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Al Gore Helps Commemorate Launch of Suntech Low Carbon Concept Museum
Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. has launched the Low Carbon Concept Museum at Suntech Headquarters. Al Gore, Chairman of the Alliance for Climate Protection, former Vice President of the United States, and a world-renowned environmental advocate, was...
The Gambia Energy Ministry Launches Campaign on Energy Efficiency, Conservation
The Gambian Ministry of Energy, in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on Thursday kick started a nationwide sensitization campaign on energy efficiency and conservation, at a ceremony held at the Kanifing Municipal Council...
United Nations Development Programme to Honor Outstanding Zimbabwe Volunteer
The United Nations will in December honor an outstanding Zimbabwean organization or individual who has excelled in voluntary community work during 2009 with an award. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) said the winner of the Zimbabwe National...
Al-Qaeda Linked Somali Rebel Group Al-Shabab Bans International Relief Organizations From Operating in the Country
The Al Qaeda-linked Somali rebel group of Al-Shabab has announced that all international relief organizations are banned from operating in the country especially in areas under their control. Al-Shabab spokesman in the southern Jubba regions Sheik Hassan...
Seychelles to Receive Funds to Bring Pirates to Justice
Seychelles will be able to claim financial assistance from a trust fund to bring pirates in the Western Indian Ocean region to justice. Official sources here indicated that the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia, which coordinates the activities...
U.N. Mandate in Sudan Extended for Another Year
The Security Council has extended the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) for another year, urging all parties to fully comply with the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) that ended a 21-year civil war between north and south...
Aid Workers Abducted in Somalia on Monday Released Just Hours Later
Four U.N. staff members who were abducted earlier on Monday by unknown armed men in south-central Somalia have now been released, the world body has confirmed. “They were all released safely to UN security on Monday at 22:10, local time,”...
Mauritius Launches Home Electricity Generation Project
The Mauritius government has set up the Small Independent Power Producers which will allow all households in the country to produce electricity from renewable sources.
