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A United Nations-backed team is touring Bougainville's outer islands this month, conducting climate change vulnerability assessments. A community leader making a point during the consultations on climate change impacts on Tasman Island, Bougainville. Photo: J.Poulsen/UNDP PNG Focussing on remote communities at high risk of climate impacts, the Building Resilience to Climate Change team has already visited a number of islands and atolls in the Papua New Guinea Autonomous Region. The team is on a 30-day sea journey during January, sailing to Nuguria, Tasman and Mortlock Island Groups, northeas...

The East African Thursday January 14 2021 Rwandan peacekeepers at polling station in the Central African Republic when the country went to the polls to choose its president on December 27, 2020. PHOTO | NACER TALEL | ANADOLU via AFP Summary Advertisement A Rwandan peacekeeper was killed and another injured in an attack on Wednesday morning by armed rebels on the outskirts of the city of Bangui in Central African Republic (CAR). A statement by the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the CAR (MINUSCA) condemned the attack, noting that the rebels directly targete...

Views: Visits 32 Under the directives of his highness Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, crown prince of Abu Dhabi and deputy supreme commander of the Armed Forces, the United Arab Emirates has sent to the sisterly Islamic republic of Mauritania an aid plane containing more than 10 metric tonnes of medical supplies, testing equipment and ventilators, in addition to a specialized medical team, to bolster the country’s efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19. Hamad Ghanem Al Mehairi, UAE ambassador to Mauritania, said: “the UAE is extending assistance to Mauritania today, in suppor...