11 Sep, 2025
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Chad Hopes ‘Green Charcoal’ Can Save Vanishing Forests

In the scorching sun of Chad, a country threatened by desertification, workers are producing a new type of charcoal that could help save the country’s vanishing forests. The “green charcoal” is made from discarded plant waste such as millet and sesame stalks or palm fronds, which are carbonized and mixed with gum arabic and clay […]

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White South Africans Granted Refugee Status Under Trump Plan

The first group of 49 white South Africans has left Johannesburg for the US, after being granted refugee status under a plan introduced by former President Donald Trump. This move comes amid strained relations between South Africa and the US, following Trump’s claims of “racial discrimination” against the Afrikaner minority in South Africa. South Africa’s […]