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Kenya Counts On Improved Forest Cover in Efforts to Stop Global Warming

[Nation] Despite efforts to bring down greenhouse gas emissions, the world is still headed to a 3°C rise in temperature in this century.

Source: allAfrica.com

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WASHINGTON, DC, United States (CMC) - A new joint report by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has warned that regional economies will only be reactivated if the curve of contagion of the coronavirus

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Intra-EAC trade thins as Covid-19 lockdowns restrict movement

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TEN-YEAR-OLD RICQUAN Wright never sat in a grade-five class at St Michael’s Primary School. He exuded confidence and displayed a brilliant work ethic that propelled his teacher to recommend that he sit the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) exams, a year...

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Tanzania’s exports of cloves, sisal, gold go up

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Moody's downgrades The Bahamas

NEW YORK (CMC) The US-based rating agency Moody's Investors Service, (Moody's) has downgraded The Bahamas Government long-term issuer and senior unsecured ratings by two notches to Ba2 from Baa3.Moody's also changed the outlook to negative following a review that began on April 2.

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Africa: Despite the Pandemic, Frontline Nations Push Ahead On Stronger Climate Plans

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Access to legal aid ‘woefully inadequate’ in Guyana - Stabroek News

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Michael V. Drake named first Black UC president in 152-year history : TheGrio

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8 more imported COVID-19 cases but recovery remains high

EIGHT more people have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, bringing Jamaica's number of cases to 715.Five more people have also recovered from the virus since Wednesday and have been released. This brings the number of recovery cases to 560, giving the island a 78.3 per cent recovery rate.

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Uganda: Banks Meet Over High Interest Rates On Loans

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JTA happy with PEP placement method

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700 PEP students to repeat

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Kenya to Lose Sh13.6 Billion as Disasters Raid Farms

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