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More than 2,000 people are feared buried in a Papua New Guinea landslide that destroyed a remote highland village, the government said Monday, as it pleaded for international help in the rescue effort.

Government pleads for international help in rescue effort

Papua New Guinea calls for international help in rescue operations after a landslide destroyed a remote highland village in Enga province, leaving "over 2,000 people buried."

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Local authorities said more than 2,000 people were buried alive by the landslide in Enga province, more than three times the death toll estimated by the U.N.

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All four Eskom coal-fired power stations that are currently maintaining electricity availability factors (EAF) of more than 75% are headed by women. This was highlighted by Eskom group executive: human resources Elsie Pule on Thursday. She was participating in a panel discussion at the Women in Energy breakfast at the Enlit Africa 2024 conference, at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. Every time a woman took over a power station, she affirmed, the EAF shot up. Eskom, a decade ago, cr...

In May, a UN expert group meeting in Geneva examined the progress made on UN Sustainable Development Goal 1, which calls for ending extreme poverty by 2030.

Africa has major opportunities for green economic development and could become a world-leader in it, UN Development Programme (UNDP) Regional Service Centre for Africa director Dr Matthias Naab highlighted at the Enlit Africa 2024 conference, in Cape Town, on Wednesday. He was launching the UNDP’s Africa Green Business and Financing Report, at the International Convention Centre. Africa contained 30 of the world’s 40 most climate vulnerable countries, he pointed out. And global clima...

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