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Dengue and malaria in particular have surged after flooding and the breakdown of sewage systems created breeding grounds for mosquitoes Surging cases of cholera, dengue and malaria are overwhelming hospitals in war-torn Sudan, aid workers say. Health infrastructure...
Khartoum – The National Umma Party in Sudan condemned, on Sunday, the arrest of the party's Deputy Chairman in North Kordofan State, Sadiq Gandour, by security forces in the city of Bara. The party's secretariat pointed out...

Trees, targets and trillions: what’s on the agenda at COP30?

Brasília (AFP) – This year's United Nations climate summit promises to be symbolic, marking a decade since the Paris Agreement and taking place in the...

Plastic pollution treaty not dead in the water: UN environment chief

Geneva (AFP) – The UN's environment chief insists that a landmark global treaty tackling plastic pollution remains achievable, despite talks twice imploding without agreement, and...

Antarctic sea ice hits its third-lowest winter peak on record

Washington (AFP) – Antarctica's winter sea ice has hit its third-lowest peak in nearly half a century of satellite monitoring, researchers said Tuesday, highlighting the...

Europe must step up efforts to protect environment: report

Copenhagen (AFP) – Europe is a world leader in the fight against climate change but must do more to protect its environment and improve its...

Planetary health check warns risk of ‘destabilising’ Earth systems

Paris (AFP) – Humans are gambling the very stability of Earth's life support systems, scientists said Wednesday, warning that ocean acidity was yet another key...

EU proposes new delay to anti-deforestation rules

Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) – The EU said Tuesday it will seek a new one-year delay to sweeping anti-deforestation rules cheered by green groups but assailed...

Brazil’s Amazon lost area the size of Spain in 40 years: study

Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (AFP) – Brazil's Amazon rainforest has shrunk by an area as big as Spain over four decades and is nearing a...

UK’s largest lake ‘dying’ as algae blooms worsen

Ballyronan (United Kingdom) (AFP) – For the third year running toxic blue-green algae blooms that look like pea soup and smell like rotten eggs have...

African Union chief calls for more ‘climate justice’ funds

Addis Ababa (AFP) – Africa, which emits only four percent of greenhouse gases but suffers disproportionately from the impact of global warming, called Monday for...

What is a haboob and what causes the kind of storm that hit Phoenix?

A massive wall of dust — called a haboob — hit the Phoenix area on Monday, with stunning images showing expansive plumes descending on the metro...

Tourism deal puts Ras Hankorab one of Egypt’s last wild shores of the Red Sea’s at risk

Wadi al-Gemal National Park (Egypt) (AFP) – In Egypt's Wadi al-Gemal, where swimmers share a glistening bay with sea turtles, a shadowy tourism deal is...

EU ready to do plastic pollution deal ‘but not at any cost’

Geneva (AFP) – The European Union is ready to do a deal to land a groundbreaking treaty on plastic pollution, but not at any cost,...

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