Monthly Archives: May, 2018

Health

WHO to use vaccine to stem Ebola outbreak in remote area of Congo

The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday, May 11, 2018 that it hopes to deploy an experimental Ebola vaccine to tackle an outbreak...

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Science & Tech

Kenya launches first locally produced satellite

Kenya on Friday, May 11, 2018, launched its first locally produced satellite into space, hoping “to go into the books of history.” The nano satellite...

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Mixed reactions trail Bonn intersessional amid finance concerns

As talks wrapped up in Bonn, Germany on Thursday, May 10, 2018, observers believe that countries must have a laser focus on advancing discussions...

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Climate Change

No money, more problems as climate talks close in Bonn

United Nations climate change talks edged slightly closer to completing the Paris Agreement Work Programme, including guidelines on how to put the agreement into...

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Activists caution government, Lagos on World Bank executives’ visit

The Our Water Our Right Coalition has expressed misgivings on the visit of World Bank Executive Directors to Nigeria supposedly to study the challenges and expectations...

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Urgency underlined as Bonn climate talks close

Against the backdrop of a record hot April 2018 in the host country of Germany, governments on Thursday, April 10 concluded two weeks of...

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Climate action now, not later, says ACT Alliance

The climate change negotiations in Bonn wrapped up on Thursday, May 19, 2018 with little progress made on developing the guidelines for the implementation...

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Climate Change