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South Africa: Transnet Secures Deal to Support Clean Energy Initiatives
[SAnews.gov.za] Transnet and the French Development Agency (AFD), with support from the European Union (EU), have announced a major partnership aimed at accelerating the decarbonisation of South Africa’s ports and rail network.
South Africa: Transnet Secures Deal to Support Clean Energy Initiatives
[SAnews.gov.za] Transnet and the French Development Agency (AFD), with support from the European Union (EU), have announced a major partnership aimed at accelerating the decarbonisation of South Africa’s ports and rail network.
Nigeria: How Youth Unemployment Drives Deforestation in Rivers Community
[Premium Times] “I have been doing this work for one year and three months now,” he said. “My parents are poor farmers. I’ve written WAEC and passed, but there’s no money to continue school. This is the only work I have for now.”
Ghana: 80,000 Youth Benefit From Climate-Smart Agriculture Training
[Ghanaian Times] About 80,000 youth across the country are to be trained in climate-smart agriculture and waste-based entrepreneurship by Social Enterprise Ghana (SEG).
Africa: Chocolate Giants Fuel Deforestation in West Africa’s Last Rainforest
[Global Witness] An investigation by Global Witness links some of the world’s most popular chocolates, including Mars, Magnums, KitKat, Hersheys and Dairy Milk, to a new deforestation crisis in Liberia
Africa: Africa and Europe Can Shape a Fairer Global System
[UN News] The UN Secretary-General says the world is shifting fast towards a multipolar system – where power is spread across several regions instead of concentrated in one or two.
Tanzania: Over 600kg of Waste Removed From Mt Kilimanjaro
[Daily News] Arusha — TOURISM stakeholders, including guides and porters, have removed more than 600 kilogrammes of rubbish from Mount Kilimanjaro during a four-day cleanup campaign aimed at preserving Africa’s highest peak.
Liberia: ‘Ais Is Saving Us’ – Fishermen Testify As Nafaa Pilot Project Shows Success
[Liberian Investigator] Partee, who goes to sea almost daily, has been using his AIS without any issues since he received it.
Liberia: NUCFDC Threatens Finance Ministry Protest Over Delayed Community Forest Funds
[Liberian Investigator] MONROVIA — The National Union of Community Forestry Development Committees (NUCFDC) plans to hold a second protest, this time at the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning, due to what it describes as the government’s ong…
Tanzania: No Mine Water Threatens Public Use, Officials Say
[Daily News] Mwanza — RESIDENTS across the Lake Zone have been reassured that robust measures are firmly in place to prevent contaminated water from any mines flowing into public water sources.