PARIS, France — August 12, 2026: Sylyac Marie Mvogo, the Prefect of Wouri — Cameroon’s most economically significant administrative district, encompassing the commercial capital Douala- was reportedly detained Tuesday morning by French customs officials at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle International Airport, allegedly found in possession of approximately €130,000 in undeclared cash hidden in his personal luggage, multiple Cameroonian media outlets reported. According to reports first circulated by Cameroonian journalist Paul Chouta, French customs authorities intercepted the senior government official at the Paris airport, placing him under questioning for alleged currency trafficking and violations of French financial legislation. The sum — equivalent…
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As the global climate crisis accelerates faster than collective response and new conflicts slice attention, African church leaders are highlighting the need to increase action, as the emergency hurts their congregations.
For more than a century, the world’s mission was simple: save the lion. Today, India faces a problem few countries ever imagined having. Its lions are no longer disappearing. They are expanding. Their range is growing. Their numbers are rising. And increasingly, so are their encounters with people.
Agriculture is the main source of income for communities in rural Mpumalanga, in the north-east of South Africa. Goats and cattle graze freely across open, communal grasslands. But plastic bags, food wrappers, bottles and other plastic materials have become part of this environment. When the dry season arrives and fresh grass becomes scarce, hungry cattle…
Africa’s largest economies are ramping up efforts to develop their domestic solar manufacturing capacity
In 2012, South Africa began airlifting black rhinos upside down from remote terrain to expand their range; the conservation program has since helped establish 17 new populations | World News – The Times of India Welcome! to timesofindia.com TOI INDTOI USTOI GCC TOI+
When an elephant wandered out of South Africa’s Kruger National Park into the nearby village of Matsulu on 10 February 2024, hundreds of people gathered around and chased it.
CHIFENG, China, Aug. 5, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Envision Energy, a global leader in green technology, today announced a collaboration with Sasol, a global energy and chemicals company, to advance the design study of a potential green hydrogen system at Sasol’s Sasolburg operations in South Africa. The collaboration marks an important step in exploring how future…
A new study led by researchers at Yale University School of Public Health reveals that climate change is reshaping the geography of childhood malaria across sub-Saharan Africa, increasing the disease risk in cooler highland regions while reducing transmission in some of the continent’s hottest areas.
China’s newly unveiled Renewable Energy Development Plan for the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026–2030) is arguably the most consequential clean energy blueprint in the world today. Jointly issued by the National Development and Reform Commission and the National Energy Administration, the plan commits China to increasing renewable energy consumption to around 1.8 billion tonnes of standard…
