Environment

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation reports that fortifying bouillon cubes in Nigeria with iron, folic acid, zinc, and vitamin B12 could prevent up to 16,6 million cases of anemia and save 11,000 children from neural tube defect-related deaths by 2050. The foundation calls on world leaders to increase investments in global health, focusing on child nutrition and well-being amid the growing climate crisis. The World Health Organization estimates that 148 million children are stunted, while 45 million are affected by…

Four Ugandan environmental activists have been obtained on the French National Assembly on Wednesday, March 16. They got here to attraction in opposition to TotalÉnergie's mega oil mission in Uganda. The firm intends to speculate in native firms and create…

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The younger environmental activist, together with three different environmental activists, was obtained on the French National Assembly on Wednesday 16 March. They advocated the oil mega-project TotalÉnergies in Uganda and warned parliamentarians concerning the…

In Fort Dauphin, within the far southeast, suspected incidents recorded since mid-February in rivers and lagoons across the mining firm QMM (a subsidiary of Rio Tinto) are worrying. Yesterday, throughout a joint press convention, the Minister of the…

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One month earlier than the primary spherical of the French presidential election, a number of associations and NGOs have known as for demonstrations on Saturday, March 12, in France to defend the local weather. In Paris, in line with the organizers of the…

In Chad, the oil tanker ExxonMobil is in the knife segment with its employees. The American multinational, which operates the Doba oil basin in the south of the country, announced a few months ago its intention to sell its assets to an English company. But the terms of this departure do not suit the employees who have entered into a quarrel with the American company. Yesterday, the employees even…

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The rivers Tshikapa, Kasaï, Fimi and Kwilu have been affected by significant pollution since the end of July. Fish and aquatic animals were found dead. According to the Congolese authorities, this pollution is due to the activity in a diamond mine in the Angolan province of Lunda Norte, where Tshikapa comes from. According to the government, 13 of the 18 health zones in Kasai province are affected and…