Yearly Archives: 2020

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Leaders unite to ensure access to new vaccines, tests, treatments for COVID-19

Heads of state and global health leaders on Friday, April 24, 2020 made what looks like an unprecedented commitment to work together to accelerate...
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Health

COVID-19: NABDA ready for antibody testing in working population

The National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA) says it is ready to assist in the management of COVID-19 by adapting and deploying advanced resources in...
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Climate Change

IPCC Working Group II extends Sixth Assessment Report schedule

Working Group II of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which assesses scientific literature relating to impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability, has revised the...
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Agric & Biotech

Will the African farmer survive COVID-19?

Mr. Wycliff Wephukhulu has just retired from a very productive day at his five-acre farm. He is trying to rush against time to finish...
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Groups charge govt, French Consulate on testing vaccines on Nigerians

International human rights and accountability groups have called the attention of the French Consulate in Nigeria, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Director...
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Climate Change

UN defies Covid-19, continues to build climate resilience

Despite the COVID-19 crisis, work is said to continuing apace on efforts to build resilience to the inevitable impacts of climate change. Last month (March...
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Coronavirus spread undetected in U.S. for weeks in February, researchers say

The first confirmed case of the novel coronavirus in New York City was reported at the start of March – but new research suggests...
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Buhari alerts ECOWAS leaders on challenges posed by COVID-19

President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria has called on fellow ECOWAS leaders to look beyond the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and tap into...
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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...
Human Welfare

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

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