U.N. chief Antonio Guterres called Sunday for the military juntas in Burkina Faso, Guinea and Mali to hand power back to civilians as soon as possible and reminded the world to deliver on "climate emergency" promises. ECOWAS imposed heavy sanctions against Mali in January after the regime there rejected a rapid return to civilian rule. It has threatened similar sanctions against Guinea and Burkina Faso if they fail to enable a swift transition to civilian rule within a "reasonable" timeframe. And on Saturday evening, Guinea's junta leader Colonel Mamady Doumbouya said he had opted for a 39-month transition period to civilian rule. It's time to keep the promise of 100 billion dollars a year made in Paris," he said, referring to national pledges under the 2015 Paris Agreement aimed at capping global warming below two degrees Celsius.

Source: Ethiopian News May 02, 2022 01:29 UTC