Africa is staking its claim as a leader in global climate action, closing the Second Africa Climate Summit (ACS2) in Addis Ababa late Wednesday with multi-billion-dollar financial pledges and ...

Financial institutions are being pressed to stop waiting for “perfect data” and instead act on available climate information to drive meaningful emissions reductions, a panel of experts has urged. A ...

The African Coalition of Communities Responsive to Climate Change (ACCRCC) has welcomed the launch and expansion of the Africa Circular Economy Trust Fund, a €9 million initiative at the African ...

The increasing global temperature has resulted in a wide range of extreme climatic scenarios such as flooding, drought, and other natural disasters (typhoons and hurricanes), consequently bringing ...

In a powerful display of unity, leaders from Africa and the Caribbean convened at the African Union Headquarters in Addis Ababa for the Second Africa-CARICOM Summit, vowing to strengthen historic ...

Sierra Leone, a small West African country with a population of about 8.6 million, is increasingly feeling the harsh impacts of climate change despite contributing minimally to global greenhouse gas ...

There is a growing global concern about Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) also commonly known as lifestyle or chronic diseases. Scientists and researchers across the world are worried by unhealthy ...

The first all-oral treatment for Trypanosoma brucei (T.b.) rhodesiense sleeping sickness, an acute form of the disease, is now available free of charge to patients in specialized treatment centres in ...

At the United Nations Food Systems Summit +4 (UNFSS) Regional Preparatory Meeting in Nairobi, Sudan’s representative, Dr. Ageeb M. Madani, underscored the nation’s dual reality of advancing food ...

Governments have promised to end malaria by 2030. With around five and a half years left to eliminate the vector-borne disease worldwide, it is alarming that progress is off the mark. More worrying is ...

Multi Touch International (MTI), a local organization advocating for environmental conservation and youth empowerment, has urged the Kenyan government to allocate part of the Galana-Kulalu land for ...

In the heart of Athi River in Machakos County in Kenya, eight-year-old Anne Kuria’s life is a constant battle to breathe. Once vibrant and energetic, she is now weakened by respiratory illness. Her ...