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Campaigners react as TC Energy terminates Keystone XL pipeline project

TC Energy Corporation has confirmed that it will terminate the Keystone XL pipeline project. The announcement, made on Wednesday, June 9, 2021, comes five months after...

Elimination of trans fatty acids in foods a guaranty for food safety

The World Food Safety Day (WFSD) is celebrated June 7 annually to draw attention and inspire actions to help prevent, detect and manage foodborne...

Kano set to launch policy on environment

Kano State Government says it will soon launch the State Policy on Environment after approval by the State Executive Council. Commissioner for Environment, Dr Kabiru...

Reiterating urgency of World No Tobacco Day 2021 message

The World Health Organisation (WHO) set aside May 31 of every year as a day to mark World No Tobacco Day. On this day...

COVID recovery needs $50b, say IMF, World Bank, WHO, WTO

The heads of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank Group (WBG), the World Health Organisation (WHO), and the World Trade Organisation (WTO)...

WHO validates Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use

World Health Organisation (WHO) has validated the Sinovac-CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use. WHO, in a statement, said that the validation gives countries, funders, procuring...

Sudan launches telementoring programme to treat COVID-19 patients at home

An initiative that deploys volunteer medical students in Sudan to treat COVID-19 patients in their homes will get a boost from a new partnership...

WHO to scale up programmes to help people quit tobacco use

The World Health Organisation (WHO) Representative to Nigeria, Dr Walter Mulombo, says the world body is set to scale-up programmes in 22 countries to help...

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Ghana’s biosafety authority: Granting GMO import permits to be based on regulations, international best practices

Clearly, it will not be out of place to declare April 2024 as “the month of Genetic Engineering GE)”...
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Stakeholders advocate increased budget to fight impacts of climate change

Stakeholders in the environment sector have called for increased budget allocation to fight the impacts of climate change in...

Domestic ivory markets must not be reopened – EPI Foundation

The EPI Foundation, the secretariat to the 24 African member states of the Elephant Protection Initiative (EPI), has expressed...

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