location was perfect from the beginning; as one of South Africa's largest private game reserves, it offers a truly immersive wilderness experience, allowing guests to reconnect with nature in its purest form."<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <div class=\"widget__authorText\">\n Kate Hughes\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"widget__author_descriptionText\">\n Lepogo's operations director\n <\/div>\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Lepogo is inextricably linked with cheetahs, not least because the name \u2018Lepogo\u2019 derives from the Sotho word for the animal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPreserving the cheetah is at the heart of Lepogo Lodges,\u201d Hughes says, \u201cLand\u2019s fastest animal, cheetahs are considered a cherished emblem of Africa\u2019s wildlife heritage but are facing numerous challenges in the world which, tragically, makes them highly endangered by human activity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At its core, she explains, the \u201cconservation legacy is deeply rooted in our commitment to safeguarding Africa's precious wildlife and habitats for future generations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As well as their work with cheetahs, Hughes and the team strive to make a lasting impact on biodiversity <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2024//03//19//only-reliable-form-of-transport-how-flixbus-became-a-firm-favourite-with-budget-travellers/">conservation and ecosystem restoration.<\/p>\n<p>They are using anti-poaching tactics and habitat restoration programmes to ensure animals including the African wild dog, cheetah, buffalo and black rhino can not just survive but also thrive within the reserve.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//31//97//84//808x539_cmsv2_eca403cd-97d0-5b5e-ab45-8a986d1582e2-8319784.jpg/" alt=\"Spot cheetahs in the surrounding Lapalala reserve\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/97\/84\/384x256_cmsv2_eca403cd-97d0-5b5e-ab45-8a986d1582e2-8319784.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/97\/84\/640x427_cmsv2_eca403cd-97d0-5b5e-ab45-8a986d1582e2-8319784.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/97\/84\/750x500_cmsv2_eca403cd-97d0-5b5e-ab45-8a986d1582e2-8319784.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/97\/84\/828x552_cmsv2_eca403cd-97d0-5b5e-ab45-8a986d1582e2-8319784.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/97\/84\/1080x720_cmsv2_eca403cd-97d0-5b5e-ab45-8a986d1582e2-8319784.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/97\/84\/1200x800_cmsv2_eca403cd-97d0-5b5e-ab45-8a986d1582e2-8319784.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/97\/84\/1920x1280_cmsv2_eca403cd-97d0-5b5e-ab45-8a986d1582e2-8319784.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Spot cheetahs in the surrounding Lapalala reserve<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Dana Allen<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>How does Lepogo give back to the local community?<\/h2><p>\u201cThe majority of our workforce is hired from the local community,\u201d Hughes explains, \u201cThis deliberate choice stems from our belief in the importance of community empowerment and the recognition of the invaluable local knowledge and expertise that these individuals bring to Lepogo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Team members with local knowledge are able to enrich guests\u2019 experience, with their unique insights into land, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2024//03//14//switzerland-on-a-budget-yes-it-is-possible-heres-how/">wildlife and cultural nuances.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6663829787234042\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//31//97//84//808x539_cmsv2_63d79c1a-abbe-5953-a8fd-e0f6da17773b-8319784.jpg/" alt=\"Luxury in the midst of nature at Lepogo Lodges\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/97\/84\/384x256_cmsv2_63d79c1a-abbe-5953-a8fd-e0f6da17773b-8319784.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/97\/84\/640x426_cmsv2_63d79c1a-abbe-5953-a8fd-e0f6da17773b-8319784.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/97\/84\/750x500_cmsv2_63d79c1a-abbe-5953-a8fd-e0f6da17773b-8319784.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/97\/84\/828x552_cmsv2_63d79c1a-abbe-5953-a8fd-e0f6da17773b-8319784.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/97\/84\/1080x720_cmsv2_63d79c1a-abbe-5953-a8fd-e0f6da17773b-8319784.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/97\/84\/1200x800_cmsv2_63d79c1a-abbe-5953-a8fd-e0f6da17773b-8319784.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/97\/84\/1920x1279_cmsv2_63d79c1a-abbe-5953-a8fd-e0f6da17773b-8319784.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Luxury in the midst of nature at Lepogo Lodges<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Lepogo Lodges<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The hiring process is of benefit to locals, too. \u201cHiring locally not only creates employment opportunities but also fosters a sense of ownership and pride within the community, strengthening our relationship and mutual commitment to the conservation and sustainable development of the region,\u201d Hughes says.<\/p>\n<p>The Lepogo team also sponsors many of their staff in their career progression and supports them in their studies to achieve the required qualifications needed to move forward in their working lives.