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Fresh World Bank funding for water in Africa, India

The World Bank Group has announced a significant boost in funding for water programmes Kenya, the Niger River Basin, Morocco and India to help...

World Bank, four European nations in fresh $500m climate initiative

Germany, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland on Monday, November 30, 2015 in Paris, France announced a new $500 million initiative that will find new ways...

World Bank climate report elicits shockwaves

Applause has greeted the World Bank report, “Shock Waves: Managing the Impacts of Climate Change on Poverty”, released on Sunday, November 8 2015. The report...

World Bank’s gas flare-out initiative criticised

The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has urged the Federal Government to be wary of a World Bank initiative to stop...

FADAMA III scheme uplifts farmers in Niger State

The FADAMA III Additional Financing, a collaborative project of the World Bank and the Federal and State Governments, has been of immense benefits to...

Nigeria adopts carbon pricing to curb global emission

The adoption of Carbon Pricing as a key strategy to reducing global carbon emission received a major endorsement recently in Lagos, where stakeholders gathered...

Zambia secures $129 million loans for water, power

Zambia has contracted a loan of $15 million from the African Development Bank (AfDB) for implementation of a water supply and sanitation project in...

World Bank’s carbon market threatens forest people’s rights

Lack of safeguards for indigenous land rights opened the door for accelerated deforestation and palm oil plantations across Indonesia; as Ebola recedes, Liberia faces...

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Govt bans waivers for threaded pipes, boosts local production with Monarch Alloys factory launch

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, on Thursday, April 24, 2025, announced a ban...
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Climate change driving malaria surge in Pakistan, WHO warns

The World Health Organisation (WHO) and Pakistan's Ministry of National Health Services have sounded the alarm over a sharp rise...

Uganda declares end of Ebola outbreak

Uganda on Saturday, April 26, 2025, declared the end of the Ebola disease outbreak, less than three months after...

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Govt bans waivers for threaded pipes, boosts local production with Monarch Alloys factory launch

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator...

Climate change driving malaria surge in Pakistan, WHO warns

The World Health Organisation (WHO) and Pakistan's Ministry of National...