LIFE ASTI FINAL CONFERENCE
19 MAY 2022 THESSALONIKI
The LIFE ASTI project and the Municipality of Thessaloniki are pleased to invite you to the Final Conference of the project, on May 19, 2022. The…
French Development Agency (AFD) is announcing €100 million in loans to Morocco. This financing is intended to strengthen drinking water and sanitation services in the areas served by five autonomous…
Flooding has displaced 4,000 people in Lagos in July 2021. To reduce the risk of flooding, the Nigerian authorities are considering the installation of a pumping station in this south-western city,…
In Zimbabwe, cement manufacturer Pretoria Portland Cement (PPC) is holding a stone-laying ceremony for the construction of a solar power plant equipped with a storage system. The facility, which will…
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There has been a growing demand for hybrid power solutions in the mining sector in Africa as evidenced by the approval of a solar system at Mozambique’s Balama Mine.
The approval of a solar and…
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Quezon City, Philippines, 6 May 2022 – Today, the Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines (CHR) issued the final report [1] of its multi-year investigation into 47 investor-owned corporations…
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UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is gravely concerned about the ongoing violence and insecurity in northern Mozambique. Conflict and displacement, compounded by extreme weather events has led to surging…
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Livestock are an integral part of Africa’s social, cultural and economic existence. It’s nearly impossible to envisage the continent devoid of its iconic humped cattle grazing in the savannahs, the…
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