The United Nations has said that the consumption of plastics in Nigeria jumped by 116.26 per cent within a period of 15 years to 1.25 million tonnes. The UN said this through its Industrial Development Organisation said plastic Read More
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Data from the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs has said that Nigeria’s population has reached 216 million in 2022. This, according to the UN agency, accounts for 2.7 per cent of the global population. Read More
The government of Morocco has set up a monitoring agency that would ensure the legal use of cannabis just before the North African country completes the legalization of cannabis resin. Morocco is the world’s Read More
Thousands of people have fled their homes as the conflict between the Congolese army (FARDC) and the M23 rebels rage on in the territory of Nyiragongo, near Goma, the capital of North Kivu. An estimated 3,000 Read More
Authorities have reported an attack on a military base in eastern Burkina Faso that claimed the lives of seven soldiers, leaving over 12 others injured. According to a statement by the army, a counter-attack successfully neutralized 15 Read More
On the peninsula often referred to as the Horn of Africa lies drylands that stretch up to 637,657 km2. This is Somalia, home to over 15 million people suffering from the harshest impacts of climate change as Read More
Amnesty International has asked the world and Madagascar’s government to step up relief efforts for over a million people affected by drought in southern Madagascar. More than a million people on Madagascar’s parched Read More
With close to half a million deaths from malaria in 2019, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa, the World Health Organization has approved for the first time a new vaccine that scientists have spent decades working on. However, Read More
A human rights worker for the Norwegian Refugee Council has reported the detention of up to 5,000 refugees in Lybia since Friday, October 1, 2021. The allegations were made on Sunday, after a crackdown on Friday by Read More
Local officials have said more than 120 civilians were massacred in Ethiopia’s Amhara region earlier this month by Tigray forces, but the group from neighbouring Tigray have denied their involvement. The killings in Chenna village, Read More
