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Monthly Archives: July, 2017

World Hepatitis Day: Hepatitis elimination efforts gain momentum

New World Health Organisation (WHO) data from 28 countries - representing approximately 70% of the global hepatitis burden - indicate that efforts to eliminate...

Bolivia urged to free former envoys, halt dam projects

The Government of Bolivia comes under international pressure to drop charges against Pablo Solón and Rafael Archondo, and stop the El Bala and Chepete...

NAMA: Dominican Republic to curb emissions in coffee cultivation

The Dominican Republic aims to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the coffee cultivation through implementation of Low Carbon Coffee NAMA. A NAMA, or Nationally...

Espinosa to diplomats: I seek your support for COP23

Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Patricia Espinosa, on Thursday, July 27, 2017 briefed embassies in Berlin, Germany...

Images: How Yemen struggles against cholera

Cholera continues to spread in Yemen, causing more than 390,000 suspected cases of the disease and more than 1,800 deaths since April 27, 2017. The...

Cholera in Yemen: Crisis requires unprecedented response – UN

Yemen is experiencing one of the world’s worst cholera outbreaks in the midst of a large scale conflict that has crippled vital health facilities....

GCF lays climate finance footing in Africa, Pacific

Recent expansion of assistance by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) to countries preparing to implement climate finance is targeting Africa and the Pacific. The GCF...

Osinbajo inaugurates $1.5bn fertiliser plant in Port Harcourt

Nigeria’s Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Thursday, July 27, 2017 in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, inaugurated an imposing fertiliser plant, built by Indorama Eleme...

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Firm targets electric vehicles investment as next phase of energy transition

Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Alfa Designs Nigeria Ltd., Mr. Quadri Fatai, says the company plans to invest...
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Tailors encouraged to recycle textile waste to wealth in Adamawa

Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Coordinator under the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) project, Mr. Williams Wakili, has encouraged...

Niger Delta varsity building department inducts pioneer set into NIOB

The Department of Building, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Niger Delta University (NDU), in Bayelsa State, on Friday, January 16,...

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Firm targets electric vehicles investment as next phase of energy transition

Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Alfa Designs Nigeria...

Tailors encouraged to recycle textile waste to wealth in Adamawa

Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Coordinator under the United...
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