<\/p>\n<p>They work with residents in partnership with the Lapalala Wilderness School, 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href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.instagram.com//p//CygYWtstrLT//?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\%22 style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by Lepogo Lodges (@lepogolodges)<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote> <script async src=https://www.euronews.com/"////www.instagram.com//embed.js/"> \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Established in 1981 by artist and conservationist Clive Walker and philanthropist Dale Parker, the centre was set up to teach children the importance of the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2024//03//09//meet-the-couple-who-travelled-europe-to-learn-eco-skills-and-are-now-putting-down-roots-in/">environment and biodiversity. Much of the fresh produce served at the lodge comes straight from the School\u2019s gardens.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not just food which is sourced locally.<\/p>\n<p>Kamatsogo Craft Art was founded in 2006 as an empowerment project for The Clive Walker Foundation. Since then, it\u2019s continued to create employment opportunities and give women a purpose through the production, marketing and sales of hand-crafted products.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6673333333333333\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//31//97//84//808x539_cmsv2_9c0c128b-a1b8-52fc-9a57-582bf2bd2aad-8319784.jpg/" alt=\"The lodges feature design touches made by nearby communities\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/97\/84\/384x256_cmsv2_9c0c128b-a1b8-52fc-9a57-582bf2bd2aad-8319784.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/97\/84\/640x427_cmsv2_9c0c128b-a1b8-52fc-9a57-582bf2bd2aad-8319784.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/97\/84\/750x501_cmsv2_9c0c128b-a1b8-52fc-9a57-582bf2bd2aad-8319784.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/97\/84\/828x553_cmsv2_9c0c128b-a1b8-52fc-9a57-582bf2bd2aad-8319784.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/97\/84\/1080x721_cmsv2_9c0c128b-a1b8-52fc-9a57-582bf2bd2aad-8319784.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/97\/84\/1200x801_cmsv2_9c0c128b-a1b8-52fc-9a57-582bf2bd2aad-8319784.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/97\/84\/1920x1281_cmsv2_9c0c128b-a1b8-52fc-9a57-582bf2bd2aad-8319784.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">The lodges feature design touches made by nearby communities<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">www.photosafari-africa.net<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Their current initiative, 'changing lives stitch by stitch\u2019, sees these products for sale in the lodge's shop.<\/p>\n<p>Local women also handcraft bed mats and placemats used at Lepogo, with placemats made from the Palala palm, plucked from the river flowing beneath the lodge. The nearby Timola community creates room spray and amenities for the shop.<\/p>\n<h2>Why visit Lepogo Lodges over other alternatives?<\/h2><p>\u201cMany visitors appreciate the opportunity to experience South Africa's natural beauty while knowing their stay directly contributes to meaningful conservation efforts,\u201d Hughes says.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.762414800389484\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//31//97//84//808x617_cmsv2_db4969d8-4d8c-58ab-80b1-96324c8c4d3e-8319784.jpg/" alt=\"Stay in luxury while you keep an eye out for nature's most impressive animals\" 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Extreme weather in West Africa devastates cacao crops","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Easter egg prices soar by 50%. Is climate change to blame?","titleListing2":"Why are Easter eggs so expensive this year? Extreme weather in West Africa devastates cacao crops","leadin":"Popular brands like Maltesers, Lindt and Ferrero Rocher have risen sharply in price compared to last year","summary":"Popular brands like Maltesers, Lindt and Ferrero Rocher have risen sharply in price compared to last year","keySentence":"","url":"why-are-easter-eggs-so-expensive-this-year-extreme-weather-in-west-africa-devastates-cacao","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2024\/03\/21\/why-are-easter-eggs-so-expensive-this-year-extreme-weather-in-west-africa-devastates-cacao","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Easter egg prices are higher this year as climate change hits cacao crops. \n\nPopular brands like Maltesers, Lindt and Ferrero Rocher have jumped upwards of 50 per cent in price compared to last year, British consumer champion Which? found. \n\nRising temperatures and humid weather conditions have stressed and damaged crops in West Africa, which produces more than 70 per cent of the global cocoa supply. \n\nCocoa prices more than doubled in the last year, from \u20ac2,220 per tonne in February 2023 to a record high of \u20ac5,490. Sugar prices are also rising. \n\nMondelez, which owns Easter egg staple Cadbury, has been relying on price increases to counter the surge in cocoa prices. It acknowledged price increases of up to 15 per cent within its chocolate category in 2023. Even higher prices are likely in 2024. \n\nHow is climate change affecting cacao trees? \n\nCacao farmers have been hit by adverse