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Buhari departs for Cote d’Ivoire to attend UNCCD COP15 conference

President Muhammadu Buhari Sunday, May 8, 2022 left for Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, to attend the 15th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP15)...

Leaders’ summit kicks off UN desertification conference in Côte d’Ivoire

The 15th session of the Conference of Parties (COP15) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), opens on Monday, May 9, 2022, in...

UN report offers warnings, remedies amid chronic land degradation

The way land resources – soil, water and biodiversity – are currently mismanaged and misused threatens the health and continued survival of many species...

UNCCD COP15: Focus on land to safeguard climate, sustain life

Côte d’Ivoire in West Africa is hosting the first major conference in 2022 to tackle the interconnected challenges of land degradation, climate change and...

UNCCD committee reviews progress, funding for achieving land degradation neutrality

Despite taking place online “for reasons that we would have preferred to avoid,” as Executive Secretary Ibrahim Thiaw noted, the UN Convention to Combat Desertification’s...

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Experts advocate reforms to strengthen electricity value chain

Nigeria’s electricity sector remains one of the richly endowed with energy resources, yet struggling to keep the lights on...
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Addressing impacts of the Middle East conflict on Africa

The global economic environment has become increasingly volatile with rising frequency of major shocks worldwide. Amid spikes in energy,...

Human bile emerges as a hidden reservoir for microplastics

Plastic pollution has become one of the defining environmental issues of modern life, and microplastics are now known to...

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Experts advocate reforms to strengthen electricity value chain

Nigeria’s electricity sector remains one of the richly endowed...

Addressing impacts of the Middle East conflict on Africa

The global economic environment has become increasingly volatile with...