Monthly Archives: April, 2020

Ministry installs solar-powered mini grids in Covid-19 isolation centres

The Ministry of Power says it has installed solar-powered mini grids in some isolations centres across the country to provide 24 hours power  supply. Mr...

Children at higher risk of death, abuse due to pandemic, says Guterres

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Thursday, April 16, 2020 warned that children are at a higher risk of death, abuse and malnutrition during...

Indigenous Peoples flay Covid-19 spread, deaths, rights violations

The International Indian Treaty Council (IITC), an Indigenous Peoples’ organisation with affiliates from the North, Central, and South America, the Caribbean, and the Arctic...

CODE tracks spending of Covid-19 donations in seven African nations

The Abuja-based Connected Development (CODE), through its social accountability initiative, Follow The Money, has launched a pan-African campaign, the COVID-19 Transparency and Accountability Project...

New York extends coronavirus shutdown to May 15

New York governor, Andrew Cuomo, on Thursday, April 16, 2020 extended the state’s shutdown to stem the spread of coronavirus until May 15. “Non-essential workers...

Society describes U.S. halt to WHO funding as ‘reckless’, ‘counterproductive’

Amid a global pandemic, withholding U.S. funding from the World Health Organisation (WHO) is reckless, harmful and counterproductive, the American Society of Tropical Medicine...

Africa reports 17,247 confirmed COVID-19 cases

The death toll from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic reached 910 as the number of confirmed cases hit 17,247 across the African continent as of...

New coronavirus cases, deaths in Spain

The numbers of new cases and deaths from COVID-19 have risen in the past 24 hours in Spain, data released by the country’s health...

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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...