Yearly Archives: 2020

Kenya gets €188m AfDB loan to boost COVID-19 response

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) on Friday, May 22, 2020 approved an €188 million loan to support Kenya’s...

Covid-19 and climate change: A gender response

According to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), women are differently and disproportionately affected by climate change and disasters. According to the same report,...

Lockdown against COVID-19 and matters arising

Unarguably, the situations of things will not be the same again across the world in the post-COVID-19 pandemic management. From several weeks of lockdown resulting...

China to draft food security plan amid global coronavirus epidemic

China will draft and carry out, in 2020, a response plan for ensuring food security amid the global coronavirus pandemic, the country’s state planner...

Death toll 95 as India, Bangladesh clean up after devastating cyclone

Authorities in eastern India and Bangladesh on Friday were struggling to restore road links, communication lines and electricity after a devastating cyclone in which...

Nigeria records 339 new Covid-19 infections, 11 deaths

The confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Nigeria increased by 339 on Thursday, May 21, 2020 to bring the total number of the infections in...

South Africa to investigate allegations of illegal wildlife trade with China

South Africa says it will investigate allegations made in a recent report that its indigenes are trading thousands of wild endangered animals illegally with...

Cyclone Amphan lashes Bangladesh, killing 16

At least 16 people were killed as Cyclone Amphan slammed the Bangladesh coastlines after making landfall in the country onthe night of Wednesday, May...

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17th wild horse reserve in Central Europe established

A new wild horse reserve was recently established in the north of the Czech Republic, in an area known...
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Civil society, Rivers community urge solution to persistent underwater gas eruption

Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and Bille Kingdom in Degema LGA of Rivers State have called for government’s urgent intervention...

Environmental sustainability: Govt moves to enforce Polluter Pays Principle

The Federal Government on Tuesday, March 31, 2026, said that it would begin enforcement on Polluter Pays Principle (PPP)...

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17th wild horse reserve in Central Europe established

A new wild horse reserve was recently established in...

Civil society, Rivers community urge solution to persistent underwater gas eruption

Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and Bille Kingdom in Degema...