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The global community is set to Friday commemorate 2020 World Environment Day (WED), the major day for global environmental action focused on encouraging awareness and action, aimed at protecting the environment on the theme: “Biodiversity” – a concern that has been described as both urgent and existential!     “As…

  As the African continent is set to commemorate the Africa Day 2020, Monday Silencing the Guns remains a top priority of the continent hence the need for more efforts by African governments to commit to tangible action on silencing the guns so as to end violent conflicts on the…

At their virtual meeting held Tuesday, members of the APRM Committee of Focal Points, the ministerial body comprising of the personal representatives of the Heads of State and Government of Participating States of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM); has called on all African states to take coordinated and coherent…

The African Union InterAfrican Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR) Thursday kick-started a rapid assessment of the impacts of the COVID–19 pandemic on animal resources in Africa, through its first-ever continent-wide online consultative meeting that aims to identify immediate mitigation measures against the effects of COVID–19 on animal resources on the…

The international community, under the auspices of the Convention on Biological Diversity is set to Friday celebrate the 2020 International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB), focused on the need to increase understanding and awareness of biodiversity issues.     This year’s celebration is also expected to contribute towards building momentum…

The Secretary General of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Wamkele Mene said on Tuesday that implementation of the free trade agreement will not be able to commence on July 1 due to the disruptions occasioned by the coronavirus pandemic.     “It is obviously not possible to commence…

The Africa We Want project consortium, an alliance of prominent Civil Society Organisations (CSO) working to advance the African Governance Architecture (AGA) and African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance (ACDEG), has called on heads of states and governments in Africa to ensure transparency in dealing with COVID-19 as well…

The Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government Thursday held an extraordinary session through videoconference, during which the leaders jointly appointed President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria as champion of the battle against Covid-19 pandemic in the West African sub-region.     The Heads of State were said to have…

As the global community observe the 2020 World Malaria Day on Saturday, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has underlined the critical importance of sustaining efforts to prevent, detect and treat malaria, using best practices to protect health workers and communities from COVID-19 infection.     Observed every April 25, Malaria…

Speak Up Africa, the Dakar, Senegal-based nonprofit working to catalyze dialogues, drive policy changes and create awareness on health and sanitation issues in Africa, has launched a continent-wide campaign against COVID-19 tagged: “Stay Safe Africa,” focused on empowering communities to take action against the deadly novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).     …