Nice, France – Thursday, 13 June 2025 – As global leaders gather in Nice for the third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3), UNESCO is proud to unveil a bold new initiative to strengthen the resilience of marine protected areas (MPAs) in the...
On 5 December 2024, managers from the 51 UNESCO World Heritage marine sites convened online with experts from UNESCO and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) to share best practices in managing tourism sustainably across...
In The News 04 Feb 2025 In the face of escalating climate challenges, local communities hold immense potential to drive meaningful change. With their deep understanding of local environments, actors, opportunities, and barriers, they are uniquely...
MILAN, ITALY, September 8, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- • Starting tomorrow, Gastech 2025 will convene more than 50,000 attendees over four days, uniting government ministers, industry leaders, and innovators from 150 different countries around...
NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania – A team of U.S. Army Civil Affairs Soldiers from the 360th Civil Affairs Brigade, 478th Civil Affairs Battalion (Airborne), deployed in support of U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF), is currently...
H.E Dr William Ruto, President of the Republic of Kenya, and Coordinator of CAHOSCC; H.E. Mohamed Ould Cheikh Mohamed Ahmed Ould Ghazouani, President of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania and Chairperson of the African Union; Heads of State and...
Robust margins drive record free cash flow of over $600 million On track for $650 million in return of capital to shareholders in 2025 Development projects advancing on plan TORONTO, July 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kinross Gold Corporation (TSX:...
Doha: President of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania HE Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani affirmed that the Israeli aggression against Doha represents a new episode in a long-standing series of aggressive policies pursued by the Israeli...
MAURITANIA – Mauritania has unveiled plans to establish a US$446 million large-scale sugar production project in the Foum Gleita region, beginning early next year. The initiative is designed to produce 250,000 tonnes of sugar annually and meet 63%...
Rabat – Moroccan Minister of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development, Leila Benali, spoke today in Nouakchott about the need to implement an African mining framework (ESG) that integrates governance as well as environmental and social...
If climate finance is not grant-based and additional, governments may be forced to cut equity-enhancing programmes such as primary healthcare, maternal and child health and essential medicines, the report said. African countries are pouring scarce...
Mauritania has just crossed a threshold that could redefine its place in the global energy order. With first gas from the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) project flowing on 2 January 2025, a frontier state has moved into the ranks of energy producers...
Mauritania signed a 25-year fishing agreement with China in June 2010. After 15 years of overfishing by Beijing’s industrial trawlers, artisanal fishermen in Mauritania now struggle to fill their nets due to depleted fish stocks and the...
Morocco ranked 135th in addressing climate change as part of promoting global justice in 2021, far behind countries such as Gabon, which came 8th globally, Guinea-Bissau in 24th place, and Zambia in 25th place, according to the 2024 Global Justice...
Mauritania's former economy minister Sidi Ould Tah took office Monday as head of the African Development Bank, vowing to build a "robust and prosperous" continent despite US aid cuts. The AfDB is one of the world's largest multilateral development...
Today, on the International Day of Democracy, CIVICUS underlines the critical importance of active citizen participation. Open civic space is essential to safeguarding human rights and fundamental freedoms which are the foundation of democracy. We...
ABIDJAN: Mauritania’s former economy minister Sidi Ould Tah assumed leadership of the African Development Bank on Monday, pledging to foster a robust and prosperous continent amid significant financial headwinds. His inauguration comes during a...