weather and plant diseases in recent months. \n\nIvory Coast and its neighbour Ghana together meet more than half of the world\u2019s demand for cacao. \n\nAs the major cacao season, which began in October 2023, draws to a close at the end of March, some crops have been devastated by fungal black pod disease. Its spread is aided by months of soggy weather. \n\nAnother major problem in Ghana and Ivory Coast is cacao swollen shoot virus, spread by insects. It is usually dealt with by cutting down infected trees entirely. \n\nThe wet conditions in West Africa are being blamed for damaging crop yields, which is pushing cacao prices higher. \n\nFurther pressure came when West Africa was struck by a heatwave in mid-February, which weakened trees already damaged by rainfall. Temperatures breached 40C in some regions, prompting heat warnings in Ghana and Nigeria. \n\nA study by World Weather Attribution (WWA) - a research group composed of international climatologists - found that last month\u2019s heatwave was made 10 times more likely and 4C hotter by human-caused climate change. \n\nWhat\u2019s the future of cacao farming in West Africa? \n\nIncreasing temperatures and declining rainfall are already reducing cacao output - a trend that\u2019s likely to continue into the future. \n\nIf global warming rises to 2C above pre-industrial levels , devastating heatwaves like the one seen in February will occur around once every two years, according to WWA. They will also become up to 3.4C hotter. \n\nUnder the current climate, the heatwave was a one-in-10-year event. Without climate change , hot weather events like this would happen less than once every 100 years. \n\nDrought resistant seeds and regenerative farming techniques could help the industry to cling on. \n\nBut as climate patterns and regions shift, farmers are also being pushed to higher altitudes to cultivate cacao. This leads to deforestation and ecosystem destruction that further contributes to climate change. \n\nNew EU deforestation regulation s coming in December 2024 could reduce imports from these regions as supply chains are tracked. \n\nProduction could shift to other regions like South America, though they\u2019re unlikely to fill the gap and could be impacted by similar weather changes. \n\nIt's just one outcome of the growing climate crisis and a reminder of the need to urgently reduce human-caused emissions. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Easter egg prices are higher this year as climate change hits cacao crops.<\/p>\n<p>Popular brands like Maltesers, Lindt and Ferrero Rocher have jumped upwards of 50 per cent in price compared to last year, British consumer champion Which? found.<\/p>\n<p>Rising temperatures and humid weather conditions have stressed and damaged crops in West Africa, which produces more than 70 per cent of the global cocoa supply.<\/p>\n<p>Cocoa prices more than doubled in the last year, from \u20ac2,220 per tonne in February 2023 to a record high of \u20ac5,490. Sugar prices are also rising.<\/p>\n<p>Mondelez, which owns Easter egg staple Cadbury, has been relying on price increases to counter the surge in cocoa prices. It acknowledged price increases of up to 15 per cent within its chocolate category in 2023. Even higher prices are likely in 2024.<\/p>\n<h2>How is climate change affecting cacao trees?<\/h2><p>Cacao farmers have been hit by adverse weather and plant diseases in recent months.<\/p>\n<p><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//02//27//deforestation-free-supply-chains-the-ivory-coasts-path-to-sustainable-cocoa/">Ivory Coast<\/strong><\/a> and its neighbour Ghana together meet more than half of the world\u2019s demand for cacao.<\/p>\n<p>As the major cacao season, which began in October 2023, draws to a close at the end of March, some crops have been devastated by fungal black pod disease. Its spread is aided by months of soggy weather.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8318546,8318446\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//03//20//only-seven-countries-in-the-world-breathe-safe-air-three-of-them-are-in-europe/">Only seven countries in the world breathe safe air. Three of them are in Europe<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//03//20//problem-child-transport-on-track-to-produce-nearly-half-of-europes-emissions-by-2030/"> \u2018Problem child\u2019: Transport on track to produce nearly half of Europe\u2019s emissions by 2030<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Another major problem in Ghana and Ivory Coast is cacao swollen shoot virus, spread by insects. It is usually dealt with by cutting down infected trees entirely.<\/p>\n<p>The wet conditions in West Africa are being blamed for damaging <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//02//16//in-farming-genomic-techniques-cant-afford-a-repeat-of-disastrous-gmo-rejection/">crop yields, which is pushing cacao prices higher.<\/p>\n<p>Further pressure came when West Africa was struck by a <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//12//29//no-city-is-truly-prepared-for-the-heatwaves-that-lay-ahead-heres-what-can-be-done-about-it/">heatwave in mid-February, which weakened trees already damaged by rainfall. Temperatures breached 40C in some regions, prompting heat warnings in Ghana and Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>A study by World Weather Attribution (WWA) - a research group composed of international climatologists - found that last month\u2019s heatwave was made 10 times more likely and 4C hotter by human-caused climate change.