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Shettima: We Will Embark on Massive Tree Planting Campaign from Next Season
This Day
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June 29, 2025
DejiElumoye in Abuja Vice President KashimShettima has disclosed that Nigeria will embark on massive tree planting in the upcoming rainy season as part of its national reforestation and environmental sustainability drive. He said the initiative...
Egypt Strengthens Cooperation with Africa to Tackle Water Challenges
Asharq Al-Awsat
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June 28, 2025
Egypt is continuing to strengthen its cooperation with African nations to confront the pressing challenges of water and food security. “Water issues are a shared challenge that grows more severe due to climate change and resource scarcity,...
Egypt to boost meat supply with livestock imports from Somalia, Djibouti
Food Business Africa Magazine
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August 7, 2024
EGYPT – Egypt is set to import significant quantities of live sheep and goats from Somalia and Djibouti, as announced by the African Livestock Importers Association. This move aims to stabilize domestic meat prices and ensure sufficient supply,...
First vessel hit by Yemen’s Houthis in two weeks arrives in Djibouti, manager says
KFGO - North Dakota
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August 5, 2024
ATHENS (Reuters) – A container vessel that was hit by Houthi militants off Yemen on Saturday in the first such attack in two weeks, has arrived safely in Djibouti and the strike caused no injuries or water ingress, its Greek manager said on...
First vessel hit by Yemen's Houthis in two weeks arrives in Djibouti
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
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A container vessel that was hit by Houthi militants off Yemen on Saturday in the first such attack in two weeks, has arrived safely in Djibouti and the strike caused no injuries or water ingress, its Greek manager said on Monday. Yemen's...
Egypt to import livestock from Somalia, Djibouti to curb meat prices
Daily News Egypt
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August 4, 2024
Egypt will import large quantities of live sheep and goats from Somalia and Djibouti for immediate slaughter, the head of the country’s African Livestock Importers Association said Sunday. The move aims to balance domestic market prices and ensure...
To Help Stop Malaria’s Spread, CDC Researchers Create a Test to Find a Mosquito That Is Flourishing Thanks to Climate Change
Inside Climate News
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July 23, 2024
For years, climate scientists have cautioned that the warming world could create conditions where animals, insects and other creatures would establish themselves in places they had not been found before—and bring diseases harmful to humans with...
Untold story of Ethiopia's endeavor in combating climate change
Daily Sabah
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July 21, 2024
According to environmental experts, climate change is a shift in weather conditions with a global effect expected to last decades or centuries. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) defines it as a change of climate...
UPSC Essentials | Daily subject-wise quiz : International Relations MCQs on Red Sea, Biofuture Platform and more (Week 117)
The Indian Express
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July 6, 2025
UPSC Essentials brings to you its initiative of subject-wise quizzes. These quizzes are designed to help you revise some of the most important topics from the static part of the syllabus. Attempt today’s subject quiz on International Relations to...
Nigeria to launch tree-planting campaign next rainy season, says Shettima
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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June 28, 2025
Vice President Kashim Shettima has announced that Nigeria will launch a nationwide tree-planting campaign during the upcoming rainy season as part of its commitment to reforestation and environmental sustainability. He said the initiative takes...
Countries in Horn of Africa expected to experience weather anomalies
Xinhua News Agency
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NAIROBI, July 30 (Xinhua) -- Countries in the Horn of Africa are set to experience weather anomalies in the next week, the climate prediction agency of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), an East African bloc, said Tuesday. The...
How the Paris Sustainability Plan Created an Olympic Class Divide
Slate Magazine
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July 30, 2024
This is part of Slate’s 2024 Olympics coverage. Read more here. If you’re enjoying our coverage from Paris, join Slate Plus to support our work. There were three weather events that the organizers of Paris 2024 were dreading. Rain on the opening...
OPINION: Diaz - The future of trains and global transport, trends and international impact
Citizen TV Kenya
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July 5, 2025
By Chris Diaz Since the invention of the steam energy in the early 19th century, trains have played a very significant role in human mobility and commerce. From the rapid rail development in Britain and Europe, and thereafter North America and...
Africa must not miss the boat on the WTO fishing subsidies deal
Premium Times
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June 27, 2025
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies is on track to be adopted this year, with Ghana the latest African country to ratify. Nine more ratifications are needed to reach the total of 111, which activates the treaty. The...
SC GOP senator launches bid for state attorney general
SC Daily Gazette - South Carolina
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July 7, 2025
A state senator from the Grand Strand is the first to officially enter the wide-open 2026 race to be South Carolina’s top prosecutor. Republican Sen. Stephen Goldfinch, 43, was set to announce his campaign for state attorney general Monday night...
Bahrain Participates in Mediation Retreat on Sudan in Djibouti
The Daily Tribune - News Of Bahrain
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TDT | Manama The Daily Tribune - www.newsofbahrain.com The Kingdom of Bahrain, holding the presidency of the 33rd Arab Summit, participated in the "Mediators Retreat on the Situation in Sudan" held in Djibouti City on July 25th and 26th. The...
Slog AM: More Than 80 Dead in Texas Floods, Bibi Is Back in DC, and the Governor Chooses Not to Pardon a Washington Deportee
The Stranger - Washington State
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July 7, 2025
Good morning! Did you manage to get through the 4th of July without blowing anything (or anyone) up? Good for you. (The 47 people that were treated at Harborview for fireworks-related injuries weren’t so lucky.) Now that we’re officially in...
The Abidjan Declaration: an unprecedented moment in charting the future of sustainable immunisation in Africa
CNBC Africa
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July 23, 2024
This is what makes this week’s Abidjan Declaration unprecedented. The nine signatory countries – Benin, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Ghana, Mauritania, Nigeria, Sao Tome and Principe and Senegal – all at separate stages on the Gavi transition...
Rising tensions in the Horn of Africa
Geopolitical Intelligence Services
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July 7, 2025
Geopolitical ambitions, ethnic divisions and contested access to the sea and fresh water are intensifying anxieties in Ethiopia, Eritrea and the Tigray region. The port of Massawa is one of the largest natural deepwater ports on the Red Sea and is...
Turkey, Spain transport agreement and Infrastructure cooperation
ARY News
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June 28, 2025
ISTANBUL: A pivotal Turkey-Spain transport agreement has been signed between Turkey and Spain during the Global Transport Connectivity Forum held in Istanbul. Turkish Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloglu and Spain’s...