Monthly Archives: August, 2018

El-Miskin camp: Where idleness pushes girls to early marriage

It was neither a Saturday nor a Sunday. And it wasn’t in the evening. It was a weekday during school hours, at a time...

World food prices down 3.7% in July, says FAO

World food prices fell 3.7 per cent in July from the month before with declines seen across all crop types, the United Nations food...

Flood claims 38 lives in India

Flooding in India’s north eastern state of Assam has affected around 60,000 people and claimed no fewer than 38 lives, local government officials said...

NESREA urged to tackle environmental concerns in Taraba

Governor Darius Ishaku of Taraba State on Thursday, August 2, 2018 urged the new Field Office of the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement...

Visionscape upgrades transfer loading stations to boost waste disposal

Visionscape Sanitation Solutions (VSS) says it has closed two of its Transfer Loading Stations (TLS) in Lagos for upgrade to accelerate waste management in...

Zookeeper to be interrogated for faking a Zebra

Egyptian authorities have referred a zookeeper in Cairo to a public prosecutor for interrogation over allegedly having painted stripes on a donkey to make...

World Ranger Day: Are the poachers winning?

Several patriots die unrewarded in Nigeria, as well as, in other countries. In some cases, no names or record are made public by the...

Gambian minister calls for concerted effort in chemicals management

Gambian Minister of Environment, Climate Change and Natural Resources, Lamin Dibba, has called on the populace of the country to put up concerted efforts...

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A third of animal habitats could experience multiple extreme events by 2085 – Study

By 2085, 36 percent of species’ current habitats on land could be exposed to multiple types of climate-driven extreme...
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Leaders call for Africa-led solutions following landmark court ruling on climate obligations

African leaders, policymakers, legal experts, scientists and practitioners have called for African-led solutions to climate change, as its impacts...

Two-thirds of global hunger concentrated in 10 countries – Report 

The 2026 Global Report on Food Crises on Friday, April 24, revealed that two-thirds of all people facing high...

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A third of animal habitats could experience multiple extreme events by 2085 – Study

By 2085, 36 percent of species’ current habitats on...

Leaders call for Africa-led solutions following landmark court ruling on climate obligations

African leaders, policymakers, legal experts, scientists and practitioners have...