<\/p>\n<h2>What\u2019s the future of cacao farming in West Africa?<\/h2><p>Increasing temperatures and declining rainfall are already reducing cacao output - a trend that\u2019s likely to continue into the future.<\/p>\n<p>If global warming rises to 2C above <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//02//08//alarmed-by-the-world-breaching-15c-for-a-year-heres-how-we-can-stop-it-being-permanent/">pre-industrial levels<\/strong><\/a>, devastating heatwaves like the one seen in February will occur around once every two years, according to WWA. They will also become up to 3.4C hotter.<\/p>\n<p>Under the current climate, the heatwave was a one-in-10-year event. Without <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//07//21//summer-of-extremes-is-climate-change-to-blame-for-heatwaves-and-flooding/">climate change<\/strong><\/a>, hot weather events like this would happen less than once every 100 years.<\/p>\n<p>Drought resistant <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//07//18//food-insecurity-can-we-grow-climate-proof-crops/">seeds and regenerative farming techniques could help the industry to cling on.<\/p>\n<p>But as climate patterns and regions shift, farmers are also being pushed to higher altitudes to cultivate cacao. This leads to deforestation and ecosystem destruction that further contributes to climate change.<\/p>\n<p>New EU <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//video//2024//02//27//supply-chain-disruptions-are-concerns-about-the-eus-new-deforestation-regulation-justified/">deforestation regulation<\/strong><\/a>s coming in December 2024 could reduce imports from these regions as supply chains are tracked.<\/p>\n<p>Production could shift to other regions like South America, though they\u2019re unlikely to fill the gap and could be impacted by similar weather changes.<\/p>\n<p>It's just one outcome of the growing climate crisis and a reminder of the need to urgently reduce human-caused emissions.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1711023938,"updatedAt":1711097840,"publishedAt":1711033733,"firstPublishedAt":1711033748,"lastPublishedAt":1711097840,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo\/Virginia Mayo, File","altText":"Chocolate rabbits wait to be decorated at the Cocoatree chocolate shop, April 2020, in Lonzee, Belgium.","callToActionText":null,"width":1920,"caption":"Chocolate rabbits wait to be decorated at the Cocoatree chocolate shop, April 2020, in Lonzee, Belgium.","url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/31\/97\/40\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_c3b85aea-6c73-59f2-b144-8445cb2fe889-8319740.jpg","captionUrl":null,"height":1080}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"urlSafeValue":"symons","twitter":null,"title":"Angela Symons"}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"urlSafeValue":"chocolate","titleRaw":"chocolate","id":15036,"title":"chocolate","slug":"chocolate"},{"urlSafeValue":"farmers","titleRaw":"Farmers","id":18298,"title":"Farmers","slug":"farmers"},{"urlSafeValue":"agriculture","titleRaw":"Agriculture","id":319,"title":"Agriculture","slug":"agriculture"},{"urlSafeValue":"ghana","titleRaw":"Ghana","id":126,"title":"Ghana","slug":"ghana"},{"urlSafeValue":"extreme-weather","titleRaw":"Extreme weather","id":17856,"title":"Extreme weather","slug":"extreme-weather"},{"urlSafeValue":"heatwave","titleRaw":"Heatwave","id":12493,"title":"Heatwave","slug":"heatwave"}],"widgets":[{"count":1,"slug":"related"}],"related":[],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":[],"video":0,"videos":[],"liveStream":[{"endDate":0,"startDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":"AP","additionalSources":"","additionalReporting":"","freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"climate","urlSafeValue":"climate","title":"Climate","online":0,"url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/climate\/climate"},"vertical":"green","verticals":[{"urlSafeValue":"green","id":8,"title":"Green","slug":"green"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":8,"slug":"green","urlSafeValue":"green","title":"Green"},"themes":[{"urlSafeValue":"climate","id":"climate","title":"Climate","url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/climate"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":34,"urlSafeValue":"climate","title":"Climate"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":3,"urlSafeValue":"africa","title":"Africa"},"country":{"id":342,"urlSafeValue":"ivory-coast","title":"Ivory Coast","url":"\/news\/africa\/ivory-coast"},"town":[],"grapeshot":"'gv_safe','gb_safe','gb_safe_from_high','gb_safe_from_high_med','pos_facebook','pos_ukraine-russia','pos_ukrainecrisis','gs_science','progressivemedia','gs_science_environ','gs_science_environment','gs_science_geography','gs_science_weather','gs_busfin','climatechange','gs_fooddrink','gs_busfin_indus','gt_negative','neg_saudiaramco','neg_audi_list1','gs_event_easter','neg_bucherer','neg_pmi','shadow9hu7_pos_pmi'","versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"daletEventName":"GREEN_Rich cocoa prices hitting shoppers with bitter chocolate costs as Easter approaches","path":"\/green\/2024\/03\/21\/why-are-easter-eggs-so-expensive-this-year-extreme-weather-in-west-africa-devastates-cacao","lastModified":1711097840}]"
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