Ebene, Mauritius (PANA) – A six-year United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) project, to be implemented in Mauritius and Seychelles, was launched on Thursday, through video conference, by the Seychelles Minister of Agriculture, Climate Change and Environment, Mr Flavien Joubert, in Ebène, Mauritius, the Mauritius Government Information Services (GIS) has reported. The [...]Full text...

Ne York, US (PANA) - Countries should adopt ambitious new targets to tackle HIV/AIDS to avoid hundreds of thousands of additional infections and deaths linked to the COVID-19 pandemic, the UN said on Thursday. In its appeal, the specialised UN agency, UNAIDS, warned that the pandemic has pushed the world’s AIDS [...]Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - African ministers of environment will meet here from 30 November to 4 December to discuss a plan to effectively respond to environmental threats posed by the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, an official source told PANA Thursday. The UN Environmental Programme (UNEP) Regional Office for Africa [...]Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union’s Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said here Thursday it was intensifying its efforts to prepare countries in Africa to receive and immunize at least 60 per cent of the African population starting April 2021. Africa CDC Director John Nkengasong said [...]Full text...