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World’s first boat made from recycled plastic starts sailing in Kenya

Flipflopi, the world’s first boat made from recycled plastic, on Thursday, March 4, 2021 started sailing around Lake Victoria in Western Kenya to spread...

Insurgency worsening desert encroachment in Borno, says official

The Permanent Secretary, Borno State Ministry of Environment, Alhaji Mohammed Dankoli, has said that the lingering insurgency in the sub-region had worsened desertification...

Adoption of fingerling production technologies transforms livelihoods in Kenya

Zinath Deen is a fish farmer from Vihiga County in Western Kenya. She has been practicing fish farming since 2012 in her farm called Tigoi...

Africa not on track to achieve zero hunger by 2030 – FAO

Africa is not on track to achieve zero hunger by 2030, Food and Agriculture Organisation’s (FAO) Regional Representative for Africa, Abebe Haile-Gabriel, told a...

Court orders firm to pay N5m as compensation for polluting Kano community

A Federal High Court sitting in Kano on Wednesday, March 3, 2021 ordered the Nigeria Pipeline and Storage Company (NPSC) Limited to pay N5...

Egyptian president, Sudanese FM discuss disputed Nile dam

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi held talks on Tuesday, March 2, 2021 with visiting Sudanese Foreign Mariam al-Sadiq al-Mahdi on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam...

Global COVID-19 cases rise after long decline – WHO

The number of new global cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) have risen over the past week after a long decline, the World...

Zimbabwe in record-breaking dam levels after recent downpours

Zimbabwe has registered record-breaking dam levels after gaining an average of 56.9 per cent this rainy season, state media reported Wednesday, March 3, 2021. Zimbabwe...

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Overcrowding, urban growth accelerating infectious diseases in Nigeria – UNILAG VC

The Vice-Chancellor (VC) of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Prof. Folasade Ogunsola, says overcrowded communities in Nigeria, like those...
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After 37 fatalities, Nigeria seals mine over deadly gas leak

The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake, has ordered the sealing of mining located in Zuraq, Wase...

Coalition commits to advancing climate justice in Nigeria

Nigeria Climate Justice Alliance (NCJA), a coalition of civil society organisations, community groups, youth movements, researchers, and media actors,...

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Overcrowding, urban growth accelerating infectious diseases in Nigeria – UNILAG VC

The Vice-Chancellor (VC) of the University of Lagos (UNILAG),...

After 37 fatalities, Nigeria seals mine over deadly gas leak

The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake,...
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