AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoData Centres’ Climate Toll: A UN University report says data centres’ electricity use already rivals major countries and could double in four years as AI grows, with rising carbon and huge water demand. Illegal Fishing & Marine Security: Nigeria is set to use the EU’s €59m West Africa Sustainable Ocean Programme to fight IUU fishing in the Gulf of Guinea, seeking more EU support for surveillance and enforcement. Forest Crime in Kenya: A Kenya report links illegal logging to poverty, weak livelihoods and corruption, with networks of people and officials driving forest product trafficking. Wildlife Protection in South Africa: A court convicted a farmer over a cage-trap leopard death, calling it a landmark warning that biodiversity crimes can’t be treated as routine. Farmer-Herder Violence in Chad: A land and livestock dispute in Mayo-Kebbi East left 11 dead and homes burned, highlighting how climate-stressed land pressures fuel deadly clashes. Boko Haram Hostage Rescue (Borno): Nigeria freed 360 captives from a Boko Haram mountain hideout; two children died in captivity. Weather Watch (South Africa): SA Weather Service forecasts mostly fine, cool conditions with isolated showers in parts of the Northern Cape, Western Cape and Eastern Cape.
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