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Carbon credits key to ending deforestation
Oped, Roselyn Fosuah Adjei, Published on 29/03/2024
» Over the past few years, intense media scrutiny has prompted a growing number of companies to pursue high-quality carbon credits. Seeking to avoid accusations of "greenwashing", many of these firms are no longer content with merely offsetting their emissions and have been actively seeking credits that deliver tangible benefits to local communities.
Kenya election commission in eye of storm
AFP, Published on 18/08/2022
» NAIROBI: Feuding officials, questionable calculations and accusations of intimidation and violence — Kenya's election body is once again under the glare of public scrutiny.
All about love
Life, Noko, Published on 10/09/2021
» Unearthed in 1877 in the Kimberley Mines of South Africa, a rough diamond was considered among the most important gemstone discoveries of the 19th century. A year later Charles Lewis Tiffany purchased the stone, solidifying his jewellery house's reputation as a diamond authority.
Singing opera in a surgical mask
AFP, Published on 25/03/2021
» PARIS - No one loves wearing a mask at work, but spare a thought for the chorus of the Paris Opera, having to project through multiple layers of cotton and polyester.
Virus stigma weighs heavily in sub-Saharan Africa
AFP, Published on 20/05/2020
» LIBREVILLE - Landlords evict people from their homes, nurses are abandoned by their husbands and people are spurned just on suspicion of coming into contact with a COVID-19 patient.
Training journalists in the era of fake news
AFP, Published on 16/07/2019
» PARIS - As uncannily realistic "deep fake" videos proliferate online, including one recently retweeted by Donald Trump, journalism schools are scrambling to adapt to an era of misinformation -- or fake news.