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Growing role seen for Africa in climate fight
China Daily Global
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By SHARON NAKOLA in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2025-09-09 10:40 Heads of State and Delegates pose for a group photo during the Second Africa Climate Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Sept 8, 2025. [Photo/Agencies] Africa's...
AU, EU Urge African Countries to Harmonise Data Protection Governance Frameworks
This Day
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September 9, 2025
Oghenevwede Ohwovoriole in Abuja African Union (AU) and European Union (EU) have urged African countries to harmonise data protection frameworks for the continent’s data security. The two bodies made the call on Monday at the opening ceremony of a...
Top Stargazing Spots In South Africa For Night Sky Lovers
News18
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September 9, 2025
Last Updated:September 09, 2025, 10:29 IST South Africa: As night deepens, the sky reveals a breathtaking canvas, thousands of stars scattered like diamonds, with the Milky Way arching brightly overhead Stargazing is fast emerging as one such...
Environmental Friendly And Sustainable Food Growth Analysis Report 2025-2033 Focus On Organic Food, Plant-Based Or Alternative Proteins, Sustainable Seafood
MENAFN
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September 8, 2025
(MENAFN- GlobeNewsWire - Nasdaq) The growing environmental consciousness drives demand for sustainable food options, including plant-based proteins, alternative meats, and eco-friendly packaging. Technological innovation in food production and...
MRA Backs Adoption Of Information Integrity In West Africa, Sahel
African Examiner
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September 9, 2025
Posted by Ignatius Okpara African News, Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria Monday, September 8th, 2025 (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has welcomed the adoption of a Policy Framework on Information Integrity in West...
Africa's Creative Economy Takes Centre Stage at timbuktoo Creatives Hub in Cape Town
media update
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September 8, 2025
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in South Africa, in partnership with the Western Cape Government, the City of Atlanta, and other key collaborators, has announced that it has hosted the timbuktoo Creatives Hub Showcase at the...
African leaders seek to offer climate model after US pullback
WHTC - Michigan
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(Fixes positioning of the term COP30 in second paragraph) By Dawit Endeshaw and Duncan Miriri ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – African leaders aim to offer a global model for tackling the climate crisis through green investments, they said on Monday, after...
Africa Must Lead Global...
Capital
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September 8, 2025
As the 2nd Africa Climate Summit convenes, Greenpeace Africa has issued a powerful call for the continent to lead global climate justice by enforcing polluter accountability and protecting its vast forests. The environmental group is demanding...
Deadly pesticides linked to rising poisonings, suicides in South Africa
Mail & Guardian
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September 8, 2025
Accidental deaths: Products readily available in local shops are bought to deal with problems such as rats. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G) Last month, Cindy Stephen received a call on the Poisons Information Centre helpline from a concerned doctor at a...
SECAM Calls for “Africa-led, community-rooted and just” Solutions for Climate Crisis
ACI Africa
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September 8, 2025
“Rural communities, rich in indigenous wisdom, are laboratories of integral ecology and must shape pathways to sustainable development,” they say at the event they organized in collaboration with Laudato Si’ Movement in Africa (LSM), and Caritas...
Will NASA Kill a Pair of Critical Climate Satellites?
Inside Climate News
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September 8, 2025
As Congress returns to session this month, the fate of two satellites that have become integral to climate science hangs in the balance. The Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 and -3, or OCO-2 and -3, have been circling the globe for years, gathering...
The $12.7 billion problem that is causing some of Africa’s wealth to slip through the cracks
Business Insider Africa
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September 8, 2025
The African market, if maximized meticulously, could actualize significantly more funds than it currently generates. Funds which oftentimes are often erroneously flushed down the drain. A perfect example of the billions lost is vividly illustrated...
Africa Enters an Age of Optimism
Capital Finance International
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September 7, 2025
07 Sep, 2025 The upcoming UN General Assembly (UNGA) in New York presents an opportunity for world leaders to assess the drivers of global uncertainty. In doing so, Africa must not be sidelined. Genuine engagement with the continent is essential...
Somalia’s President Calls for Stronger African Climate Cooperation at Addis Ababa Summit
Shabelle Media Network
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September 8, 2025
ADDIS ABABA – Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Monday called for strengthened continental cooperation to tackle the escalating impacts of climate change during his address at the Second Africa Climate Summit held in Addis Ababa. In his...
Stakeholders advocate African-based clinical trials against prostate cancer
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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September 9, 2025
Stakeholders in the fight against prostate cancer have called on African governments and research institutions to prioritise Africa-based clinical trials, stressing that without homegrown solutions, men on the continent will continue to face late...
Roundup: African leaders call for enhanced climate solutions at 2nd Africa Climate Summit
Xinhua News Agency
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African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Mahmoud Ali Youssouf addresses the Second Africa Climate Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Sept. 8, 2025. African leaders at the Second Africa Climate Summit on Monday called for stronger climate action...
KOLONJI CONNECTS IN SHASHAMANE: ST. KITTS-NEVIS’ JOHN RAS KALONJI JEFFERS BUILDS BRIDGE BETWEEN AFRICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
Times Caribbean
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September 8, 2025
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia — September 8, 2025 — St. Kitts and Nevis’ cultural ambassador John “Ras Kalonji” Jeffers has once again placed the Federation on the international stage, concluding his visit to Ethiopia where he attended the 2nd...
ACCI unveils festival to showcase African creativity
Punch
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September 9, 2025
The Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry has unveiled its new Buy Africa, Build Africa Festival initiative to spotlight African products and strengthen intra-continental trade, as it announced the 20th edition of the Abuja International Trade...
Saba’s Sustainable Paradise: How the Caribbean’s Smallest Island Is Leading Big Environmental Change
Go World Travel Magazine - Colorado
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September 8, 2025
Aerial view of Saba. Photo by E. Hanger I boarded the puddle jumper plane for a 12-minute flight from St. Maarten to Saba; it was a race against time before sunset. The tiny commercial runway located on Saba’s jagged coast doesn’t have lights,...
A tribute to Philip Hull: A beacon of kindness and generosity in South Africa's motor industry
IOL
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September 8, 2025
The South African motor industry has lost one of its kindest and most altruistic souls, with the passing of Philip Hull on Saturday. As tributes poured in on social media following the news of his untimely passing, it became clear that many lives...