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Africa: Vervelife - Africa's Largest Fitness Party Concludes 7th Edition On a High Note

Africa: Vervelife – Africa’s Largest Fitness Party Concludes 7th Edition On a High Note

Leading payment card and digital token brand, Verve, has successfully concluded the seventh edition of VerveLife, Africa’s largest fitness party, reaffirming its commitment to fostering a healthy lifestyle among Africans. The grand finale, which held at Landmark Event Center in Victoria Island, Lagos, attracted thousands of fitness enthusiasts from across Africa and beyond. This year’s […]

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Africa: From the Biodiversity COP16 to the Climate COP29 - Building Equitable Accountability, Alignment, and Adequacy On Finance

Africa: From the Biodiversity COP16 to the Climate COP29 – Building Equitable Accountability, Alignment, and Adequacy On Finance

The United States just went through its most consequential election. While the outcome raises questions about what the re-election of Trump means for U.S. engagement in global climate talks moving forward (in view of his previous stunt), the game is still on, with or without him. Despite the challenges, local communities, cities, states, private actors,

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Africa: 3 Innovative Ways to Help Countries Hit By Climate Disasters, Beyond a Loss and Damage Fund

Africa: 3 Innovative Ways to Help Countries Hit By Climate Disasters, Beyond a Loss and Damage Fund

These days, it’s hard to escape news stories discussing how climate change is contributing to extreme weather disasters, including the recent U.S. hurricanes. Aid agencies are increasingly worried about the widespread damage. A growing question as these disasters worsen in a warming world is how to pay for recoveries, particularly in poorer countries that have

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Africa: Singapore's Health Ministry and Africa CDC Announce Joint Efforts to Tackle the Mpox Outbreak

Africa: Singapore’s Health Ministry and Africa CDC Announce Joint Efforts to Tackle the Mpox Outbreak

Singapore — To strengthen the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention’s (Africa CDC) capacity for enhanced mpox case management, the Ministry of Health, Singapore will provide a support package consisting of mpox diagnostic kits and testing supplies, enabling up to 50,000 tests. The ongoing mpox outbreak was declared a Public Health Emergency of Continental

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Africa's Demands - Continent's COP29 Irreducible Minimums Amid Release of First Draft Text

Africa’s Demands – Continent’s COP29 Irreducible Minimums Amid Release of First Draft Text

Baku — As expected, climate finance has taken center stage in Baku COP29 in a bid to renew the global focus on finance as a means to transform climate ambitions into tangible, sustainable action. African countries are losing up to 5 per cent of their GDP, with many diverting as much as 9 per cent

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Africa: Fossil Fuel Lobbyists Eclipse Delegations From Most Climate-Vulnerable Nations At COP29 Climate Talks

Africa: Fossil Fuel Lobbyists Eclipse Delegations From Most Climate-Vulnerable Nations At COP29 Climate Talks

Industry influx escalates calls to protect talks from Big Polluters Friday 15 November 2024, London – At least 1,773 fossil fuel lobbyists have been granted access to the COP29 summit in Baku, underscoring an outsized polluter presence year after year at crucial climate talks, according to a new analysis from the Kick Big Polluters Out

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Africa: 24 Million Adults Living With Diabetes in Africa - WHO

Africa: 24 Million Adults Living With Diabetes in Africa – WHO

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that more than 24 million adults in Nigeria and other African countries are currently living with diabetes, and half of the cases are undiagnosed. WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti disclosed this Thursday in a statement commemorating the 2024 World Diabetes Day with the theme: “Breaking

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Africa: COP29 - 'You Have Every Right to Be Angry' Guterres Tells Youth Advocates Frustrated Over Lack of Climate Action

Africa: COP29 – ‘You Have Every Right to Be Angry’ Guterres Tells Youth Advocates Frustrated Over Lack of Climate Action

As negotiations over how to tackle climate change head into their fifth day in Baku, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has expressed solidarity with young climate advocates at COP29, who told him they are frustrated by the lack of political action on the crisis. “You have every right to be angry. I am angry too,” the

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