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Biodiversity Day: Protecting humanity’s ‘life-support system’

Village Reporter
“On the International Day for Biological Diversity, we reflect on our relationship with humanity’s life-support system, from the air we breathe and the food we eat, to the energy that fuels us and the medicines that heal us, our lives are wholly dependent on healthy ecosystems,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres said. “Yet, our actions are devastating every corner of the… Read More
Africa Business World 

Paymentology and Blackbullion South Africa to empower financially savvy youth

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Paymentology, the leading global issuer-processor in empowering banks and top-performing fintechs with advanced payment solutions, is proud to announce its partnership with Blackbullion South Africa, a leading financial literacy platform. The partnership is aimed at promoting financial literacy among youth in South Africa by sponsoring young people from Amathuba Collective on the Blackbullion South Africa platform. Amathuba Collective is a… Read More
Europe 

Green light for global greenhouse gas tracking network

Village Reporter
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 warned. Data from Earth and space The new Global Greenhouse Gas Watch will combine observations from Earth and from space with modelling, to fill critical information gaps. It will build on WMO’s experience in coordinating… Read More
Pacific 

‘No time to spare’: Israel-Palestine ceasefire holds, but hunger, tensions mount

Village Reporter
“There is no time to spare,” said Tor Wennesland, the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process. “We must take action, not only to ensure Palestinian well-being and governance, but as an integral part of ending the occupation and restoring a political horizon toward a viable two-State solution, based on UN resolutions, international law and previous agreements,” he… Read More
Pacific 

Unprecedented joint call to shield children on the move from violence

Village Reporter
With more than 42 million children displaced worldwide and increasing exposure to multiple forms of violence, the Office of the Special Representative on Violence against Children co-launched a new brief, Protecting the Rights of Children on the Move in Times of Crisis, which draws on past lessons, and outlines key principles to boost child protection. In this unprecedented joint call,… Read More
Africa Featured World 

Afrobarometer set for fieldwork after planning meeting in Accra

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Afrobarometer, an African data gathering organization has announced it is set to roll out its next series of surveys expected to be conducted in 40 African countries. The network successfully concluded its round 10 planning meeting in Ghana, setting the stage for upcoming field work. At its Accra meeting high-profile policy makers and thought leaders as well as the network’s… Read More
Africa Business World 

IFX Brokers: A Quick Guide to their Account Types

Elwin Mandowa, , , , , ,
IFX Brokers is a leading South African online broker, providing traders with cutting-edge tools. IFX Brokers offers private and institutional clients a convenient one-stop-shop for trading and investing by way of the cutting-edge MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5 platforms for online trading of over 200 products in 6 asset classes. IFX Brokers Account Types Standard, Premium, VIP, Islamic, Swap-Free, and… Read More
Europe 

Ukraine: Power loss at nuclear plant underscores ‘highly vulnerable’ safety situation

Village Reporter
This marked the seventh time that Europe’s largest nuclear power plant had been completely disconnected from the national electricity grid since the start of the full-scale Russian invasion 15 months ago, the agency said, noting that the facility was forced to run on emergency diesel generators once again.  The plant’s only remaining external 750 kilovolt power line had been cut… Read More
Africa Nigeria News and Headlines World 

Foreign students in the UK to be banned from bringing family over

Elwin Mandowa, , , , , , ,
Foreign students in the United Kingdom would no longer have the chance to invite their families to come over. UK’s current immigration law allows for dependants to accompany their spouses or parent(s) who have a valid student visa. But the UK government is concerned about what it calls rocketing numbers of migrants and wants to control that. The UK authorities… Read More
Africa Featured Nigeria News and Headlines West Africa World 

Nigeria busts narcotics worth $1.2m

Elwin Mandowa, , , , , ,
Nigerian authorities have seized a 30kg consignment of methamphetamine valued at $1.2m. The substances seized by the anti-nacotics agency was to be shipped to the UK through the main airport in Lagos. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in a statement said the methamphetamine consignment was concealed in powdered custard containers as part of a consolidated cargo going to… Read More
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