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DevelopmentEconomy

The Gambia: Stimulating sustained and all-encompassing growth 2023-2027

By Ben Eguzozie Though recovering from tourism, its economic mainstay, The Gambia needs urgent policy paradigm shift from low value-added tourism to a...

AgricultureClimate ChangeEconomy

Rising Food Insecurity in West Africa, Sahel

By Azubuike Ibemesi The outlook for food security in 2024 in West Africa and the Sahel is bleak. This projection is contained in...

DevelopmentEditorial

THE QUEST FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE

FROM THE EDITOR The search for climate justice has been brought about by the unequal and the inequitable effects of climate change on...

Climate ChangeEnvironmentHeadline News

COP 28 and the Quest for Climate Justice

By Nnimmo Bassey The foundation for voluntary emissions cut by nations was laid in the Copenhagen Accord (2009) and consolidated in the Paris...

Climate ChangeEditorial

CLIMATE ACTION DEFORESTATION IS A GIANT STEP BACKWARDS

According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, Nigeria holds the ugly record of having the world’s highest deforestation...

AgricultureClimate ChangeDevelopmentEnvironment

Rice production in West African countries will increase in 2024 – OCHA

Rice production in Nigeria and other West African countries will increase in2024.West Africa Regional Supply and Market Outlook, coordinated by the UnitedNations Office...

AgricultureEconomy

Nigeria, Others to Experience Reduction in Grains Production

Nigeria and the rest of  West Africa are expected to experience a significant decrease in the production of maize, sorghum, and millet this year.According to the West...

Climate ChangeDevelopment

COP28 and the Quest for Climate Justice

By Nnimmo Bassey The foundation for voluntary emissions cut by nations was laid in the Copenhagen Accord (2009) and consolidated in the Paris...

Climate ChangeDevelopmentEnvironment

AU Countries Collaborate To Improve Environmental Challenges

By Ijeoma Olorunfemi Nigeria and 39 other AU countries have agreed to collaborate to ensure that environmental issues bedeviling the continent are ameliorated...

Climate ChangeDevelopmentEconomyEnvironment

Côte d’Ivoire blazes off with West Africa’s first Net-zero fossil fuel project from the Baleine oilfield

By Ben Eguzozie At the end of August, Africa Oil Week (AOW), which is the voice of E&P, the global platform for stimulating...