NAIROBI, Feb. 12 — More than 70 African climate negotiators gathered in Nairobi on Tuesday for a two-day meeting aimed at advancing climate justice and
Washington, D.C., January 29, 2025 – On his first day back in office, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order to withdraw the United
Public Service Cabinet Secretary Justin Muturi disclosed that it took President William Ruto’s intervention to secure the release of his son, Leslie Muturi, who was abducted on June 22, 2023. Muturi is the first sitting minister to openly criticize the government’s handling of the abductions, a move that has sparked political and public debate.
More than 24.6 million people across Sudan—more than half of the population analyzed—are now experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or above.) This includes 8.1 million in Emergency conditions (IPC Phase 4) and at least 638,000 people in IPC Phase 5 (Catastrophe.)
FAO’s session, “Wrapping up a COP year: The role of agrifood systems across the three Rio Conventions,” emphasized how restoring degraded agricultural lands can achieve co-benefits such as food security, land degradation neutrality, carbon storage, and biodiversity preservation. The discussions focused on making agrifood systems efficient, inclusive, and sustainable to address global challenges.
BAKU, Azerbaijan, Nov 14 – UN Secretary-General António Guterres has stressed the importance of securing a climate finance deal at COP29, warning that developing nations
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