Simon Baloy sees good things ahead for his company in Mozambique. The Sasol boss is happy about the new peace deal President Daniel Chapo signed with nine political groups on March 5. The country's lawmakers just made this agreement an official rule yesterday.
Baloy talked to news people after meeting President Chapo in Maputo. He said all business partners notice how things have become more stable. Everyone wants to keep helping build up the country. They faced some hard times before, but the president has brought calm back. This makes doing business much easier for everyone involved.
The better peace lets Sasol start its next big plan soon. They will change gas from the Inhassoro district into power at the Temane plant. Mozambique...
A big space rock might crash into the Moon, say space experts. The James Webb Space Telescope checked this rock last month and found it has almost a four percent chance of hitting our Moon. This asteroid scared people back in February when scientists thought it could hit Earth. Back then, they gave it a 3.1 percent chance of smashing our planet - the highest risk ever measured for any space rock. After looking further, they ruled out Earth as a target, but the Moon faces danger on December 22, 2032.
The rock keeps looking more likely to strike the Moon as scientists watch it closer. NASA said Thursday there remains a 96.2 percent chance the asteroid will miss the Moon completely. Richard Moissl from the European Space Agency agrees...
BP will start looking for a new chair, as Helge Lund plans to leave his job around 2026. The company made this announcement under pressure from Elliott, a big money group that wants BP to change more. Elliott holds almost 5% of BP shares. Lund had backed the old plan from 2020 that wanted BP to make less oil and gas, cutting output by 40% this decade. This plan hurt BP's stock prices compared to other big oil companies like Shell and Exxon.
The company has already moved away from that plan bit by bit. Bernard Looney first created that strategy but left BP in 2023 after not telling anyone about his relationships with people at work. The new boss, Murray Auchincloss, said in February that BP would focus more on oil and gas again. Some...
India's leader met with Bangladesh's new leader for the first time since last year. They talked at a big meeting in Bangkok on Friday. The Bangladesh press office shared this news. These two countries used to be close friends when Sheikh Hasina ran Bangladesh. But things changed after she ran away last August. Students led huge protests against her, forcing her to leave. She went to India for safety.
Muhammad Yunus runs Bangladesh right. He won a Nobel Peace Prize before taking charge. He sat down with Prime Minister Modi during the BIMSTEC gathering in Thailand. Many other nearby countries joined this meeting. Thailand, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Bhutan all came. Many people in Bangladesh feel angry at India because they let...
Thick, burning smog covered Nepal's main city Thursday. People found it hard to breathe as smoke from forest fires filled the air. The pollution made Kathmandu one of the most toxic places on Earth that day. Winter brought almost no rain this year, which left forests very dry and ready to burn. The fires spread fast across the country and pumped smoke into the sky.
Tests showed that harmful tiny particles called PM2.5 reached 178 micrograms per cubic meter. These small bits can cause cancer when they enter your blood through your lungs. Health experts say anything above 15 is bad for you. A company named IQAir ranked Kathmandu as the dirtiest air on the planet. Nepal faces forest fires every year around March, but they keep getting...
President Museveni from Uganda traveled to South Sudan on Thursday. He arrived during a tense time after fights broke out, and the vice president was locked at home. Countries nearby worry South Sudan could go back to civil war. President Kiir met Museveni when his plane landed. South Sudan leaders blame Vice President Machar for starting trouble.
Uganda sent soldiers to South Sudan last month. These troops keep the main city safe. At the Juba airport, Museveni talked but did not mention the big problems. The African Union tried to help fix things earlier. A group from East Africa also tried to calm everyone down.
Museveni said he came to make friends with South Sudan. Kiir said they would talk about what has happened in his country...
Trump gave Lesotho the biggest tax bill of any place on his new list. He wants Americans bringing things from this small African country to pay 50% more. Lesotho makes clothes—blue jeans mainly—and ships diamonds to American stores. The numbers look bad for America since Lesotho sells $237 million worth of stuff but buys less than $3 million from US companies. Tough news hit Thursday when Trump said he planned these equal taxes on many countries.
The minister in charge of Lesotho trade plans to fly people to Washington right away. He worries factories might close tomorrow and workers might lose their jobs next week. Trump believes these taxes help fix money problems between America and other lands. He wants to change how much more...
People who live near Banhine National Park have started to receive money from tourist visits. This helps families in the Chigubo, Mapai, and Mabalane areas of Gaza province. The law says local groups should get 20% of what tourists pay to visit the park. This money goes straight to nearby villages and helps them work with park officials. The cash rewards come from rules made years ago that help local people benefit from living next to wildlife areas.
The park opened 52 years ago, but only recently did money start flowing directly to neighbors. Before this change, the park helped build schools and water sources for nearby villages. They also gave funds for farming projects and helped children go to school. All these efforts made life...
Brazil asked Mozambique to join a big meeting about stopping hunger next May. Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira called Maria Manuela Lucas on Tuesday to talk about it. He hopes she will bring Mozambique to the Brazil-Africa food talk happening May 20-22 in the Brazilian capital. This meeting comes after world leaders started a team to fight hunger last November at the G20 meeting in Rio. Brazil plans to host many African farm leaders for the first major gathering of this new hunger-fighting group.
Vieira said nice things about how Mozambique handles its problems at home. He liked the recent meeting between President Daniel Chapo and Venâncio Mondlane, who ran against him. Mondlane led many street protests after the October voting results...
