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    IOC: Call for proposals for projects to strengthen coastal resilience in Seychelles and region

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The overall objective of the RECOS project is to strengthen the resilience of coastal ecosystems in the western Indian Ocean countries....

    Protecting cultural and ecological heritage for food sovereign communities in Africa

    Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com). By Venter Mwongera FAO Project OSRO/NER/605/ EC: Assistance to improve food security of vulnerable households in Niger – The project...

    IPCC Chair’s remarks – North-South Prize of the Council of Europe — IPCC

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Lisbon, 14 Dec 2023, 12 pm Your Excellency, President of the Republic, Mr. Speaker, Madame Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Madame Chair of...

    Healthy forests, healthy planet, healthy humans

    Covering 31 per cent of Earth’s land and providing a home to 80 per cent of all land-based species, forests are crucial to human...

    SDG stimulus could unlock $148 billion in debt savings: UNDP

    The report - Building blocks out of the crisis: The UN's SDG Stimulus Plan - was issued ahead of the G20 Finance Ministers and...

    African Women at the forefront of ending violence meted against the female gender

    Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com). By Imali Ngusale ; [email protected] in Bamako Mali 21-22 March 2023 Sexual, and gender-based violence are still rampant in Africa...

    World News in Brief: Time for climate justice urges UN chief, Ukraine war update,...

    Under the deal agreed by 193 countries in 2015 in the French capital, sticking to the limit will help humankind avoid the worst impacts...

    Bridging HIV Research and Multimorbidity at the 7th Public Health Conference

    Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com). The 7th Public Health in Africa Conference, set for 17-19 October 2023 at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Johannesburg,...

    Empowered girls voice their concerns, call for action on gender equality, health, rights, &...

    Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com). Girls from Mozambique, Rwanda, Uganda, DRC and Niger shared their concerns and calls for action at a Women Deliver...

    Green light for global greenhouse gas tracking network

    The landmark decision comes as heat-trapping greenhouse gas concentrations are at record levels – “higher than at any time over the last 800,000 years”,...

    WMO releases ‘tell-tale signs’ of extreme weather conditions around the world

    The clear need to do much more to cut greenhouse gas emissions was again underscored throughout events in 2022, said the UN weather agency,...

    Elgon Kenya partners with Ministry of Agriculture to reward young farmers

    Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com). Agro input company Elgon Kenya has partnered with the Ministries of Agriculture and Education to reward pupils and their...

    Climate change is undermining all SDGs

    Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com). By Checky Abuje At the half-time point of the 2030 Agenda, the science is clear that the planet is far...

    Cabo Verde ‘on the frontlines’ of climate crisis, says Guterres ahead of Ocean Summit

    The answer goes back to 2015, when the national Government detailed a strategic plan on how the blue economy would be a central part...

    Tackling climate mis/disinformation: ‘An urgent frontier for action’

    Scientists agree that climate change is real and is caused by unsustainable human activity such as the burning of fossil fuels, yet certain actors...

    DR Congo Achieves COVID coverage milestone

    Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com). Democratic Republic of Congo has crossed the 10% primary series COVID-19 vaccine coverage milestone, a significant achievement in a...

    Imagine a gender- equal a gender-equal world

    Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com). A world that is free of bias, stereotypes, and discrimination. A world that’s diverse, equitable, and inclusive. A world...

    Arab region registers world’s highest unemployment rate, UN survey finds

    However, the Survey of Economic and Social Developments in the Arab Region, published by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)...

    Over 20 million hungry as AU misses targets in “Year of Nutrition”

    Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com). Despite of many promises, commitments, and endorsements of policies, nearly three-quarters of African governments reduced their agricultural budgets while...

    Belarus: ‘Unprecedented level of repression’ must end, say UN rights experts

    “The practice of incommunicado detention of members of the political opposition and prominent figures sentenced to lengthy prison terms for voicing dissent increased in 2023,” the...

    Developing countries face ‘impossible trade-off’ on debt: UNCTAD chief

    Speaking in Geneva, Rebeca Grynspan said that between 70 and 85 per cent of the debt that emerging and low-income countries are responsible for, is...

    Bad news for Kenya as science links drought to Indian Ocean

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Adelyn Wangusi It is bad news for Kenya and countries such as Tanzania,Somalia and others who borders the Indian Ocean. New evidence...

    Türk calls for respect as rights council urgently debates Quran burnings

    Addressing the Human Rights Council, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk noted that the tome was the “core of faith” for well...

    A liveable future for all is possible, if we take urgent climate action: flagship...

    The study, “Climate Change 2023: Synthesis Report”, released on Monday following a week-long IPCC session in Interlaken, brings into sharp focus the losses and...