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Africa loses $40bn annually to illicit financial flows in extractive sector – ECA

The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) says Africa is losing an estimated 40 billion dollars annually to illicit financial flows (IFFs) in...

Bill Gates to direct majority of $200b pledge toward Africa’s future

In an address on Monday, June 2, 2025, in Nelson Mandela Hall at the African Union, Gates Foundation Chair, Bill Gates, urged African leaders...

‘I started Africa’s first student environmental justice movement’ – Decorated Williams endows LASU Prize for Spirit of Advocacy

The 2022 Goldman Environmental Prize Laureate, Prince Chima Williams, has disclosed that he started the first ever student environmental justice movement in Africa in...

‘Africa’s leapfrogging from oil and gas isn’t the quick energy fix the world seems to think it will be’

As the hottest year ever recorded draws to a close, climate change is passing from theory to reality and gaining ever-increasing urgency in statehouses...

Gates Foundation grants firm $5m to boost child health in Africa

As part of the global health movement to expand affordable access to high-quality medicines, the Gates Foundation has awarded a $5 million grant to...

Africa urged to end billion-dollar gas flaring

In a continent striving for energy access and industrial development, Africa continues to lose billions of dollars in potential revenue by flaring its natural...

Shettima urges EU-Africa transformative partnership

Vice-President Kashim Shettima has urged the European Union (EU) and Africa to maximise their partnership for the continent’s transformative development.  He made the call on...

AGN chair calls for a just transition that addresses Africa’s energy poverty

At the African Group of Negotiators on Climate Change (AGN) first Strategic Meeting that held in Zanzibar from April 28 to 30, 2025, under...

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Ijaw Congress stresses need for support to coastal resilience, NDDC launches tree planting campaign in nine states

The Ijaw National Congress (INC) Worldwide has stressed the need to promote coastal resilience, policy and good governance in...
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UN, France, Brazil launch ’10 years of the Paris Agreement’ commemorative logo

In light of the upcoming 10th anniversary of the historic adoption of the Paris Agreement, Agnès Pannier-Runacher, Minister for...

Single-use plastics dealers accuse Lagos of insensitivity, seek phased ban

The Association of Scraps and Waste Pickers of Lagos (ASWOL) has urged the Lagos State Government to undertake a...

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