Monthly Archives: July, 2020

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Report shows how fossil fuels fund US police foundations

The Public Accountability Institute has released a report that maps out how fossil fuel companies, utilities, and fossil-financiers help direct, sponsor, partner with, and fund police...
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Anti-corruption group asks Buhari to halt sale of oil wells worth $25b

President Mohammadu Buhari of Nigeria has been asked to halt the planned sale of some four oil wells in the country. The oil wells...
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Independent Review Panel exonerates Adesina, AfDB president

The Independent Review Panel set up by the Bureau of Governors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has exonerated President of the bank, Dr...
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Health

Dr Immanuel’s COVID-19 treatment claim unproven, mere speculation, medical directors insist

The Guild of Medical Directors (GMD) has reacted to video claims by Dr Stella Immanuel, a General Practitioner (GP) in the U.S. that she...
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Climate Change

Guterres unveils new climate change advisory group, charges youth on accountability

The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, on Monday, July 27, 2020 announced the names of seven young climate leaders – between the ages of...
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Health

World Hepatitis Day: Find the missing millions

Every year, July 28 is marked as World Hepatitis Day (WHD). It is a day dedicated to increase the global awareness and understanding of...
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Climate Change

36-month MRV scheme to enhance Burkina Faso’s climate plan implementation

Burkina Faso has commenced a project aimed at supporting the establishment of a national Measuring, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) system that will ensure effective...
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Human Settlement

Fire Service warns against LPG plants around residential areas

Aba Fire Service Commander, Mr Okezie Uche, has warned residents to desist from siting Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) retail stations near residential areas in...
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Climate Change

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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Sustainable Devpt

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...
Agric & Biotech

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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Climate Change

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

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

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

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