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A borderless conflict ongoing in the sahel- ICRC | Africanews
Escalating violence is preventing entire communities of herders and farmers in the Sahel region from accessing land or pasture, thereby causing them to lose their main source of income and further worsening conditions in a region the International Committee of the Red Cross ICRC calls a “theater of
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Earth Today | Talking floods - Youth group seeks climate change resilience solutions
YOUNG PEOPLE on Action for Climate Change, Jamaica are getting a group of stakeholders together for a virtual forum that takes stock of flood risk in a changing climate. The event, set for this Friday (November 6), is being held under the theme ‘...
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Liberal North Carolina Town Votes for Reparations to Black Residents
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'Brown-skinned' Tapia endorses peaceful protests
A “brown-skin” Donald Tapia yesterday endorsed peaceful protests that are now taking place in his home country and recounted his own experience marching for equality with civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr in his early
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Earth Today | Environmental Foundation of Jamaica projects rebound amid COVID-19
IT’S BEEN more than four months since COVID-19 first visited Jamaica’s shores, disrupting project schedules for local community actors keen on tackling climate change and other environmental ills with grant support from the Environmental Foundation...
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Botswana: Questions Remain Over Botswana's Mass Elephant Deaths
[IPS] Bratislava -- When hundreds of elephants died in the space of a few months in Botswana earlier this year, conservationists were shocked. Wildlife experts said it was one of the largest elephant mortality events in history.
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Kenya Bans Single-Use Plastics in Protected Areas
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Biden adjusting agenda to reflect narrow divide in Congress - Black News Channel
By ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden is adjusting the scope of his agenda to meet the challenges of governing with a narrowly divided Congress and the complications of legislating during a raging pandemic. Rather than immediately pursue ambitious
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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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Radio as a tool for climate information dissemination
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This is the most important election in human history — and Joe Biden finally gets why
One of the worst failings of political journalism in our time was just illustrated again. When Joe Biden delivered a path-breaking address on climate change, he drew less media coverage than a rumored shakeup in the Trump campaign. Do you care more about the fate of Republican grifters -- or the
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Biden unveils climate and energy team, promises 'ambitious' action
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Africa: UN At 75 - Slow Death or a New Direction - Part 1
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