Africa: Climate Summit 2025 – the Path to COP30

Africa: Climate Summit 2025 – the Path to COP30

Floods in South Asia, wildfires across North America, and record-breaking heat in Europe have underscored what scientists have warned for years: climate change is escalating faster than the political response. Against this backdrop, the UN Secretary-General is holding a climate summit during the high-level week of the General Assembly, pressing nations to raise their climate…

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Africa: Climate Summit 2025 – the Path to COP30

Africa’s Path Beyond UNGA – allAfrica.com

Partnerships That Reinforce Accountability, Transparency and Local Ownership, Argues — As the world gathers for the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), the global health agenda is once again under the spotlight. And how the playing field has changed in just one year! For Africa, UNGA is an unmissable opportunity to ensure that the continent’s…

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Africa: Climate Summit 2025 – the Path to COP30

Africa: Malawi Youth-Led Innovations Showcase Path to Food Security At Africa Forum

Malawi’s delegation at the Africa Food Systems Forum in Senegal is returning home energized with strategies to boost youth-led agricultural transformation, officials and entrepreneurs say. The annual forum brings together African governments, development partners, foundations, and private sector actors to explore solutions for food security, trade, and innovation. This year, the spotlight was on young…

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Maps show Hurricane Erin’s path off East Coast as it starts moving away from North Carolina shoreline

Maps show Hurricane Erin’s path off East Coast as it starts moving away from North Carolina shoreline

Hurricane Erin began moving away from the North Carolina coast on Thursday, turning northeastward after bringing tropical storm conditions to the state’s Outer Banks, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said as it cautioned people not to swim at most U.S. East Coast beaches due to “life-threatening surf and rip currents.” Erin isn’t expected to make…

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Africa: Climate Summit 2025 – the Path to COP30

Africa: Nigerian Criminologist Identifies Path for Citizen-Centred Policing in Africa

Nigerian criminologist, Dr Paul Bello, has urged law enforcement agencies across Africa to build legitimacy by embracing transparency, fairness, accountability and genuine community engagement. Bello made this statement in light of his research that examines the critical relationship between procedural justice, police legitimacy and citizen trust, which he describes as the three pillars essential for…

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Africa: Climate Summit 2025 – the Path to COP30

Africa: AU and Member States Chart Path for Women, Peace, and Security Agenda and Highlight National Progress in Cotonou Meeting

The Political Affairs, Peace and Security Department (PAPS) of the African Union Commission, through its Gender Peace and Security Programme (GPSP) and FemWise-Africa Secretariat, in partnership with Nett4Peace and GIZ, successfully convened Member States in Benin for the Annual Coordination Meeting on the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Agenda, marking 25 years since UN Security…

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