The 27th annual United Nations meeting on global climate policy, more commonly called COP27 (Conference of the Parties), will commence in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt on Nov. 6.

An announcement by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Oct. 27 has confirmed that India’s men's and women's cricket teams will start being paid equally, ensuring that female players at the international level receive the same match fee of 1,500,000 rupees ($18,225).

Prominent Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif was murdered on the outskirts of Nairobi at the hands of the Kenyan police on Sunday, Oct. 23. Sharif had sought refuge in Kenya after he left Pakistan in August, fearing for his life.

Ukrainian authorities warned Kyiv residents on Saturday, Oct. 29, of longer anticipated power cuts – lasting more than four hours – due to prolonged Russian air attacks on energy infrastructure.

Earlier this week, a landmark deal to allow for the export of agricultural products from Ukrainian ports collapsed, magnifying a crisis of food instability in the Middle East and Africa that predated Russia’s invasion of Ukraine (and subsequent mining of the Black Sea) and has only expanded since then.

The annual Climate Change and Development in Africa Conference began Monday in Windhoek, Namibia, an organisation spokesperson announced.