ROME – The world needs concerted efforts to urgently address the global fertilizer market crunch in which farmers, especially smallholder farmers from the developing world, are priced out of production due to the high cost of inputs. We cannot allow global fertilizer accessibility problems to become a global food shortage. Reconnecting fertilizer markets is critical. […]
Continue ReadingFollowing are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks at the Twelfth Annual Desmond Tutu International Peace Lecture, in Cape Town, South Africa, today: It is a pleasure and it is a deep honour to be with you for the Twelfth Annual Desmond Tutu International Peace Lecture. I would like to extend the special greetings of […]
Continue ReadingThe President of the Republic, Head of State, HE Mohamed Bazoum, received on Wednesday morning, October 5, 2022, the Administrator at the African Development Bank (AfDB), Mr. Désiré Guedon, on a consultation mission in Niger. Mr. Guedon told the press that he had come to Niger “to collect the orientations and instructions of the […]
Continue ReadingDUBAI — OPEC+ will consider an oil output cut of more than a million barrels per day (bpd) when it meets on Oct. 5, OPEC sources told Reuters on Sunday. The figure is slightly above estimates for a cut given last week, which ranged between 500,000 bpd and 1 million bpd. OPEC+, which […]
Continue ReadingWater stress and hazards like withering droughts and devastating floods are hitting African communities, economies and ecosystems hard, according to a new report launched on Thursday by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The State of the Climate in Africa 2021 reveals that rainfall patterns are disrupted, glaciers are disappearing and key lakes are shrinking. […]
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