Congo president says Kinshasa hospitals 'overwhelmed' by coronavirus
HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/CONGO:Congo president says Kinshasa hospitals 'overwhelmed' by coronavirus
Aid groups to G7: honour pledges or risk failure at climate summit
Advocacy groups said G7 countries had to deliver on a promise of $100 billion a year to adapt to the impacts of climate change
Somalia's Puntland moves to ban female genital mutilation
Banning female genital mutilation (FGM) would help curb the centuries-old practice in Somalia, which has the world’s highest rates of FGM, say campaigners
UK's Prince Charles says private sector needed to stand chance of solving climate crisis
Charles told the business chiefs that, working together with governments, 'we can move ... mountains'.
Australian floods turn fatal as Sydney shivers through cold snap
Temperatures in Sydney, the country's most most populous city, drop to just 10 degrees Celsius (50 degree Fahrenheit), a 37-year record
Child labour rises globally for the first time in decades
Child labour rises to 160 million, with millions more children at risk due to COVID-19
Canada's British Columbia grants indigenous request to defer old-growth logging
The protest revives a debate about protecting ancient forests and questions over whether environmentalists have a right to tell indigenous communities how to manage their resources
Clean energy investment needed to avert emissions surge in developing world, says IEA
While developing and emerging economies account for two-thirds of the world's population, they receive only one-fifth of investment in clean energy
If he hits you, he loves you: Zimbabwe tackles myths and violence
The national gender-based violence hotline answered nearly 7,000 calls from women in distress, a 40% increase from 2019
Global supply chain squeeze, soaring costs threaten solar energy boom
The situation suggests slower growth for the zero-emissions solar energy industry at a time world governments are trying to ramp up their efforts to fight climate change