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Africa: Climate Change Is a Threat to Africa's Transport Systems - What Must Be Done
[The Conversation Africa] Transportation infrastructure, such as roads and railway systems, is one of the sectors most threatened by climate change. Extreme weather events - such as flooding, sea level rises and storm surges - repeatedly wreak havoc on transport networks.
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Source: allAfrica.com
Africa: Finding Greener, More Climate-Resilient Ways of Producing Our Food
[FAO] Agriculture offers innovative solutions to the climate crisis ... for the globe and its own survival!
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Kenya: Reaction from Nairobi to the Glasgow COP26 | Africanews
"For us in the African continent we need to structure our institutions, the response to climate change issues in such away that it is tailor-made to fit the African person and the African culture. We should not be copying and pasting what happens in the West and bring them to Africa.-Namenya Daniel
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NEMO Urges Hurricane Preparedness As More Storms Anticipated - St. Lucia Times News
The National Emergency Management Organisation (NEMO) has warned of the real and present threat posed by storms to Saint Lucia and other Caribbean Islands, with months to go before the Atlantic Hurricane season officially ends on November 30. The warning came as damage assessment in the aftermath
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Egypt: Sisi Speech At Cop26 to Highlight Egypt Stance Regarding Climate Change
[Egypt Online] President Abdel Fattah El Sisi will be taking part in a World Leaders Summit, which is part of the high-level segment during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) that opened in Glasgow on Sunday, said presidential spokesman Bassam Rady Monday.
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Source: allAfrica.com
WHEN? – Jackson Advocate
By Anne T. Sulton, Ph.D., J.D.JA Senior International Correspondent Madagascar is the fourth largest island on the planet. It sits in the Indian Ocean near Africa’s southeast coast, just east of Mozambique. According to the USA’s CIA World Factbook, more than 60% of Madagascar’s 27.5 million people
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Ashes instead of soap: Inside Zimbabwe’s COVID-19 fight | Afro
COVID-19 has worsened the underlying structural and perennial problem of water shortages in Matabeleland North, South and Bulawayo provinces, said Dumisani Nkomo, chief executive officer for Habakkuk Trust, a nonprofit
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Africa: Will Glasgow Fix Broken Climate Finance Promises?
[IPS] Sydney and Kuala Lumpur -- Current climate mitigation plans will result in a catastrophic 2.7°C world temperature rise. US$1.6-3.8 trillion is needed annually to avoid global warming exceeding 1.5°C.
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Source: allAfrica.com
Gov't working on additional funds for flood-hit Region Three farmers —President - Stabroek News
President Irfaan Ali yesterday told flood-affected farmers in several communities in Region Three that his Government is working assiduously to find additional funds to bring relief to them and others who are experiencing difficulties across the
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Fully Funded - AAI One World Scholarship Austria 2021 - The Tanzania News
Call for the Application of AAI One World Scholarship Austria 2021. The AAI Salzburg grants scholarships to students from developing countries. Requirements nationality of a non-European developing country (country list) …
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Healthy and Environmentally Friendly Youth campaign launches - Barbados Today
Young people have been challenged by the Prime Minister to address issues such as climate change that will have an impact on their generation’s future. Speaking at the virtual launch of a Caribbean-initiated climate change campaign on Friday, she said if the youth sit back and do nothing to fight
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Rwanda: Basketball League to Resume September 4
The local basketball governing body (Ferwaba) has decided September 4 as the day the BK Basketball National League season will
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Malik Yusef raised more than $10,000 to help slow COVID-19 behind bars
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Liberia: Swedish Government Approves U.S.$212 Million for Liberia
[LINA] Monrovia -- The Swedish Government has approved and adopted Sweden's new development cooperation strategy in Liberia from 2021 to 2025.
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Africa: Seven Ways We Are Making Ourselves Sick (And How We Can Stop)
The World Health Organization attributes 23 per cent of all deaths to unhealthy environments; and this year, the top five risks cited in the World Economic Forum's Global Risk Report were all related to the
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Nigeria: Buhari's Visit to Saudi Arabia Highlights - Inequalities Breed Unrest
[Vanguard] President Muhammadu Buhari had a very successful visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the high which is the symbolization of our mutual trust and resolve to combat climate change, improve trade and promote investment in humanity, not profit as a motive.
