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Yearly Archives: 2017

Indian girl discovered living in forest with monkeys

Indian police are reviewing reports of missing children to try to identify a girl who was found living in a forest with a group...

How Pacific whales help mitigate climate change

What do whale excrement and climate change have in common? More than you may think, according to a special report on Climate Change and...

NEITI urges government to investigate status of $15.8b NLNG dividends

The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has called on the Federal Government to institute an independent investigation into the status and utilisation of...

Paris Agreement: No new coal plants after 2020 in Europe, say energy producers

Leading energy companies in Europe have announced that they will build no new coal-fired power plants in the European Union after 2020, in support...

GCF approves $755m in funding for eight projects

The first Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board meeting of 2017 concluded on Thursday, April 6, 2017 by approving eight new projects and programmes valued...

World Bank, partners supervise Burkina Faso community forestry project

A year after its launch, a World Bank team on March 13-18, 2017 visited Burkina Faso for the supervision of the Support Project for...

Cape Verde outlaws plastic bags, Congo launches ‘Blue Fund’

The marketing and use of conventional plastic bags in Cape Verde are now banned by a law that came into effect on Sunday, January...

COP12: Ministers chart new path forward for revitalised Abidjan Convention

Ministers from Africa’s Atlantic seaboard countries approved an amended text of the Abidjan Convention and three new protocols at the 12th Conference of Parties...

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UCLG Africa: North Africa selects representatives for continental, global bodies

The pan-African organisation United Cities and Local Governments of Africa (UCLG Africa) held its Regional Caucus for North Africa...
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Overcrowding, urban growth accelerating infectious diseases in Nigeria – UNILAG VC

The Vice-Chancellor (VC) of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Prof. Folasade Ogunsola, says overcrowded communities in Nigeria, like those...

After 37 fatalities, Nigeria seals mine over deadly gas leak

The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake, has ordered the sealing of mining located in Zuraq, Wase...

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UCLG Africa: North Africa selects representatives for continental, global bodies

The pan-African organisation United Cities and Local Governments of...

Overcrowding, urban growth accelerating infectious diseases in Nigeria – UNILAG VC

The Vice-Chancellor (VC) of the University of Lagos (UNILAG),...
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