Monthly Archives: February, 2021

Sierra Leone takes measures against Ebola after outbreak in Guinea

Sierra Leone has launched an emergency response against the Ebola virus following reports about an outbreak in neighbouring Guinea, according to the country’s health...

Atmospheric research centre calls for consistency in air quality research

The Centre for Atmospheric Research, National Space Research and Development Agency (CAR-NASRDA), has called on government to support consistent research on air quality for...

Bill Gates to invest $2bn to avert climate change

Microsoft founder Bill Gates wants to invest a total of $2 billion in projects and start-ups in the next five years to avert climate...

Guinea officially declares outbreak of Ebola

Health authorities in Guinea on Sunday, February 14, 2021 declared an outbreak of Ebola in the rural community of Gouéké in N’Zerekore prefecture after three Ebola cases were...

WHO expresses worry over four suspected Ebola deaths in Guinea

World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti, has expressed concern over the report of four suspected Ebola deaths in Guinea. Moeti,...

Lagos warns against development on Magodo wetlands, vows strict penalty

The Lagos State Government has warned property owners and developers in the Magodo Residential Schemes to immediately desist from any development on the wetlands...

Liberia on alert for Ebola after neighbouring Guinea reports outbreak

Liberia has put health agencies on alert in the wake of an Ebola outbreak in neighbouring Guinea, President George Weah announced on Sunday, February...

COP26: Sharma underlines importance of UK-Nigeria collaboration, action to avert climate damage

The 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) President-Designate, Alok Sharma, visited Nigeria from February 11 to 12, 2021 to discuss how...

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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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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...

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

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

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

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