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Tropical forest loss hit new heights in 2024; fire a major driver in Latin America
Mongabay
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May 21, 2025
A new dataset and analysis released by World Resources Institute finds global tropical forest loss jumped to a record high in 2024, with 6.7 million hectares (16.6 million acres) worldwide. In total, the area of forest lost in 2024 is nearly the...
PIN, MRCG, journalists urge Sierra Leone to protect press freedom, digital rights
Business Hallmark
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June 25, 2025
Pan-African non-profit Paradigm Initiative (PIN), in partnership with the Media Reform Coordinating Group (MRCG) and 36 media professionals across Sierra Leone, has issued a joint communiqué urging the government to uphold press freedom, digital...
Oil industry sources claim that Central Africa's new FX Initiative falls short of its target.
World Energy News - Connecticut
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Two oil industry sources said that six Central African nations who were expecting to receive billions in foreign exchange from funds set aside for environmental restoration by oil companies may actually see less than 500 million dollars by the...
Central African nations face shortfall as oil firms’ restoration funds fall below $500m by deadline
BusinessLIVE
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Bengaluru — Six Central African nations expecting a foreign exchange windfall of billions of dollars from environmental restoration funds set aside by oil firms may in fact see less than $500m by an April 30 deadline, two oil industry sources...
Central Africa’s new FX initiative falls short of target, oil industry sources say
KFGO - North Dakota
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April 22, 2025
By Wendell Roelf (Reuters) -Six Central African nations expecting a foreign exchange windfall of billions of dollars from environmental restoration funds set aside by oil firms may in fact see less than $500 million by an April 30 deadline, two...
Immigration warns of maritime insecurity
Punch
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May 21, 2025
The Nigerian Immigration Service has said that maritime insecurity, especially in the Gulf of Guinea, threatens the safety of vessels and crew members. The NIS noted that the threats undermine regional stability, economic growth, and integration....
Waste to Wealth: How Zoomlion has created over 200k jobs in promoting cleaner cities in Ghana
3News.com
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May 8, 2025
The Nation Builders’ Corp (NaBCo), introduced by the erstwhile Akufo-Addo administration, employed slightly over 80,000 individuals, despite being announced as a programme to directly employ 100,000 youth. What became of the programme is not news...
Gulf Of Guinea: Immigration, Customs, Police Mobilise Against Terror Threats
Leadership
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May 21, 2025
To counter terrorism in the Gulf of Guinea (GoG), the Nigeria Immigration Service, the Nigeria Customs Service, the Nigeria Police Force, and other international security organisations are currently discussing strategic moves to counter terrorism...
Can new Africa Energy Bank power a continent while protecting the planet?
Al Jazeera
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A group of African countries is set to launch a bank to fund oil and gas projects amid growing reluctance by Western institutions to further invest in fossil fuels. The long-planned “Africa Energy Bank” that is expected to take off soon was...
Zambia one step away from chance to honour victims of 1993 air disaster
The National News
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They are in their late 20s or early 30s now, those Gabonese people who remember the schoolyard song. As girls and boys, they would chant it mischievously, a rhyme reflecting the climate of suspicion and confusion that surrounded the tragic events...
Immigration mobilises Customs, Police, others to tackle terror threats on Gulf of Guinea
Tribune Online
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May 21, 2025
In a bid to counter terrorism on the Gulf of Guinea (GoG), the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), and other international security organisations are currently in talks on strategic...
Immigration rallies joint task force against terror threats
Punch
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May 21, 2025
The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Kemi Nandap, has disclosed that the agency is intensifying efforts to fortify Nigeria’s borders, particularly maritime frontiers, to combat terrorism, piracy, and other transnational...
Nearly 300 million people in Africa faced life-threatening heat in past 3 months: Report
Down to Earth
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Climate change is worsening global heat exposure, with Africa bearing the brunt of its effects, according to a new analysis by Climate Central. It is based on the non-profit’s Climate Shift Index (CSI) that measures how climate change alters the...
Internet Shutdowns At Record High In Africa As Access 'Weaponized'
Slashdot
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March 10, 2025
Internet shutdowns in Africa hit a record high in 2024, with 21 shutdowns across 15 countries. The previous record was 19 shutdowns in 2020 and 21. The Guardian reports: Authorities in Comoros, Guinea-Bissau and Mauritius joined repeat offenders...
A Test Of Fear And More. Who Is Going To Putin On May 9 And Why
Zerkalo Nedeli
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The Kremlin is getting ready for another “Victory parade.” And they are very nervous lest Ukraine should spoil the celebration of the 80th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany. After Kyiv rejected Putin's unilateral proposal for a...
Central Africa Steps Up Drive for Digital Inclusion
News Central TV
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May 19, 2025
A quiet digital revolution is beginning to take flight in Central Africa– a region where thick jungles and vast savannas have for long outpaced fibre-optic cables. For decades, countries like the Central African Republic, Chad, and the Democratic...
I visited every country in the world without flying - these are the surprisingly friendliest places
Daily Mail
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May 18, 2025
Travelling to every country in the world is already one of the globe's hardest challenges. But for Thor Pedersen, it wasn't quite hard enough. The 45-year-old Danish adventurer became the first and only person to visit every country in the world...
E Guinea Set to Boost Exploration
Business Ghana
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Equatorial Guinea is taking decisive steps to revitalize its upstream sector, with plans to launch a new licensing round in 2025 aimed at increasing exploration and production. With the global energy landscape evolving and production from mature...
CS Kagwe calls for increase in budget allocation for Agriculture sector
Citizen TV Kenya
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May 20, 2025
Agriculture Cabinet Secretary (CS) Mutahi Kagwe has emphasized the critical need to transform Kenya's agricultural financing and budgetary priorities. Speaking at the Financing Agri-Food Systems Sustainably (FINAS) 2025 conference on Tuesday,...
Focus on deforestation in Africa!
The Point
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Recent data tell us that tropical Africa has lost about 22 per cent of its forested area since 1900, which is comparable to the losses in the Amazon. But, to understand the causes and effects of deforestation in Africa today, it is important to...