Food crisis worsens in Sahel region: UN aid chief
The United Nations aid chief raised alarm on Tuesday over a worsening food crisis in the Sahel region that has sent malnutrition rates skyrocketing to their worst level since 2012. Nearly six million
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UN Says 6 Million Struggling to Get Food in Africa's Sahel
The U.N. humanitarian chief warned Tuesday that nearly 6 million people are struggling to get food in West Africa's Sahel region and severe malnutrition is threatening the lives of 1.6 million children.
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UNESCO and AfDB supports BIOPALT project, safeguards natural resources
The stakeholders and partners of the project BIOsphere and Heritage of Lake Chad (BIOPALT) met in N'Djamena from 28 to 31 May 2018 to discuss their collaboration for the implementation of the project.
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The business advantage: mobilizing private sector-led climate actions in agriculture
With private contributions becoming increasingly pivotal to global climate finance, it is evident that scaling up and channeling private capital is crucial in meeting the goal of achieving the Paris Agreement
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Climate information for those who need it most: contributions of a participatory systems mapping approach in Niger
This study, conducted by the USAID-funded Climate Information Services Research Initiative (CISRI), is designed to contribute to the operationalization of Niger's National Framework for Climate Services,
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Africa50 to participate with developing the Desert to Power Programme
Africa50, Green Climate Fund (GCF) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) are set to develop solar projects in the Sahel through the Desert to Power Programme. On the sidelines of the African
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Azithromycin to reduce childhood mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa
<p>In this cluster-randomized trial, we assigned communities in Malawi, Niger, and Tanzania to four twice-yearly mass distributions of either oral azithromycin (approximately 20 mg per kilogram of body
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Tobacco industry still selling cigarettes in single sticks in Nigeria, other African countries – Report
How Tobacco companies subvert anti-tobacco laws capable of saving millions in Nigeria, others - Report How American company, Philip Morris, is flooding Nigeria with 122 million 'units' of cigarettes
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SA, Niger sign mining MoU
Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane has signed a memorandum of understanding with the government of the Republic of Niger, represented by its Minister of Mines, Hassane Baraze Moussa. The MoU
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Status and drivers of maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health in the Islamic world: a comparative analysis
The Millennium Development Goal (MDG) period saw dramatic gains in health goals MDG 4 and MDG 5 for improving child and maternal health. However, many Muslim countries in the south Asian, Middle Eastern,