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Kenya to promote use of technology to boost food security

Kenya plans to promote the use of technology in agriculture in order to boost the country’s food security, a government official on Wednesday, August 15, 2019...

Images: When Nigeria’s climate chief visited Ekwueme varsity

Vice-Chancellor, Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Professor Chinedum Nwajiuba, recently received the Director, Department of Climate Change, Federal Ministry of Environment, Dr. Peter Yerima...

Australia announces $338m funding for climate action

Australia has announced 500 million Australian dollars ($338 million U.S.) in funding for the Pacific region to tackle climate change, including disaster resilience and renewable energy investment. “The...

Nigeria reclaims 70 gully sites, 2,500ha of degraded land in six years

The Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP) says it has reclaimed over 70 active gully erosion sites and 2,500 hectares (ha) of degraded...

When AU, ECOWAS, nations discussed the Rosewood crisis

It is now on record that the unsustainable and illegal exploitation of the African Rosewoods species (scientifically known as Pterocarpus erinaceus), is not just a problem...

Shelter Afrique to invest $180m in five years to check housing deficit

Shelter Afrique, an NGO, is to invest $180 million in five years toward addressing Nigeria’s housing deficit, Mr Andrew Chimphondah, its Managing Director, has said. Chimphondah told...

Africa’s CSOs collaborate to curb NTDs

A new coalition to accelerate progress against Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) across Africa has emerged. In Dakar, Senegal on Tuesday, August 13, 2019, civil society organisations...

Approaching the climate red line: Impacts overtaking actions

Against the backdrop of the recently released IPCC report, Dr. Samson Samuel Ogallah, climate scientist, development expert and policy analyst, fears that the world...

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World Malaria Day: UK supports Nigeria’s fight against malaria with £1bn

United Kingdom has contributed about £1 billion to the global fund against malaria and other diseases in Nigeria for...
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World Malaria Day: Over half of world at risk of mosquito-borne diseases

Scientists on Thursday, April 25, 2024, warned that by the end of the century more than half of the...

China continues to battle flood in Pearl River Basin

China’s Ministry of Water Resources is intensifying precautionary measures against flooding as heavy rain continues to lash southern China. The...

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World Malaria Day: UK supports Nigeria’s fight against malaria with £1bn

United Kingdom has contributed about £1 billion to the...

World Malaria Day: Over half of world at risk of mosquito-borne diseases

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