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africa white africa is calling for a
global plastic treaty
will the world listen the united nations
environment program
considers pollution as one of the three
threats our planet is currently facing
along with the climate crisis and the
loss
of our beautiful nature among all
sources of pollution and waste plastic
occupies the very very top every single
year human beings produce
300 million tons of plastic waste
including 11 million tons that
eventually wind up
in our oceans projected to nearly triple
by
2040 without urgent large-scale action
this assault on our ocean our source of
life and our livelihoods
is directly linked to the degradation of
the marine
ecosystem through climate change and
acidification around 99 of plastic
around the world
is derived from dirty non-renewable
fossil fuels
by 2050 the plastic industry could
account for 20 percent
of the world's total oil consumption and
plastic pollution could make up 13
of the total global carbon budget if
things don't
change drastically and humans care more
for their beautiful planet
madagascar madagascar erased generals
over ploctical president rajulina
high-ranking army and police officials
have now been arrested in madagascar
in connection with a failed attempt to
kill
the country's president the arrested
include five
generals and several active police
officers meaning 21 people are now being
investigated
over last month's foiled assassination
authorities have also seized a gun
and two hundred and fifty thousand
dollars local media has declared
the attempt on president andre
rajulina's life was among
ongoing turbulence rocking the island
nation four of those arrested are
retired national and foreign police
and military personnel while the final
five are civilians
several local people and foreigners were
arrested last week mr rajulina 47 years
old
initially seized power in 2009 for mark
ravalo manana
with the backing of the military
nigeria hush puppy police suspend abba
kyari
the police service commission has
suspended abba kharif
from office as a deputy commissioner of
police and head of intelligence response
team mr kerry's suspension
is currently based on the recommendation
of inspector general
of police usma baba the police chief
recommended the suspension as a
temporary measure
while the police investigate mr kyrie's
relationship
with popular fraudster ramos ramon
abbas popularly a nigerian instagram
celebrity who's facing criminal charges
in the united states for conspiracy to
launder money obtained from business
email
compromise frauds and other scams the
highly decorated officer
was indicted by u.s court as a
conspirator in a 1.1
million dollar fraudulent deal against
qatari
businessmen kenya shona newest
ethnic group in kenya forty 1649 members
of the shona community
who had been stateless have been
presented with citizenship
certificates in 2016 1.4 000 members of
the makonde community in kuala county
were granted citizenship in 2020 2.9
stateless shawn and rwandans received
recognition as citizens
in line with the constitution which
obliges the state to convert citizenship
on stateless persons the shauna
community helds from zimbabwe most of
them having arrived in kenya
as missionaries and their quest for
citizenship has lasted for years
rwandans whose parents came to kenya to
work as slaves for the british colonial
government
now also want to be recognized as
kenya's 44th
tribe ethiopia
ethiopian airlines denies airlifting
arms to tigran
ethiopia's national carrier ethiopian
airlines has denied reports that it
shipped
arms to the conflict hit region of
tigray
the airline said that after the airspace
was reopened it only
gave commercial essential services by
transporting civilians
flights to and from the tigran region
had been suspended because of the
current conflict that
started in november 2020. the airspace
was reopened in december 2020 then
closed again a few weeks ago
when tigra rebels started fighting
against pro-government forces
ethiopian airlines then says it had no
fight to the region
since the recent closure the airline
says the reports are from
people who want to defame and spoil its
image
they stated that the photos of uniformed
officers disembarking or old photos
and that it had never transported
soldiers to combat
areas nigeria nigeria receives
4 million covert vaccine doses from the
united states
nigeria received 4 million doses from
the of the moderna
covert 19 vaccine from the united states
on sunday
as the west african nation steps up its
efforts to battle a third wave
of infections it was the second batch of
vaccines to arrive in africa
most populous nation after four million
doses
were delivered in march under the covex
scheme
covex was set up to ensure the equitable
distribution
of vaccines particularly to low-income
countries and has already
delivered more than 80 million doses to
129 territories nigeria home to some 210
million people
used the four million doses of the
astrazeneca vaccine
in re received in march to start its
nationwide
inoculation program thank you for
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