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Cooperation between the UN and the African Union is vital to achieving a safer, greener, healthier, more open and more resilient continent according to Vicky Ford MP, Minister for Africa. The Minister underlines the importance of collaboration to promote and consolidate democracy, human
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Source: African Voice Newspaper - African news from a British perspective
Recreate, Re-imagine, Restore! UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration kicks off - Barbados Today
Leaders in global politics, science, communities, religion and culture joined hands today to officially kick off the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration - a rallying call for the protection and revival of millions of hectares of ecosystems all around the world for the benefit of people and
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Source: Barbados Today - News You Can Trust.
UN report: Increased warming closing in on agreed upon limit - Black News Channel
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer The world is getting closer to passing a temperature limit set by global leaders five years ago and may exceed it in the next decade or so, according to a new United Nations report. In the next five years, the world has nearly a 1-in-4 chance of experiencing
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Caribbean islands will need to be treated differently after COVID-19
Limited resources and economic diversification in Eastern Caribbean countries, compounded by their small size and remoteness, constrain
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Africa: Vaccine Equity Will Propel Economic Recovery, Kagame to G20
[New Times] President Paul Kagame has called for increased global vaccine and medical supplies equity, noting that it is necessary to curb the Covid-19 pandemic as well as drive economic recovery.
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Source: allAfrica.com
Newly elected NIDO UK South executives paid a courtesy call on Amb. Sarafa Isola - African Voice Newspaper
The Nigerians in Diaspora Organization (NIDO) UK South Executives paid a courtesy visit to His Excellency, Ambassador Sarafa Tunji Isola the High Commissioner to the UK at the Nigeria High Commission London on Wednesday 29th September 2021. The newly elected NIDO UK South Executives, led by
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Source: African Voice Newspaper - African news from a British perspective
Namibia: Do Not Destroy Investments Over Pettiness - Geingob
[Namibian] President Hage Geingob has pleaded with Namibians not to "destroy" investment opportunities that can help the country's economy recover.
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Africa: 98 Percent of Emperor Penguin Colonies Could Be Extinct By 2100 As Ice Melts - Can Endangered Species Act Protection Save Them?
[The Conversation Africa] Emperor penguins thrive on Antarctica's coastlines in icy conditions any human would find extreme. Yet, like Goldilocks, they have a narrow comfort zone: If there's too much sea ice, trips to bring food from the ocean become long and arduous, and their chicks may
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"Criminalizing Black Corpses": No Charges Filed After White Man Kills Detroit Teen Renisha McBride
http://www.democracynow.org - Anger is growing in the Detroit area over the killing of Renisha McBride, a 19-year-old African American woman who was shot dead by a white homeowner on his front porch. Her family says she died as she was seeking help after a car accident. The homeowner told police he
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Tanzania: UN Climate Change Conference - Here Is Samia's Mission
[Daily News] President Samia Suluhu Hassan is expected to fly to Glasgow, Scotland in the UK today to attend the 26th United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26). Moreover, the President will also address the Summit on Tuesday, November 2, this year.
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Kenya's tea exports surging nearly 19 percent in Q1 - The Kenya News
NAIROBI, June 12 (Xinhua) -- Kenya's tea exports rose 18.9 percent in the first quarter of this year as compared to a similar period in 2020, according to the data released by the Tea Directorate. The east African nation exported 153.2 million kilograms of tea in the first three months…
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Zimbabwe: ED Leaves for Glasgow Sunday, to Meet UK PM Boris Johnson
[New Zimbabwe] President Emmerson Mnangagwa says he set to meet the United Kingdom's Prime Minister Boris Johnson during his travel to Glasgow, Scotland.
