AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoClimate Risk & Health: A new study links rising Saharan dust to worsening air quality across Europe, with higher hospitalisations and deaths on the dustiest days as drying North Africa and shifting winds push more particles north. Extreme Weather Watch: Scientists warn El Niño is strengthening and could bring heatwaves, floods and droughts, threatening food security and health across Eastern and Southern Africa and beyond. Food Safety Oversight: South Africa’s Public Protector says Gauteng municipalities failed to enforce food safety rules at spaza shops, with about 72% found non-compliant after suspected child food-poisoning deaths. Coastal Climate Impacts: Nigeria’s coastal communities are losing land to sea-level rise and erosion, with activists calling for stronger West African solidarity on climate justice. Animal Health & Livelihoods: Nigeria is overhauling its PPR (goat plague) control plan to better monitor and coordinate across borders, aiming for a PPR-free future. Digital Inclusion for Resilience: Nigeria hosts African telecom regulators as nearly one billion people in Africa remain offline, stressing affordability and local capacity to close the mobile internet gap. Energy Transition & Industry: Ghana’s downstream petroleum sector faces import-cost pressure as refining covers only a small share of demand, prompting calls for sustained investment and policy reforms.
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