Electrifying Cooking: Decarbonizing Africa ’s Electricity Grid Towards Net Zero
Discussions around climate, clean energy, and women’s empowerment must find space in such high-level forums if there is to be any meaningful progress towards net zero.”
Muigai was speaking on the sidelines of a session dubbed ‘Electrifying Cooking: A Just Journey Toward Net Zero’ at the ongoing COP28 Summit in Dubai, UAE. As climate change increasingly becomes the most pressing issue facing humankind today, countries are urged to pursue ambitious climate actions towards net zero—the cutting of greenhouse gas emissions to as close to zero as possible, with any remaining emissions re-absorbed from the atmosphe...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - December 5, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Joyce Chimbi Tags: Africa Biodiversity Civil Society Climate Action Climate Change Climate Change Justice COP28 Development & Aid Editors' Choice Featured Food and Agriculture Global Headlines Health Sustainable Development Goals TerraViva Unit Source Type: news
Scientists launch research effort at COP28 for Congo rainforest
An agent of the Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) inspects a tree extracted from the Amazon rainforest, in a sawmill during an operation to combat deforestation, in Placas, Para State, Brazil January 20, 2023. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino//File Photo…#ibama #amazon #placas #parastate #brazil #unitednations #congoriver #sciencepanel #congobasin #raphaëltshimanga (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 3, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
How Canadian scientists helped uncover sexually transmitted cases of a deadlier mpox strain
A research team made up of Canadian scientists and researchers from the Democratic Republic of the Congo has documented the first known cases of a deadlier strain of mpox spreading through sexual contact. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - November 29, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Health Source Type: news
April Ryan Requests Meeting Between Biden And Music Icon Stevie Wonder
White House press corps veteran April Ryan drew chuckles when she eschewed the traditional press corps questions and asked Karine Jean-Pierre if President Biden would be “amenable to meeting with Stevie Wonder” to discuss his concerns with the administration. “I had an in-depth conversation with…#aprilryan #karinejeanpierre #steviewonder #votingrightsact #arkansas #supremecourt #congo #ronaldreagan #martinlutherkingjr #abcnews (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Is the New Mpox 'Outbreak' Deadlier?
(MedPage Today) -- An outbreak* of mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) has been detected in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported that the case fatality rate -- the percent of detected cases... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - November 27, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Congo-Kinshasa: WHO Confirms Spread of MPox in DR Congo
[allAfrica] Harare -- The World Health Organization said that it documented sexual transmission of mpox ( previously monkeypox ) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo for the first time during the nation's largest epidemic, a troubling finding that African scientists say might make it more difficult to stop the illness. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 27, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Central Africa Congo-Kinshasa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Source Type: news
Mpox Outbreak In DRC: Over 12,500 Cases, 581 Deaths, Says WHO Update
The Democratic Republic of Congo has never had this many Mpox cases. There was also the first documented case in the world of Clade I MXPV transmission via sexual contact (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - November 26, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Bruce Y. Lee, Senior Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation Science /science business pharma standard Source Type: news
OPEC+ Nearing Compromise In Spat With African Oil Producers Over Quotas
By Charles Kennedy of OilPrice.com The OPEC+ group has made progress in talks with its African producers over their oil output quotas next year, three OPEC+ sources told Reuters on Friday, after the alliance had to postpone…#charleskennedy #african #opec #angola #nigeria #congo #saudis #saudiarabia (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 24, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
UN confirms sexual spread of mpox in Congo for the 1st time
The World Health Organization said it has confirmed sexual transmission of mpox in Congo for the first time as the country experiences its biggest-ever outbreak (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - November 24, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Congo ’s New Rules Could Force Banks to Sell Stakes of Up to 45%
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Source: Reuters: Health - November 24, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Oil down more than 1% as uncertainty swirls over delayed OPEC+ meeting
Oil prices fell by more than 1% on Thursday, extending losses from the previous session, after OPEC+ postponed a ministerial meeting, leading to speculation that producers might cut output less than earlier anticipated. futures were down $1.04, or 1.3%, at $80.92 a barrel by 0230 GMT, after…#african #angola #congo #nigeria #opec #uae #helimacroft #rbccapitalmarkets #nigerdelta #saudiarabia (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 23, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The Countries Which Suffered Through Most Recession Years
Javier Milei was elected president of Argentina this Sunday after the far-right, ultra-libertarian candidate beat left-wing opponent Sergio Massa in a runoff election. Milei's views and his campaigning style can be described as fringe, as he announced his intention to abolish Argentina's central…#javiermilei #argentina #sergiomassa #milei #argentine #conferenceboard #libya #syria #juandomingoperón #congo (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Congo's Tshisekedi kicks off re-election bid with vow to consolidate achievements
[1/2] President Felix Tshisekedi, leader of Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS) walks with his wife Denise Nyekeru Tshisekedi as he arrives during the launch of the first official day of the campaign for the presidential election of December 20, in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of…#felixtshisekedi #kinshasa #tshisekedi #josephkabila #martinfayulu #exxonmobil #nobelpeaceprize #denismukwege #moisekatumbi #katanga (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Congo former PM drops presidential bid, backs joint opposition candidate
Democratic Republic of Congo's former Prime Minister Augustin Matata Ponyo on Sunday dropped his presidential bid and said he would back a joint opposition candidate following recommendations of four opposition candidates that met in South Africa this week. In a speech posted on his X social media…#augustinmatata #southafrica #matataponyo #moisekatumbi #katanga #pretoria #felixtshisekedi #tshisekedi #martinfayulu #congo (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Congo-Kinshasa: WHO Paid Sexual Abuse Victims U.S.$250 Each In DR Congo - Report
[allAfrica] Harare -- Dr. Gaya Gamhewage, the physician in charge of the World Health Organization's attempts to stop sexual abuse, went to the DR Congo in March 2023 to deal with the largest-known sex scandal in the history of the U.N. health agency: the mistreatment of more than 100 indigenous women by employees and others amid a fatal Ebola outbreak, Associated Press reports. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 14, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Central Africa Children and Youth Congo-Kinshasa Health and Medicine Human Rights Legal and Judicial Affairs Women and Gender Source Type: news
