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Climate change costs Africa 5% of its GDP- study

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Climate change and global warming costs African countries 5% of their GDP, according to the UN. The continent releases less than 10% of greenhouse gas emissions globally but continues to bear a disproportionate impact of global warming. African countries spend 9% of their budgets to counter climate change. Meanwhile, they only receive 1% of annual […]
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Dozens of al-Shabab militants killed as UN study warns of Somalis being “highly traumatized”

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Years of political instability, prolonged violence and humanitarian crisis have left people in Somalia highly traumatized, a new health study said, as the country’s military officials reported Thursday that 69 al-Shabab militants were killed in two separate military operations in southern and central Somalia. Mental or psychological disorder is prevalent across Somalia, with the cases […]
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Agricultural automation can boost food production in Africa and globally — UN study

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Agricultural automation can boost global food production and be a boon for small-scale farmers in developing countries, a new United Nations report has found. “The State of Food and Agriculture 2022“ report, just released by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), says automation is rapidly changing the face of agriculture. New technologies, the authors […]