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World Environment Day: WHO seeks action to address plastic pollution, Greater Manchester Mayor endorses Fossil Fuel Treaty

World Environment Day 2025 was observed on Thursday, June 5. Led by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), this year's campaign focused on tackling plastic...

WHO launches Cholera Preparedness and Response Strategy for Eastern Mediterranean Region

The World Health Organisation’s Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean on Wednesday, June 4, 2025, launched a new strategy to reduce the burden of...

WHO calls for urgent action to ban flavoured tobacco, nicotine products

On World No Tobacco Day, the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday, May 30, 2025, launched a new publication and called on governments to urgently ban...

WHO, Africa CDC, RKI expand partnership to strengthen collaborative surveillance

The World Health Organisation (WHO), Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) announced on Thursday, May...

World No Tobacco Day 2025: Unmasking the appeal of tobacco products 

On Saturday, May 31, the world will mark World No Tobacco Day 2025 under the banner “Bright Products. Dark Intentions”. This year's theme sheds light...

78th World Health Assembly concludes amid historic outcomes, consequential highlights

The Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly (WHA78), the annual meeting of World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Member States, came to a close on Tuesday, May 27, 2025,...

20m Nigerians live with mental health issues, says WHO

A report by the World Health Organisation says 20 million Nigerians, representing 20 per cent of the country’s population, live with mental health conditions. Dr...

Global leaders reaffirm WHO support with $170m

World leaders have pledged an additional $170 million to the World Health Organisation (WHO) during a high-level pledging event at the 78th World Health...

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IITA designated a Ramsar Wetland of International Importance 

The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) has been officially designated a Wetland of International Importance under the Ramsar Convention,...
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Audu Oseni: Why governance communication is not public relations

A concerning pattern across Nigeria and much of Africa is the belief among many government spokespersons that governance communication...

South Africa: Groups challenge lawfulness of approval for long-delayed Nuclear-1 project

Three environmental justice organisations have launched a High Court challenge to the environmental authorisation granted for Eskom’s proposed Nuclear-1...

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IITA designated a Ramsar Wetland of International Importance 

The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) has been...

Audu Oseni: Why governance communication is not public relations

A concerning pattern across Nigeria and much of Africa...
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