From Desmond Davies, London Bureau Chief London, Nov. 11, GNA - African countries have set out their stalls with regard to the use of coal to develop the continent's low electricity capacity in order to tackle poverty. They are doing so amid calls for other means of generating energy at the ongoing UN Climate Change Conference in Marrakesh, Morocc ...
Marrakesh (Morocco) (AFP) - The world expects the United States to uphold commitments under the landmark Paris climate treaty despite Donald Trump's vow to pull out, the incoming head of its UN implementing body told AFP Friday. The Paris Agreement is here, Moroccan foreign minister Salaheddine Mezouar, who took over stewardship of the 196-nat ...
Conakry (AFP) - Guinea launched a new infectious disease centre Friday designed to safeguard the west African nation against a new resurgence in the Ebola virus, almost three years after the epidemic broke out. Ebola's patient zero , a two-year-old boy living in the forests of southern Guinea, fell ill in December 2013 potentially after contact ...
The Department of Human Resources, Science and Technology (HRST), through the division in charge of Youth Development, conducted a three-day workshop on youth mainstreaming and the demographic dividend. The workshop was held from 7-9 November 2016 in Mombasa, Kenya. This workshop was based on the AU mandate to implement the January 2016 Sum ...
Sun City (South Africa) (AFP) - Swede Alex Noren moved two shots clear after the second round of the Nedbank Golf Challenge Friday at the storm-hit Gary Player Country Club in Sun City. The 34-year-old winner of seven European Tour events, including three this season, added a five-under-par 67 to his first-round 69 for a 136 halfway total. Af ...
Bamako (AFP) - An army officer who led Mali's 2012 coup against then president Amadou Toumani Toure will stand trial on November 30 for murder and collusion over the massacre of soldiers who opposed the takeover. The coup headed by Amadou Sanogo toppled what had been heralded as one of west Africa's most stable democracies and precipitated the f ...
WHAT: The Africa Day High Level Event in the margins of the the 22nd Conference of the Parties (COP22) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the 12th Session of the Meeting of the Parties (CMP12) to the Kyoto Protocol (KP). THEME: ldquo;Moving from Commitment to Action with Intended Nationally Determined ...
The Ambassadors of Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Ireland payed a visit to the UN Regional Service Centre Entebbe (RSCE) last week, to inspect the facilities and learn more about the services the centre provides. The RSCE is a shared service centre for United Nations field missions in Central and East Africa. The centre was established in 2010 ...
Marrakech, 11 November, 2016 ndash; With the Paris Climate Agreement having just come into force, leaders from a wide range of sectors are coming together on Energy Day at the UN Climate Change Conference in Marrakech (COP22, to 18 November) to demonstrate action on global efforts to decarbonise our energy system. Energy Day is being joi ...
Policy experts and statisticians specialized in sustainable development, environment and tourism gathered to agree on the way forward in developing a statistical framework for sustainable tourism. The meeting was held at UNWTO headquarters in Madrid last 20-21 October. The first meeting of the Working Group of Experts on Measuring Sustain ...
The International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) and the Office of the United Nations Special Envoy for the Great Lakes seek to follow up on recommendations made at a conference held in Nairobi on 19-20 April 2016 that aims to facilitate the administration of justice through judicial cooperation in the Great Lakes region. Duri ...
With the issue of how to get the private sector on board for climate financing high on the agenda at COP22 in Marrakesh, the first projects of a new fund supported by the European Investment Bank (EIB) ndash; the Catalyst MENA Clean Energy Fund (Catalyst) ndash; are now taking off. This fund will make it much easier for companies and g ...
Marrakech, 11 November 2016 ndash; As countries focus in turning climate commitments to actions, WHO is calling for health to be the central priority during COP22. Almost one quarter of the global burden of disease, and approximately 12.6 million deaths each year, are attributable to avoidable environmental risk factors, such as air, wa ...
This week at the 22nd Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC COP22) mdash;dubbed the ldquo;action and implementation COP rdquo; mdash;the Africa Renewable Energy Initiative (AREI) is forging ahead with its ambitious, African-led initiative to deliver 300GW of renewable energy generation capac ...
Marrakech, 11 November, 2016 ndash; With the Paris Climate Agreement having just come into force, leaders from a wide range of sectors are coming together on Energy Day at the UN Climate Change Conference in Marrakech (COP22, to 18 November) to demonstrate action on global efforts to decarbonise our energy system.Energy Day is being jointly org ...
The European Investment Bank, the world rsquo;s largest global lender for climate related investment, today confirmed its commitment to support climate action and increase the impact of climate related investment in Europe and Africa. ldquo;The European Investment Bank welcomes the ratification of the UNFCCC Paris Agreement less than a y ...
The German Embassy is pleased to announce a contribution of Euro 11 Million (TSH 26,4 Billion) to assist Tanzania in coping with the continued arrival of refugees in its western regions. The additional funds will help support ongoing operations of the World Food Programme, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugee ...
From 8 until 10 November 2016, Hon. Wolfgang Tiefensee, Minister of Economy, Science and Digital Society of the State of Thuringia, was in Namibia for the ldquo;Invest in Namibia rdquo; Conference, accompanied by a large business delegation. His programme included the participation in a panel discussion during the conference as well as a r ...
Migration will be the main issue on the agenda of Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni, during his visit to Niger, Mali and Senegal. Italy intends to follow up on the Migration compact and on its commitment for Africa, which will also be expressed when sitting on the UN Security Council in 2017. The main challenge is to reduce migration flows a ...
On behalf of President Obama and the American people, I am pleased to congratulate the people of Angola on the 41st anniversary of your nation rsquo;s independence on November 11. The United States deeply appreciates its strong and productive partnership with Angola. Your country has been a valued voice for peace in the region, and we appla ...
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