Monthly Archives: November, 2019

TDB, UNEP to collaborate on climate finance

In a pledge to continue stepping-up its commitment to climate change mitigation and adaptation action, the Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (TDB) has signed a Memorandum...

Africa bids for presidency as UCLG converges on Durban

As the United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) World Congress holds from November 11 to 15 in Durban, South Africa, the UCLG Africa has announced its...

Youths, activists seek cancellation of approval for Ugandan oil scheme

On Tuesday, November 5, 2019, court heard the case through which civil society organisations (CSOs) and youth in Uganda under the Guild Presidents’ Forum on Governance...

Tokyo 2020 Olympic: Sports Ministry signs MoU with Japanese city for Team Nigeria camp venue

While Nigeria is preparing for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, the Ministry of Youth and Sports Development signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Tuesday with...

Enugu council enacts law to protect primates

The Oji River Local Government of Enugu State in Nigeria has passed a bill into law to protect primates found in two communities in...

Kenya to plant 2bn tree seedlings by 2022

Kenya has said that it will increase forest cover to at least 10 per cent by planting two billion tree seedlings by 2022. Kariako Tobiko, Environment...

Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan agree on timetable for filling, operating Nile dam

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry on Thursday, November 7, 2019 said that the meeting held in Washington over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has ended...

Govt urged to outlaw bush burning to save ecosystem

Some environment experts on Thursday, November 7, 2019 urged the Federal Government to outlaw the practice of bush burning for any reason to save the nation’s...

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Deforestation lowers threshold for Amazon degradation to below 2°C warming – Study

Around two-thirds of the Amazon rainforest could shift into degraded forest or savannah-like ecosystems at 1.5-1.9°C of global warming...
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African actors adopt Addis Ababa Declaration, call for transformative action for SDGs, Agenda 2063

African stakeholders, including ministers, senior officials, experts and experts and representatives of civil society, adopted the Addis Ababa Declaration...

How agriculture restored peace between farmers, pastoralists in Plateau

In nearly every community I have worked in across Plateau State, I have heard some version of the same...

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Deforestation lowers threshold for Amazon degradation to below 2°C warming – Study

Around two-thirds of the Amazon rainforest could shift into...

African actors adopt Addis Ababa Declaration, call for transformative action for SDGs, Agenda 2063

African stakeholders, including ministers, senior officials, experts and experts...