• September 19, 2024
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IPS Nairobi — A report examining corporate capture of public finance is accusing industries fueling the climate crisis, including fossil fuel ones, of draining public funds in the Global South, singling them out for squeezing out of governments USD 700 billion in public subsidies each year.  Read More AllAfrica News: Environment

• September 19, 2024
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OCHA Briefing to the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Sudan by Joyce Msuya, Acting Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator  Read More AllAfrica News: Environment

• September 19, 2024
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The Conversation Africa Lithium is an essential component of electric vehicle batteries, which are becoming more important as the world moves to a low-carbon energy future. Large deposits of lithium exist in Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Bolivia, Canada, the US, Australia, Portugal, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Ghana. Zimbabwe is the largest producer of lithium in Africa, and the ninth largest in the …

• September 19, 2024
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Dabanga Abyei — A water, sanitation, and hygiene crisis is unfolding in Abyei, which is claimed by both Sudan and South Sudan*, fuelling an ongoing hepatitis E outbreak, international medical relive organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warns in a statement yesterday. Poor sanitation, severe water shortages, and inadequate infrastructure are exacerbating the spread of the virus through contaminated drinking water, …

• September 19, 2024
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UN News Countries must use a once-in-a-generation UN summit to address current and emerging global challenges and reform outdated international institutions, Secretary-General António Guterres said on Wednesday in New York.  Read More AllAfrica News: Environment