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79th UN General Assembly opens in New York

The 79th session of the UN General Assembly opened on Tuesday, September 10, 2024, in New York, with incoming President Philemon Yang outlining a...

Stopping war, stepping up climate action, top UNGA78 debate

UN General Assembly President, Dennis Francis, has said that ending the war in Ukraine, promoting climate action and ramping up efforts to achieve the...

African leaders warn of deadly malaria emergency, seek to address funding shortfall

African Union Heads of State and Government, global health leaders and development partners on Friday, September 22, 2023, issued a joint call for urgent...

UNGA: Nigeria playing rallying role in addressing biodiversity crisis – Tinubu

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of Nigeria, speaking at high level event for “Nature and people: From ambition to action” that held in the margin...

World leaders commit to new targets to end TB

World leaders at the United Nations General Assembly’s High-Level Meeting on Tuberculosis have approved a Political Declaration with ambitious new targets for the next...

WHO welcomes world leaders’ ‘historic’ commitment to better respond to future pandemics

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has welcomed the “historic” commitment shown on Wednesday, September 20, 2023, by global leaders at the United Nations General...

UNGA 78: Annual cost of achieving SDGs estimated at $5bn

UN economists have said the cost of achieving ambitious sustainable development targets is estimated at between $5.4 billion and $6.4 billion per year between...

UNGA 78: UN Secretary-General convenes climate ambition summit

The United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, will on Wednesday, September 20, 2023, convene a Climate Ambition Summit as part of the 78th United Nations...

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Nigeria targets $2.3trn to bridge infrastructure gap

The Director-General of the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC), Dr Jobson Ewalefoh, says the country has intensified efforts to...
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Dangote engages World Bank, IMF, US EXIM chiefs on investment drive

President/Chief Executive of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, held a series of high-level bilateral meetings with global financial leaders on...

Cobalt mining in Congo: Dirty truth behind ‘clean’ electric cars

Electric cars are sold as clean. But, in southern Congo, communities near the Tenke Fungurume mine are breathing toxic...

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Nigeria targets $2.3trn to bridge infrastructure gap

The Director-General of the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC),...

Dangote engages World Bank, IMF, US EXIM chiefs on investment drive

President/Chief Executive of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, held a...