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An estimated 4 million people, many of them small subsistence farmers, in over a dozen countries in West and Central Africa that have seen their crops decimated by unusually heavy flooding. In northern Cameroon, for example, the latest floods have destroyed the harvest for this season, while nearly 1 million hectares of farmland across the […]
Gabon President Ali Bongo Ondimba held talks Monday on the sidelines of the COP27 in Egypt, with Korea’s Special Envoy for Climate Hon Na Kyung-Won on the possibility of both countries cooperating in forest and carbon credit management, Gabo Review reports. The Gabon leader and Kyung-Won also addressed Korea’s various investment opportunities in infrastructure, among […]
Morocco’s Princess Lalla Hasnaa, Goodwill Ambassador of the Congo Basin Climate Commission (CBCC) & the Blue Fund for the Congo Basin, conferred on Tuesday in Sharm el-Sheikh with Congo’s Environment Minister & coordinator of the Congo Basin Climate Commission, Ms. Arlette Soudan-Nonault, on the sidelines of the COP-27 Climate summit taking place in Egypt. Set […]
The United States on Monday (7 November) imposed its second round of sanctions in less than a week on people and firms, this time targeting South African entities, who it says have provided financial or material support to the Islamic State (IS) group. Following the financial penalties against a Somali IS weapons trafficking cell imposed […]
Sameh Shoukry, Egypt’s Foreign Minister, was elected President of the 27th edition of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) which kicked off in the Red Sea city of Sharm El Sheikh. Shoukry said in a speech that Egypt will not spare any effort to achieve the goals of the conference and will work to […]
The Arab leaders commended, on Wednesday in Algiers, the continuous efforts made by King Mohammed VI, Chairman of Al-Quds Committee, for the defense of the Holy City of Jerusalem. In the final resolution adopted on the developments of the Palestinian cause, the Arab Summit, held Nov.1-2 in Algeria, hailed the projects carried out by Bayt […]
With the UN Climate Change Conference, known as COP27, starting in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, next week, a recent study has found that air pollution in African cities is growing rapidly and is more deadly than feared, but green solutions could save tens of thousands of lives. Urban pollution has been largely neglected in Africa, according […]
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has expressed deep concern at Russia’s decision to suspend its involvement in the Black Sea Grain Initiative, a deal set up to reintroduce vital food and fertilizer exports from Ukraine to the rest of the world. On Saturday, Russia announced that it was suspending its involvement in the deal, citing an […]
The Ugandan government is under pressure to bring an escalating Ebola outbreak under control, with health experts saying its response to the outbreak has been slow and inept, allowing infections to spread. Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng announced last Wednesday that six schoolchildren in Kampala have tested positive for the virus, bringing the number of […]
Gabon and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have removed visa requirements between the two countries for officials. Michaël Moussa-Adamo signed the deal Wednesday with his UAE counterpart, on the sidelines of the visit of the Gabonese leader Ali Bongo Ondimba to the Gulf country. Per deal, officials of both countries will not need a visa […]