Yearly Archives: 2020

Health

Campaign urges Africans to play their part against COVID-19

Speak Up Africa, a strategic communications and advocacy not-for-profit organisation, has launched the “Stay Safe Africa” campaign, which is aimed at empowering communities and individuals to...
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White House staffer positive for virus, Trump said to be negative

A member of the U.S. military who works in close proximity to President Donald Trump has tested positive for the new coronavirus. However, “The president...
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Conservation

COVID-19: Ghanaian experts welcome ban on global trade in wildlife

In his lifetime, Nana Yaw Amponsah was famous for his skills in hunting big game such as forest elephants, buffaloes and leopards. He was...
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Rivers to test for coronavirus with Shell-donated equipment

Rivers State is set to start testing for COVID-19 in Port Harcourt, the state capital, with the receipt of its first set of testing...
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Climate Change

Lessons for climate action from Covid-19 responses to the vulnerable

The Covid-19 pandemic has been on the frontline globally in the last few months. The attention it has received surpassed that given to the...
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Health

Covid-19 will cause 1.4m more TB deaths by 2025, says report

A new report says that the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic is having unintended yet drastic consequences on tuberculosis (TB) services, with lockdowns...
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X-raying the infectious Infectious Diseases Bill, by Nnimmo Bassey

In these days of acute suspicion and uncertainty about who may be asymptomatic and who may just be harbouring early stages of COVID-19, sneaking...
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Marine

FishNet, others demand cause of dead fish on Niger Delta coastline to be revealed

Community people, environmentalists and members of the FishNet Alliance have called on relevant regulatory agencies including the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency...
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Climate Change

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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Climate Change

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...
Health

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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Climate Change

A third of animal habitats could experience multiple extreme events by 2085 – Study

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Leaders call for Africa-led solutions following landmark court ruling on climate obligations

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