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Climate Change

Tonga joins call for Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty negotiation

The Kingdom of Tonga on Friday, May 12, 2023, formally called on all Pacific nations to join a bloc of governments who are seeking...
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Disaster Risk Management

Volcano: 80% of Tonga population impacted by eruption, tsunami – UN

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says  no fewer than 12,000 households have been affected by the volcanic eruption and...
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Disaster Risk Management

Violent volcanic eruptions have significant impact on Tonga

The eruptions of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano in Tonga on Friday, January 14 and Saturday, January 15, 2022, have a significant impact on...
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Health

Tonga eliminates elephantiasis

The Kingdom of Tonga in the Pacific Ocean may be small in population, but it is kicking big goals in public health. The World...
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Renewable Energy

UN, GCF, support Ghana, Tonga’s clean energy, drought resilience drive

In what looks like the first collaboration of its kind, the Governments of Ghana and Tonga will receive Readiness and Preparatory Support from the...
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Climate Change

How Pacific whales help mitigate climate change

What do whale excrement and climate change have in common? More than you may think, according to a special report on Climate Change and...
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From health systems to health sovereignty across Africa, Eastern Mediterranean

Recently, I attended the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, which brings together Member States from both the WHO...
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Water & Sanitation

Idle water schemes, not funding, main challenge in Cross River’s WASH sector – Stakeholders

Concerns over the proliferation of abandoned and non-functional water projects dominated discussions as the Cross River State Government and...
Pollution

CSOs flay AGF’s repeated absence in Bayelsa oil pollution case, warns of threat to justice

A coalition of Nigerian and international civil society organisations has raised concerns over what it describes as a troubling...

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Health

From health systems to health sovereignty across Africa, Eastern Mediterranean

Recently, I attended the African Union Summit in Addis...
Water & Sanitation

Idle water schemes, not funding, main challenge in Cross River’s WASH sector – Stakeholders

Concerns over the proliferation of abandoned and non-functional water...