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Monthly Archives: November, 2020

World Bank provides Morocco with $150m to improve urban transportation

The World Bank has approved funding of up to $150 million under the Morocco Urban Transport Programme that was launched in 2015. This funding “aims...

UN, partners express regret over U.S. departure from Paris climate accord

The UN climate change secretariat, UNFCCC, has underlined its commitment to work with stakeholders in the United States and beyond, to accelerate climate action...

NNPC to resume oil exploration in Lake Chad Basin

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, says the Nigerian National Petroleum Coorporation (NNPC) will soon resume oil exploration and drilling...

Are AfDB’s financing policies climate-friendly?

With the climate crisis threatening over half of the global GDP, there can be no business-as-usual when the world begins to plan for a...

UN, nations, group react as U.S. leaves Paris Climate Agreement

The day after polls closed in the U.S. presidential elections on Wednesday, November 4, 2020, the United States has legally left the Paris Climate...

Meeting offers ministers practical avenues to finance water

The first Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) Africa Finance Ministers’ Meeting (FMM) that held virtually on Wednesday, November 4, 2020, offered participating ministers practical avenues for...

Task Force restates commitment to cleaner Lagos

The Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC) has reiterated its readiness to ensure continuous orderliness and sanity on the roads, market places as well...

Africa COVID-19 cases hit 1.8m – WHO

The World Health Organisation (WHO), Regional Office for Africa located in Brazzaville, Congo, says there are over 1.8 million confirmed COVID-19 cases on the...

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Reps query oil firms over environmental degradation in Niger Delta

The House of Representatives Joint Committee on Environment, Petroleum Resources Upstream, Petroleum Resources Downstream and Climate Change has queried...
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Minister tasks African nations on consistent policies to end energy poverty

The Federal Government has urged African countries to come up with consistent and similar policies in other to end...

Belize, Jamaica, St. Vincent and the Grenadines eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV, Syphilis

Belize, Jamaica, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines are the latest countries in the Americas to receive certification from...

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Reps query oil firms over environmental degradation in Niger Delta

The House of Representatives Joint Committee on Environment, Petroleum...

Minister tasks African nations on consistent policies to end energy poverty

The Federal Government has urged African countries to come...
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