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Lamola lauds UK authorities for sanctioning the Guptas
Justice Minister Ronald Lamola said the fight against corruption will only succeed if domestic and international frameworks are implemented
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How Climate Change May Affect Your Health - The New York Beacon
By Jane E. Brody Melting ice caps, warmer oceans, intense storms, heat waves, droughts, floods and wildfires — all these well-documented effects of climate change may seem too remote to many people to prompt them to adopt behaviors that can slow the warming of the
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Africa: Climate Action Essential to Cool 'Season of Fire and Floods' Worldwide - Deputy UN Chief
[UN News] With extreme weather events increasingly impacting countries across the world, the deputy UN chief on Monday underlined the importance of limiting temperature rise to the internationally agreed goal of 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
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Facebook Bans Former President Donald Trump Until January 2023
Facebook Inc on Friday suspended former U.S. President Donald Trump until at least January 2023 and announced changes to how it will treat world leaders
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Africa: Director-General's Opening Remarks At the WHO Council On the Economics of Health for All - 6 May 2021
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Resolution on Climate Justice for Citizens of the Caribbean
THE CARIBBEAN YOUTH PARLIAMENT RECOMMENDS IMPLEMENTATION OF A GLOBAL CARBON TAX FOR MAJOR EMITTERS OF GREENHOUSE GASES.
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Bombshell global tax evasion unearthed
Hundreds of world leaders, powerful politicians, billionaires, celebrities, religious leaders, and drug dealers have been hiding their investments in mansions, exclusive beachfront property, yachts, and other assets for the past quarter-century,...
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Facebook To Change What Politicians Can Get Away With - The Seattle Medium
Politicians have typically been given leeway because Facebook operated on the assumption that their posts were newsworthy and part of the public debate. As a result, the company did not apply its regular rules to their posts. But now Facebook will no longer assume newsworthiness for the posts of
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Earth Today | ‘Climate action now’
LOCAL PUNDITS have added their voices to the call for bold actions to face down climate change, following news that the world is hurtling towards a more than three degrees rise in temperature by the end of the century. This follows the publication...
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Nigeria: How to Guarantee Global Peace - Buhari
[Daily Trust] President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday identified investment in humane policies and debt burdens relief as factors that could bring long-term stability and peace to the nations across the world.
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Former Australian Prime Minister Urges Scott Morrison To Back Climate Action   | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
SYDNEY — Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has labeled opposition to carbon tariffs as naive as Scott Morrison prepares to warn powerful world leaders against the measure. Turnbull is hopeful growing global pressure will convince the coalition government to make stronger international climate
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Seychelles: British Travellers Can Return to Seychelles After Island Nation Is Dropped From UK Red List
[Seychelles News Agency] Travellers from the United Kingdom may once again visit Seychelles starting Monday after the island nation was removed from the UK's red list, said the Department of Tourism.
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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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UN chief urges Caribbean to mitigate climate risks, build resilience - Barbados Today
SOURCE: CMC- In a message celebrating World Cities Day on Sunday, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has urged the Caribbean and other countries to mitigate climate risks and build resilience.  Guterres said that although sea level rise could put more than 800 million people in
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#BTColumn – Invest in education to fuel growth - Barbados Today
The views and opinions expressed by the author(s) do not represent the official position of Barbados TODAY. by Lilia Burunciuc Education is a strong pillar for the qualitative growth and improvement of human capital. In the Caribbean, which is home to 11 million young people between the ages of 15
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Africa: Climate Crises Force Rising Numbers of Children From Their Homes Every Year With No Way Back
[savethechildren_uk] Surging temperatures, rising water levels and land degradation drove an estimated record 10 million children from their homes last year with the increase in climate migration coming with a new risk - they may never return.
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Gambian Yaws Creations Takes On the Fashion World
Press Release - Awa Conateh had the opportunity to attend fashion shows from a young age. Benefitting from the strong artistic influences of her mother, a seamstress and event organizer, Awa started embellishing her dresses with colourful accessories and eventually started creating her own
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WHO Says Even Vaccinated Should Keep Wearing Masks as COVID Delta Variant Spreads - The Washington Informer
The World Health Organization has recommended for mask wearing to continue for the foreseeable future amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic — even for those who are vaccinated — as the more easily transmitted delta variant of the virus runs rampant
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