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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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Climate change is a justice issue—these 6 charts show why
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Cameroon: Climate Change - Between Declarations and Deceptions
[Cameroon Tribune] From October 31 to November 12, World leaders are expected to strategize on new ways of reducing gas emissions.
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Charles: Hinds overseas during murder hike: Hinds: I’m right here doing my work
The content originally appeared on: Trinidad and Tobago Newsday News I'M IN TT: National Security Minister Fitzgerald Hinds who said he is not overseas, he is in Trinidad and he is doing his job as minister and MP. FILE PHOTO - NAPARIMA MP Rodney Charles hit the Government on Sunday for Minister of
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Mahdist Revolution (1881-1898)
The Mahdist Revolution was an Islamic revolt against the Egyptian government in the Sudan.  An apocalyptic branch of Islam, Mahdism incorporated the idea of a golden age in which the Mahdi, translated as “the guided one,” would restore the glory of Islam to the
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Africa: How Climate Change Will Hit Small Farmers - And How Adaptation Helps #AfricaClimateCrisis
[allAfrica] Cape Town -- Rising temperatures and a decline in rainfall across eight Southern and East African countries are set to slash the production of important food crops in the region by 2050, says a new study. And even when climate change produces improved rainfall, it will be too
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Listen: Jennifer Hudson Pens “Here I Am” Song For Aretha Franklin ‘Respect’ Biopic
Jennifer Hudson teamed up with Carole King and Jamie Hartman to pen an original song from the upcoming Aretha Franklin biopic (RESPECT) soundtrack and by the way this track sounds, we can already tell the entire body of work is going to be fire!
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Rising sea surface temperatures driving the loss of 14 percent of corals since 2009 | The Bajan Reporter
The “Status of Coral Reefs of the World: 2020” report, released today, documents the loss of approximately 14 per cent of the world’s coral since 2009. The report, the sixth edition produced by the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network (GCRMN), provides the most detailed scientific picture to date
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Source: The Bajan Reporter | Web’s Eye View of Barbados in the Caribbean
Mapungubwe - African Iron Age Polity in South Africa
Mapungubwe is an African Middle to Later Iron Age site (AD 900-1300), located in the Mapungubwe National Park, in the Shashe-Limpopo river basin, Limpopo province of South Africa, adjacent to both Zimbabwe and Botswana. A stratified population is in evidence at the site, with elites residing at the
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Rwandan Envoy Virtually Presents Her Credentials to Indian President
Rwanda's High Commissioner to India, Jacqueline Mukangira, on Thursday, May 21, presented her letter of credence to India's President Ram Nath Kovind, in a ceremony that was held by video
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Biden Pledges to Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Half - The Washington Informer
At a virtual leaders summit on climate, President Joe Biden announced a new commitment to cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030 under the recently reentered Paris Agreement. The post Biden Pledges to Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Half appeared first on The Washington Informer.
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NJ teacher curses Black students, said 'criminal' George Floyd got what he deserved - DefenderNetwork.com
New Jersey teacher Howard Zlotkin has been removed from the virtual classroom after going a profanity-laced rant, reportedly against his Black students about race and Black Lives Matter, while also offering some derogatory words about George Floyd, suggesting Floyd got what he des
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Africa Resilience Forum 2021: Facing the ‘hydra-head challenges of Covid-19, conflict and climate’
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 September 2021: The fourth edition of the Africa Resilience Forum opened yesterday Tuesday, as the continent’s most vulnerable communities confront the triple challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, conflict and climate change. An estimated 39 million Africans could
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Egypt: Environment Min. Discuss Cooperation With Cypriot Counterpart
[Egypt Online] Environment Minister Yasmin Fouad discussed on Monday means of cooperation with Cypriot Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment Costas Kadis, the Environment Ministry said in a statement.
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