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Africa: Road to COP29 – Highest Climate Ambitions Needed to Decarbonize World

[ad_1] Nairobi — The road to COP29 has begun in earnest in the backdrop of a global climate report indicating that not only was 2023 the warmest year in a 174-year climate record, it was the warmest by far. Record-breaking temperatures, combined with El Niño, pushed vulnerable and poor nations in the Global South to the frontlines of extreme and severe weather events. It was a climatic carnage in Africa with fatal floods in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, […]

todayFebruary 7, 2024

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Africa: Landlocked Developing Countries Conference to Address Development

[ad_1] United Nations — Landlocked developing countries need greater support from the international community so that they are no longer left behind when it comes to progressing with the SDGs, says the UN High Representative of the Least Developed Countries. The Third UN Conference of Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDC3) is set to be hosted in Kigali, Rwanda, in June. A preparatory committee for the conference has been established and convened its first meeting on Monday. The overarching theme of the […]

todayFebruary 7, 2024

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Afcon 2023: Nigeria and South Africa ready to resume rivalry

[ad_1] Both teams boast goalkeepers who could be named as the best at the finals in Ivory Coast, with four clean sheets apiece.Moreover, South Africa captain Ronwen Williams displayed a man-of-the-match performance with four penalty saves in the shoot-out victory over Cape Verde."Ronwen is the toast of South Africa. To save four penalties is just phenomenal," Furman said."I'm so pleased for him - an incredible guy, the skipper and that […]

todayFebruary 7, 2024

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Afcon: South Africa slams Nigeria for football safety warning

[ad_1] It advised Nigerians living in South Africa to "be watchful of their utterances, be mindful of where they choose to watch the match especially in public places, and refrain from engaging in loud, riotous or provocative celebrations should the Super Eagles win". [ad_2] Source link

todayFebruary 7, 2024

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Afcon 2023: Can African heavyweights survive semi-finals?

[ad_1] Nigeria face South Africa in Bouake in a repeat of the 2000 Nations Cup semi-final, with the Super Eagles beating Bafana Bafana as the countries met for the first time at the tournament.The West Africans have the upper hand in meetings at Afcon, winning all three encounters - with the most recent of those a quarter-final tie in 2019.Playing in a record-extending 15th Afcon semi-final, Nigeria have impressed both […]

todayFebruary 7, 2024

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Africa: COP 10 – Tobacco Growers’ Share Concerns Over WHO Decisions

[ad_1] A large group of premium tobacco producers and workers from a few tobacco growers’ countries, Colombia, Panama, Honduras and Nicaragua, have protested on February 5th in front of the Panama Convention Centre where the tenth Conference of the Parties (COP) of the World Health Organization's (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), is currently taking place. The FCTC aims at protecting present and future generations from the impact of tobacco consumption and exposure to tobacco smoke by reducing both demand […]

todayFebruary 7, 2024

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Africa: Putting Survivors at the Forefront of the Global Movement to End Female Genital Mutilation

[ad_1] Joint Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem, UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell, OHCHR High Commissioner Volker Türk, UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous, WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation “ Today, on the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, we reaffirm our dedication to the girls and women who have been subjected to this grave violation of human rights. Every survivor's voice is […]

todayFebruary 7, 2024

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