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Africa: Earth Is Our Spaceship and We Are Its Crew

Press Release - FAO's new Goodwill Ambassador, astronaut Thomas Pesquet, calls us to act against climate change

Source: allAfrica.com

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FAMU President Robinson Issues Statement On National Unrest

In the pursuit of liberty and justice for all, Florida A&M University once again offers leadership as was done during the Tallahassee Bus Boycott that we celebrated this

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Source: The Florida Star

Africa: Conditions are Rife for Next Pandemic Unless Urgent Action is Taken, WWF Warns

In a new report 'COVID 19: urgent call to protect people and nature', WWF says that the environmental factors driving the emergence of zoonotic diseases are: the trade and consumption of high-risk wildlife, land-use change leading to deforestation and conversion, expansion of agriculture and

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Source: allAfrica.com

Caribbean islands will need to be treated differently after COVID-19 | New York Carib News

Social and environmental vulnerabilities facing the Eastern Caribbean

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Source: The New York Carib News

Kenya: The Urban Planner's Pedestrian Dream

Sherlyne Omangi, 26, is an urban environmental planner working at the Stockholm Environment Institute, Africa Centre (SEI-Africa) on Sustainable Urbanisation

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Source: allAfrica.com

Ghana: We Don't Have to Forget to Combat Drought and Desertification

The day is observed every year in accordance with United Nations General Assembly to promote public awareness about the causes and effect of land degradation, desertification, and drought as well as highlight efforts to combat these

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Source: allAfrica.com

INDECOM pleads for patience, as it investigates Bogle's shooting

The Independent Commission of Investigations has responded to public pleas for a speedy investigation by its body into the shooting death of Susan Bogle, a disabled woman, who was killed, allegedly, by soldiers on an operation by the security forces in August Town, St

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Vaz shifted... Removed from land portfolio, given water and housing

In a statement Wednesday afternoon, Jamaica House said Prime Minister Andrew Holness has instead assigned him responsibility for the water and housing

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Young Black Fraternity and Sorority Members Lead 'Concerned Citizens' Protests in DC

On June 3rd, Concerned Citizens, a group formed by five DC organizers, attracted thousands marching through Capitol

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Source: Watch The Yard

Lunar Loo: NASA calls on inventors to create lunar gravity space toilet

Everyone poops, even astronauts, who have since the early space era found ways to do their business in near-zero gravity.

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Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

Africa: Uneca Encourages Africa to Invest On Digital Transformation

The webinar was organised by Africa Information and Communication Technology Alliance (AfICTA) in collaboration with UNECA with the theme "Unlocking Africa's Digital Potential Amid

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Source: allAfrica.com

PM makes changes at economic growth and job creation ministry

Prime Minister Andrew Holness yesterday made further changes to ministerial arrangements in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation.Daryl Vaz, who up to yesterday had responsibility for land, environment and climate change, has now been assigned to oversee water, housing and subject

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Dominica calls for Commonwealth aid to help cope with COVID-19

LONDON, England (CMC) — Dominica's Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit Wednesday said that the Commonwealth is uniquely placed to advocate on behalf of its members, particularly small states, on issues that threaten their survival such as the novel coronavirus

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

SEBUNYA: Where is conservation in the East Africa budget

The allocations to conservation (tourism, wildlife and environment) averaged at 1.4 per cent (Kenya), 1.7 per cent (Uganda), 3.8 per cent (Rwanda) and one per cent (Tanzania) of Total Development

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Source: The East African

Africa: World Oceans Day - Don't Be Colour Blind, Help Blue Oceans Keep the Planet Green

We not only rely on the oceans for food, livelihoods, transport and trade but, as the lungs of our planet and its largest carbon sink, they also play a vital role in regulating the global

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Source: allAfrica.com

US$4-trillion fund holders tell Brazil to halt deforestation

PARIS, France (AFP) — Investment funds managing close to US$4 trillion in assets called on Brazil yesterday to halt deforestation of the Amazon in an open letter warning that biodiversity loss and carbon emissions pose a “systemic risk” to their

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

‘Zim in gridlock under ED’

THE ruling Zanu PF has failed to deal with Zimbabwe’s multifaceted crisis as the socio-economic situation continues to deteriorate since 2018 elections, a survey has

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Africa: Climate Change, Biodiversity Loss and Other Global Ills Share Root Causes

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Convention on Biological Diversity, the international treaties charged with solving two of the biggest problems of the 21st century, were both due to hold make-or-break meetings in

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Source: allAfrica.com

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Celebrating World Environment Day amid COVID-19

The year 2020 witnessed the event being celebrated not only in the background of climate change impacts, but also in the midst of COVID-19, a deadly pandemic that has caused massive human casualties around the

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Nigeria: What to Consider Before Mass Planting of Trees in Nigeria's Lagos State

Part of the country's response to impacts of climate change is to plant more

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Source: allAfrica.com

Africa Shines - How Elon Musk and Dr Thomas Mensah Have Changed the Worldforever

Dr Thomas Mensah described by one of the major American TV Networks CBS Television , as one of the Engineers who revolutionized the Modern Internet platform that supports Social Media worldwide, and Elon Musk who developed the Dragon I , Spacecraft that recently took two Astronauts to the

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Source: allAfrica.com

Malik Yusef raised more than $10,000 to help slow COVID-19 behind bars

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LETTERS: Goodwill needed to tackle dirty coal plants

Africa and Kenya for that matter don’t have to follow the path developed nations took over 130 years ago to power their economies through coal

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Source: Business Daily

Africa: WE CANNOT REMAIN SILENT!

Dakar — Africans in Africa and Around the World in Solidarity With African-American Sisters And Brothers

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Fence surrounding White House transformed into Black Lives Matter memorial - TheGrio

As protestors continue to take the streets of Washington D.C., their messages demanding justice and freedom boldly drawn on cardboard and poster paper adorn the new White House fence. READ MORE: Black America speaks. America should listen. According to CNN, the newly built barricade, an extra

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A Community in Action: Residents Gather to Clean, Repair, and Rebuild Neighborhoods Hit Hardest by Looters.

The hard-working residents of neighborhoods severely impacted by the looting of businesses over the past few days came out in a beautiful display of community, strength, and

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Source: Chicago Defender

Population: Exploding or shrinking?

In Zimbabwe, the twin sister of Sally Mugabe, late wife of the first leader of Zimbabwe, propagated family planning enthusiastically, even though some freedom fighters believed that population control was merely a ruse by the imperialists to weaken the up-and-coming countries of the southern

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Film review: John Lewis Good Trouble

“I feel lucky and blessed that I’m serving in the Congress… But there is a force that is trying to take us back to another time and another dark period,” warns congressman John Lewis. And he’d know. Since age 17, this brave crusader has been at the forefront of the civil rights movement. Now at

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Source: The Charleston Chronicle

Is Africa Overpopulated?

Is Africa overpopulated? The answer by most measures is no. As of mid-2015, the continent as a whole had only 40 people per square mile. Asia, by comparison had 142 people per square mile; Northern Europe had 60. Critics also point to the how many less resources Africas population consumes versus

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Source: ThoughtCo

Kenya: World Bank Lends Kenya $43m for Locusts Fight

The World Bank on Thursday approved a $43 (Ksh4.5 billion) loan to Kenya to help in combating locust swarms that are destroying crops in Eastern

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Source: allAfrica.com

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