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All coral reefs in western Indian Ocean ‘at high risk of collapse in next 50 years’
All coral reefs in the western Indian Ocean are at high risk of collapse in the next 50 years due to global heating and overfishing, according to a new assessment.
From Seychelles to the Delagoa region off the coast of Mozambique and South Africa, the reef systems are at risk of becoming functionally extinct by the 2070s, with a huge loss of biodiversity, and threatening the livelihoods and food sources for hundreds of thousands of people.
The study, published today in the journal Nature Sustainability, examined coral reefs in 10 countries around the western Indian ocean. It analysed the health of 11 sub-regions using the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) red list of ecosystems framework, akin to the method used to examine a plant or animal’s risk of extinction.
Investigation and 62 arrests after violence at far-right French candidate’s first presidential rally
Mr Zemmour suffered a wrist injury as he tried to fend off a man who lunged from the crowd
Prosecutors in France on Monday opened a criminal enquiry into the violence that marred presidential candidate’s Eric Zemmour’s first campaign rally in Paris.
Police arrested 62 people as dozens were seriously injured including the far-Right candidate himself, after he was grabbed in a headlock, during the violence at the Zenith arena in Paris on Sunday.
Mr Zemmour, 63, suffered a wrist injury as he tried to fend off a man who lunged from the crowd.
Myanmar junta reduces Suu Kyi jail sentence to 2 years
The charges included incitement against the military and violating COVID regulations. The first ruling since her ousting and arrest following a military coup was met with global outrage.
Myanmar's ruling junta on Monday said ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi would be jailed for two years instead of four for inciting unrest and breaching pandemic restrictions, state media reported.
Former President Win Myint was also sentenced under the same charges, and will now face two years in prison.
The junta had originally sentenced Suu Kyi and Win to four years, but later announced the reduced sentence; state media referred to it as a partial pardon from the country's military chief, Min Aung Hlaing.
Almost 50 killed in Sudan Darfur tribal clashes: officials
Close to 50 people have been killed in the latest outbreak of tribal violence in Sudan's Darfur region, a government official and medics said on Monday.
The latest flareup brings to around 100 the number of people killed over about three weeks in Sudan's westernmost region, which has been ravaged by unrest for years.
"The violence began with an argument and it spiralled into killing six people on Saturday and then on Sunday more than 40 people were killed," West Darfur governor Khamis Abdallah told AFP.
Refugees in Shatila camp pushed to the brink amid aid crisis
Walking confidently through the maze of narrow streets in Lebanon’s Shatila refugee camp, social worker Sanaa Kaiss smiled back as she was greeted by nods of the head and raised hands.
Kaiss, with the grassroots Association Najdeh, has worked in the Palestinian encampment in the southwest of Beirut for almost 25 years, but never lived through a crisis as worrying as the current one.
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