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Africa to be most severely affected by extreme temperatures if climate targets are missed – Study

Africa will see the most extreme increase in temperatures overall if the world overshoots climate targets, experiencing the highest needs for cooling in a...

Nicotine Policy separate from Tobacco Control Policy needed for Africa

The presence of a thriving black-market trade for electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) and other new nicotine products in Africa is a concerning issue. The growth...

Climate crisis: WHO says 60m people will face food problems in Africa

Director-General of World Health Organisation (WHO), Tedros Ghebreyesus, has expressed concern over imminent food insecurity in the Horn of Africa due to climate crisis. Ghebreyesus said...

Dirty air is the second leading cause of death in Africa, after HIV/AIDS

According to Clean Air Fund, a philanthropic initiative tackling global air pollution, the rate of exposure to dirty air is increasing with urbanisation and...

Nigeria pledges support for completion of Africa‘s gas project

The Federal Government of Nigeria says it will support an indigenous firm, UTM Floating Liquefied Natural Gas Limited, and its foreign partners for the...

AfDB approves $7.88m grant to boost renewable energy in Africa

The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group’s Board of Directors has approved a $7.88 million grant from the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) for...

What does climate justice mean for Africa?

Recently, French President, Emmanuel Macron, convened a Summit for a New Global Financing Pact to find a road map for easing the debt burdens...

USAID, Power Africa, AfDB broaden cooperation on fighting energy poverty, climate change in Africa

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), through the Power Africa Presidential Initiative, and the African Development Bank (AfDB), have signed an extension...

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BATN Foundation commissions solar-powered borehole tó end 30-year water crisis in Kano community

 “For 30 years, we fetched water from far places, paying N100naira for a jerrican of water that wasn’t even...
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BATN Foundation, SwagCo flag off Maize Micro-Enterprise Project to empower Ekiti farmers

In a landmark move to boost food security and rural livelihoods, the British American Tobacco Nigeria Foundation (BATNF) in...

NBSAP: A welcome step toward food sovereignty, biosafety

Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) commends the Federal Government for endorsing the revised National Biodiversity Strategy and Action...

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