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Egypt’s Environment Minister Yasmine Fouad Resigns to Lead UN Desertification Body

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Egypt’s Environment Minister, Dr Yasmine Fouad, has officially resigned to assume her new post as Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), the Egyptian cabinet confirmed on Sunday, July 20. Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly accepted her resignation and appointed Local Development Minister Manal Awad to temporarily oversee the Environment portfolio alongside […]
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Ukraine, Gaza conflicts prioritized over African desertification — UNCCD conference

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The international community must not neglect the climate emergency in Africa’s deserts amid the Israel-Hamas conflict and Russia’s war in Ukraine — this was the key message by African delegates attending the recent United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) in Uzbekistan. African delegates said that conflicts around the world, such as Russia’s invasion of […]