Malawi struggles on 2030 Sustainable Development Goals

Uganda: Parliament Tasks Govt to Waive Water, Power Bills for 6 Months

Parliament on Tuesday passed a resolution tasking government to waive water and electricity bills for a period of six months to help relieve the many Ugandans in the post-lockdown recovery

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Angola: IFAD Releases 26 Million Euros for Angola

[ANGOP] Rome -- Angola and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) signed Wednesday a 26.2 million Euros financing agreement in Rome (Italy) to implement the project to improve the resilience projects of small producers.

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Africa: Why Covid Makes Internet Access More Urgent Than Ever

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Progress on making the internet accessible has been far too slow, with just over half the world connected today

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Africa: The Consequential Effects of COVID-19 On the Climate Crisis

The shock of the sudden onset coronavirus pandemic and the dreadful experience that the world is presently going through must laser-focus us all on the benefits of proactive action on climate

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Africa: WHO Director-General Remarks At the Ias Press Conference

Press Release - Dear Anton, dear Winnie, distinguished guests, dear colleagues and friends,

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ODOTE: Youth must re-imagine the world

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) captured some of these key challenges and how they should be tackled.

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Africa: Reflections On the Charter of the United Nations On Its 75th Anniversary

[IPS] New York -- This year we celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Charter of the United Nations, written and signed during a period of great global change. Today, the world is again shifting beneath our feet. Yet, the Charter remains a firm foundation for our joint efforts.

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Commonwealth countries call on international community to reform financial system

UNITED NATIONS (CMC) -Representatives of several Commonwealth countries have called on the international community to reform the financial system and the ways it offers support to small states in the wake of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

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Africa: Beyond Trump - Us, UN & Global Health Governance

One, the long running love-hate relationship between the US and the UN, and two, a better understanding of how global public health is governed and in the overall context of global

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Africa should judge Huawei on merit

The socio-economic benefits of being on the cutting edge of information and communication technologies cannot be gainsaid.

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Africa: China-Africa Blanket Debt Forgiveness Not in the Cards

As China tightens its belt economically in response to the coronavirus, African leaders are anxious about the future of infrastructure projects, trade and, in some cases, are requesting debt

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Times of unprecedented crisis present unique opportunities for unprecedented action – Op-ed

Emerging evidence from the ILO on the impact of COVID-19 suggests that women’s economic and productive lives will be affected

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Africa: Illicit Flows Dwarf Africa's Resources

[The Herald] Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs) continue to weaken Africa's resource mobilisation efforts, with crippling impact on country-level development, at a time when the continent is battling the disruptive economic effect of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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New campaign encourages pregnant women to seek health care

THE Ministry of Health and Wellness has embarked on a national campaign aimed at encouraging more expectant women to access health care in order to improve health outcomes for both mother and

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Taita women farmers get lifeline amid Covid losses

Women banana farmers in Taita Taveta County have faced following the outbreak of Covid-19.

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Earth Today | Resilience building a must for Caribbean islands in a COVID-19 world

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS should give attention to climate change and disasters, as part of their sustainable development agenda, even as they adjust to life with COVID-19. “Climate change and disasters must be prioritised,” noted Therese Turner-Jones,...

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UN, Jamaica and Canada convene on financing for development in the era of COVID-19 | New York Carib News

A meeting of Finance Ministers convened yesterday September 8, 2020, by the United Nations Deputy Secretary-General and the Finance Ministers of Canada and Jamaica. The virtual meeting commenced at 8:00 am and ended at approx. 11:30 am.

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Source: The New York Carib News

Global finance ministers urged to help Caribbean deal with impact of COVID | New York Carib News

United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed has reminded global finance ministers of their duty to help Caribbean and other countries emerge from the social and economic chaos brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.

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Source: The New York Carib News

GREEN ACRES URBAN FARM AND RESEARCH BIO-PARK PREPARES FOR GLOBAL EXPANSION TO ADDRESS FOOD INSECURITIES AND JOB GROWTH

… help support and uplift the Black American, Hispanic and minority communities Green …

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Africa: Women and Children Will Pay For This Pandemic – Unless We Act

Resources to deal with the pandemic are often diverted from women’s health services, with lasting effects on their children, their families, and their

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Africa: Mohamed Salah to Call for Connected, Quality Education for Refugee Children, At UN General Assembly

[UNHCR] Salah's message to world leaders at the UN General Assembly: 'Let's make sure all children, including refugees, can go to school and achieve their dreams.'

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Africa's Young People Get Boost From New Partnership

After months of successful and continuous collaboration, the Youth Alliance for Leadership and Development in Africa (YALDA) and ITC's Youth & Trade programme have joined forces to get more young people involved in reaching the Sustainable Development

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Africa: Call for Urgent Action By 275 World Leaders On Global Education Emergency in Face of Covid-19

[IPS] New York -- We write to call for urgent action to address the global education emergency triggered by COVID-19. With over 1 billion children still out of school because of the lockdown, there is now a real and present danger that the public health crisis will create a COVID generation who

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Africa: 2020 Goalkeepers Report - COVID-19 - A Global Perspective

[Gates Foundation] As we write, COVID-19 has killed more than 850,000 people. It has plunged the world into a recession that is likely to get worse. And many countries are bracing for another surge in cases.

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Earth Today | UNEP partners to reduce freshwater stress

IN A move to reduce the stress on freshwater resources in the Caribbean, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and its partners are to implement a new multimillion-US-dollar project with a focus on wastewater management in the

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Africa: C-19: Africa's "Wicked Problem"

In this Africa in Fact series of blogs, six of our correspondents across the continent will report over the next twelve weeks on aspects of their governments' policies and

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Africa: Nuclear Developments in Africa During the Covid-19 Pandemic

Analysis - Africa’s response to COVID-19 has been boosted by nuclear-derived technology innovations and their peaceful application in the health and food sector. This clearly underscores value of nuclear energy to meeting the continent’s developmental needs.

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Africa needs $100bn for Covid-19 aftermath, Ramaphosa tells UN | News24

President Cyril Ramaphosa said Africa needs financing of US$100 billion for "fiscal space and liquidity" for the continent's governments amid the economic fallout of Covid-19.

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Earth Today | Civil society delivers 30 priorities for accelerating climate action

Civil society actors in Trinidad and Tobago are urging accelerated action on climate change for sustainable development and COVID-19 recovery, with 30 priorities delivered as part of the newly launched report, Spotlight on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 13 Climate

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Earth Today | Jamaican to participate in ‘youth takeover’ of UN

JAMAICAN JHANNEL Tomlinson has been selected to represent the island as a youth delegate at the inaugural YOUNGA Forum this fall. The event is being billed as ‘a first-of-its-kind global youth takeover of the United Nations’, promising an...

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