Gail Warrander

Three or four months after the end of most harvests, Sudan and South Sudan food security situation very bleak: North Darfur and South Kordofan facing the greatest measured difficulty.

@EStill61020 @FCDOGovUK UKinIraq@fcdo.gov.uk is probably a good start

@FCDOGovUK How do I register my presence in Kurdistan Iraq?

Due to ongoing regional tensions, we have updated our travel advice and advise against all travel to Iraq.   There is significant risk of further escalation, and events are fast-moving and unpredictable. gov.uk/foreign-travel…

Air pollution causes health harms including asthma, cancer and stroke. Particulate matter (PM) from burning solid fuels is a major component of this. A consultation on proposals to reduce particulate emissions from domestic combustion is now open: consult.defra.gov.uk/domestic-burni…

@7MohammedKhaled .

Unfortunately, no one cares about us anymore. I say it frankly, we are hungry and we need food. If you’re scrolling, PLEASE leave a dot . it's just a dot.

#naturephotographyday #sanbi @SANBI_ZA Kirstenbosch June

#NaturePhotographyday Kirstenbosch #Sanbi

#naturephotographyday Kirstenbosch tree canopy

@NmVtj @kennethandresen The plot left by the destruction is where European Agency for Reconstruction built their premises post conflict.

@kennethandresen This was Posta e Vjeter (the old Post Office), unfortunately destroyed by the war in 1999. I can still remember the feel of the texture on those columns!

Photo from Prishtina in Kosovo, probably from the 1940s or 1950s. On the back of the photo it says: «Postal workers/carriers with their equipment». Original photo from my collection.

At noon today we gathered @ukinsouthafrica to observe a two-minute silence in honour of those who fought for our freedoms in WWII #VEDay80 #VEDay2025 #WeWillRememberThem

@InvestJigawa Go Jigawa!

We are pleased to welcome our new Director General to InvestJigawa. This marks the beginning of a new chapter in our mission to drive investment, innovation, and inclusive economic growth in Jigawa State. With deep experience and a shared vision for sustainable development,

The 🇬🇧 and the International Partners Group is backing 🇿🇦’s green transition. We have provided over $2.6bn of funding through the JETP, including over $110m of funding for ‘just’ projects in communities most affected. 📖 read the details here @News24: news24.com/fin24/climate_…

On the occasion of 🇿🇦's Freedom Day, His Majesty King Charles extends His congratulations to President @CyrilRamaphosa & the people of 🇿🇦 As partners in the G20 and the Commonwealth, 🇬🇧 & 🇿🇦 collaborate on critical global issues from climate change to economic growth. #UKwithSA

Great to go up to the coal mining region and see women run SMEs and other SMEs providing alternative jobs. Good to see a waste to wealth business, an energy access innovation and also separately drone and renewable energy businesses. # Just Energy Transition.

This #EarthMonth we're highlighting female owned SMEs supported by 🇬🇧s Growth Gateway programme under the #JETP. ✨Green Guru Solutions ♻️s agricultural waste & farms black soldier flies for animal meal & fertilizer. ✨Sola4Africa builds affordable solar water heaters & dryers

In 2024, global power capacity grew by 585 GW, with #renewables contributing 564 GW—a commanding 93% share, while non-renewables added only 21 GW. This signals a structural shift in how the world secures its energy. Scaling renewables is no longer just a climate goal, it’s a strategic imperative for global energy security and resilience.📊 Read more: bit.ly/43wt1eh

#RetweetPlease | Please sign and share, so we can get #JusticeForDidi. "Petition to Oppose Bail for the Accused Cecil Kekana in Didi Lekganyane's Murder": change.org/p/petition-to-…

Some good news This is game changing. #vaccineswork!

We urgently want to see a return to a ceasefire. Diplomacy is the only way to achieve security for both Israelis and Palestinians. My statement on the situation in Middle East this morning:

@AntonEberhard What is the rationale for the WACC (even submitted)? Even the MDB concessional loans in dollars are around 4% - without allowing for potential Rand fluctuation. Rand loans are higher.

Each year Eskom games the system and each year NERSA massages the numbers to achieve a politically acceptable tariff increase. This year they achieved that by again reducing the regulatory asset base and accepting a WACC way below Eskom’s cost of capital. And, for the first time, a disallowance of nearly half of Eskom’s generation depreciation costs. Eskom could challenge this in court and win again, but I doubt they will. There is now too much political pressure around the affordability of electricity. NERSA also disallowed the carbon tax, arrear (munic) debt (hopefully incentivizing management and government to deal with it) and quite a big slice of opex (worryingly, more than 40% in transmission). We need to move to a different regulatory regime for the separate businesses. Generation prices will increasingly be set in the market (although Eskom generators will initially have regulated vesting contracts - that will need careful public scrutiny). Regulation of the wires is less controversial and should result in more predictable outcomes (although the regulator will need to improve its capacity to ensure more efficient outcomes)./2

South Africa’s electricity regulatory system is broken. It’s absurd that an agreed utility economic regulation methodology results in such a large disparity between the utility’s application (36%) and the regulator’s decision (12.7%) 1/

Today's report from @theIPCinfo on Sudan is deeply alarming. Over 24 million people are affected by hunger and famine is rapidly spreading. Urgent action is needed to find a political solution and prevent further suffering.