Climate Change: World Bank, Others to Double Investments to About $200bn from 2021-2025
The World Bank will give equal weight to curbing emissions and helping poor countries deal with the “disastrous effects” of a warming world as it steps up investments…
Obesity: FAO Raises Alarm Over Fastest Increasing Incidences in Africa, 672m People Affected Globally
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has raised an alarm over what it terms “fastest rising incidences of obesity in Africa”, noting that an estimated 672 million people are…
North- East: Focus on Addressing Root Causes of the Insurgency, Rebuilding the People Rather Than Complete Dependency on Humanitarian Assistance – UN Rep
United Nations, UN, Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator to Nigeria, Edward Kallon, has said that humanitarian response alone cannot solve the many problems in the North…
UN Adopts Nigeria’s Resolution to Celebrate January 24 Each Year, as ‘International Day of Education’
Nigerian Ambassador to the UN, Prof. Tijani Bande The United Nations General Assembly on Monday adopted by consensus, the historic Nigeria’s resolution to proclaim January 24 every year…
Mexico’s New President to Sell former President’s $218 million Presidential Jet, Calls it “a Towering Symbol of Excess”
Mexican President, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador The big, luxurious airplane used to ferry Mexico’s former president around the globe is about to fly away permanently in…
COP24: AfDB, Out Again to Defend Africa’s interests… Says Climate Change Reduces Africa’s GDP By 1.4 points yearly
As the 24th annual conference of the United Nations Convention on Climate Change, known as COP24, opens on Monday, 3 December 2018, in Katowice, Poland, once again, the AfDB…
Germany Seeks Private Investment for Climate Projects in Africa, elsewhere- Mueller
Germany will unveil an initiative at United Nations, UN, talks on climate change this week to attract more private investment in projects in Africa and elsewhere, Development…
May, Confident to take Britain out of EU
Theresa May said on Saturday she would be the prime minister to take Britain out of the European Union and that parliament should back her Brexit deal to…
Aid Campaigns: Africans Call for a Move to Look Beyond Pictures of Poor Children
Communities that benefit from aid want international charities to move beyond pictures of poor children and show a more balanced view of Africa, a study showed on…
80 Adolescents Will Die Daily of AIDS by 2030 if Not Checked- UNICEF
By 2030, around 80 adolescents will be dying of AIDS every day if “we don’t accelerate progress in preventing transmission,” the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said. UNICEF, in…