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Conservation

COVID-19: Ghanaian experts welcome ban on global trade in wildlife

In his lifetime, Nana Yaw Amponsah was famous for his skills in hunting big game such as forest elephants, buffaloes and leopards. He was...
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Rivers to test for coronavirus with Shell-donated equipment

Rivers State is set to start testing for COVID-19 in Port Harcourt, the state capital, with the receipt of its first set of testing...
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Climate Change

Lessons for climate action from Covid-19 responses to the vulnerable

The Covid-19 pandemic has been on the frontline globally in the last few months. The attention it has received surpassed that given to the...
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Health

Covid-19 will cause 1.4m more TB deaths by 2025, says report

A new report says that the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic is having unintended yet drastic consequences on tuberculosis (TB) services, with lockdowns...
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X-raying the infectious Infectious Diseases Bill, by Nnimmo Bassey

In these days of acute suspicion and uncertainty about who may be asymptomatic and who may just be harbouring early stages of COVID-19, sneaking...
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U.S. COVID-19 assistance to Nigeria rises to N11.6bn

The United States says its coronavirus (COVID-19) emergency assistance to Nigeria has risen to $30 million (N11.2 billion). This represents an additional $23 million (N8.6...
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UK’s confirmed COVID-19 death toll tops 30,000

Another 649 COVID-19 patients have died, bringing the total coronavirus-related death toll in Britain to 30,076, Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local...
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Health

Coronavirus spreads among Indian Police enforcing world’s largest lockdown

Hundreds of Indian Police have tested positive for the coronavirus in recent days, raising alarm among an over-stretched force as it attempts to enforce...
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Climate Change

Households pay $12tr a year in hidden fossil fuel costs – Report

New research by 350.org shows that, on top of soaring energy bills, fossil fuels cost households an additional $12...
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Land Degradation

Don urges geographers to deploy maps, data to save Nigeria’s forests

Prof. Adesola Ogidiolu has urged geographers to deploy mapping tools and data-driven approaches to address Nigeria’s worsening forest crisis,...
Gender

Feminist voices demand inclusion, power in critical minerals boom

As global demand for critical minerals surges to power the clean energy transition, feminist advocates are raising urgent concerns...

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Climate Change

Households pay $12tr a year in hidden fossil fuel costs – Report

New research by 350.org shows that, on top of...
Land Degradation

Don urges geographers to deploy maps, data to save Nigeria’s forests

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