The Latest Breaking News from CCC

Former mayor has gone from 'rooster to feather duster'

Former Logan City Council mayor Luke Smith is set to face sentencing after pleading guilty to charges including misconduct in public office.

AAP · Mar 9, 2023

Government must speed up decarbonisation, analysts say

Trade bodies, renewable entrepreneurs, researchers and expert analysts have said that Government policy is holding back a net zero energy system.

The Independent UK · Mar 9, 2023

‘Urgent changes’ needed to achieve decarbonised power system, report says

The Climate Change Committee said planning, regulation and consent policy is holding back investment in renewable energy.

The Independent UK · Mar 9, 2023

Ivory Coast gives cocoa farmers electronic cards to track beans, ensure fair price

Ivory Coast's cocoa regulator on Thursday started distributing electronic cards to cocoa farmers to help track beans from plantations to their export ports and ensure the growers are paid a guaranteed price for their produce.

Reuters · Feb 2, 2023

Zimbabwe court grants bail to 26 opposition party members

A Zimbabwean court granted bail on Friday to 26 opposition party members who were arrested for holding what authorities said was an unlawful gathering.

Reuters · Jan 27, 2023

Mayor Lightfoot's campaign defended emails seeking volunteers after school district raised alarm

CHICAGO — A Chicago Public Schools official informed Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s campaign team that it can’t recruit students for political work on campus or offer extra credit — hours before the mayor’s campaign released a statement defending it as a “common practice” done for decades, emails obtained by The Chicago…

Chicago Tribune · Jan 27, 2023

‘The Crocodile has not changed’: Zimbabwe opposition warns of election violence

Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa urges world to keep ‘eyes on’ President Mnangagwa amid fears of repression this summer

The Guardian - UK · Jan 22, 2023

On the edge of extinction: why western chimpanzees matter – photo essay

Photojournalist Roberto García Roa has been working with the Chimpanzee Conservation Centre in Guinea, one of the few international institutions trying to protect critically endangered western chimpanzees

The Guardian - UK · Jan 20, 2023

Zimbabwe police arrest 25 opposition members ahead of presidential election

Zimbabwean police on Saturday fired teargas at an opposition party gathering in Harare and arrested 25 of its members, including two members of parliament, the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) said.

Reuters · Jan 14, 2023

Zimbabwe court denies opposition MP pre-trial bail for fifteenth time

In an election year, critics of the ruling Zanu-PF party are claiming political persecution over the continued incarceration of Job Sikhala

The Guardian - UK · Jan 5, 2023