Climate change, clean energy and ongoing migration challenges were priorities of the just-completed Malta summit of Med9 nations, the southern European states bordering the Mediterranean Sea. “We have seen just how exposed the Mediterranean region is to the impact of climate change and the devastating consequences of natural disasters. We…
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Young African leaders were in New York City on Saturday to promote the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, promoting the SDGs at their midpoint on the way to 2030 and ahead of this week’s SDG summit, an event held along with the annual UN General Assembly. Members of the African…
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President Azali Assoumani of Comoros, the current African Union (AU) chairperson, arrived Friday in India for G20 summit meetings in which it’s expected that membership for the AU will be approved. Meetings will be held at the Bharat Mandapam in New Dehli. “This is the first ever G20 Summit being…
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Africa Climate Week begins in Nairobi on Monday, with leaders from across the continent arriving in Kenya to discuss ways to meet climate targets while expanding access to energy and ensuring that economic development remains sustainable. “It comes as temperatures in Africa are rising faster than many other parts of…
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More than 26,000 people have faced evacuation as fires on Tenerife, in the Canary Islands, continued to blaze. The information account for emergency services said Saturday that people have been sent to shelters from affected regions including Los Realejos in the northern part of the island, which saw expanded evacuations….
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Africa depends on wildlife conservation to drive economic development, not just in tourism but in fisheries, farming and more, according to executive director Richard Vigne of the African Leadership University’s School of Wildlife Conservation. “The overall health of the continent’s economy actually depends on conservation. In fact, almost 60% of…
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Tunisia and Algeria recorded some of the hottest temperatures in the world on Tuesday, as an extreme heat wave spiked across the Mediterranean region. The coastal region of Chlef recorded a high of 47.4°C (117 degrees Fahrenheit), with a number of other Algerian stations reporting highs in excess of 44°C…
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Defense officials in Spain say dozens of soldiers have been dispatched to help with firefighting efforts in the Canary Islands, where some 4,000 people have been evacuated from the island of La Palma as wildfires claimed at least 4,500 hectares and threatened communities in Punta Gorda. Additional fires, including the…
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An estimated 11,600 children have traveled a migration route across the Central Mediterranean so far this year, with at least 289 children who have died or disappeared while making the dangerous crossing. Most of them were traveling alone or separated from their parents, according to UNICEF, the United Nations children’s…
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Clashes continued Wednesday in the coastal Tunisian city of Sfax, where a resident’s death has reportedly sparked a backlash against migrants in the North African nation known as a transit hub for people traveling from sub-Saharan countries in search of Europe. African migrants have been driven from Sfax, according to…
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British Home Secretary Suella Braverman says the United Kingdom remains committed to its migration policies and will appeal Thursday’s Court of Appeal decision that the U.K. policy on deporting migrants to Rwanda is unlawful. “The Prime Minister and I have made a promise to the British people to stop the…
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President William Ruto of Kenya urged global leaders to accelerate climate action through finance reform, calling a deal negotiated during talks in Paris a win-win even as he stressed that he would “like to see more clarity” on how the US$9 trillion needed annually to contain global warming will come…
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The United States has imposed travel visa restrictions on Ugandans who are involved in “undermining the democratic process in Uganda,” a move the U.S. Department of State says is a response to human rights abuses and corruption. The new measures directed by President Joe Biden follow the implementation of Uganda’s…
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A new report on the Sanyang region of coastal Gambia calls on the government in Banjul to take all necessary steps against illegal, unregulated, and unreported (IUU) fishing in order to protect local communities. The Amnesty International report on the human cost of overfishing is based on firsthand observations of…
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New research on climate change demonstrates that a large swath of the African continent would become dangerously hot with a projected 2.7°C global temperature rise, including more than 300 million people in Nigeria—the most vulnerable nation, after India, if efforts to limit warming to 1.5°C fail. Sudan, Niger and Burkina…
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