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Migrant Rescuers, Island Mayor Win UNESCO Peace Prize
UNESCO awarded its prestigious peace prize on Wednesday to migrant rescue association SOS Mediterranee and the mayor of...
Deadly Attack Near Egypt’s Old Monastery
St Catherine's monastery is located at the foot of Mount Sinai One policeman has been killed by gunmen who opened fire...
Nana Addo Takes Over From Mahama As Co-Chair of UN Group
As co-chair of SDG Advocates, President Akufo-Addo will work to promote the United Nations’ agenda of global...
Nana Addo Takes Over From Mahama As Co-Chair of UN Group
As co-chair of SDG Advocates, President Akufo-Addo will work to promote the United Nations’ agenda of global...
Drought Shatters Turkana’s Dreams of A Better Future
In just a few years water, oil and money would flow. Roads, schools and hospitals would follow. Turkana's generations...
Industry, Academic Partners Team Up To Fight Fake News
A global alliance of tech industry and academic organizations unveiled plans on Monday to work together to combat the...
‘Incitement’ Or History? Israeli-Palestinian Debate Rages
At Amin al-Husseini secondary school in the occupied West Bank, with an Israeli settlement visible in the distance,...
Benin Eyes Return of Colonial Treasures From France
Benin is asking for the return of treasures that were taken during French colonial rule from the end of the 19th...
UN Security Council Adopts Resolution Protecting Heritage
The United Nations Security Council on Friday strengthened its protection of global cultural heritage sites threatened...
Lowest Bidders Threaten Nepal’s Quake-Hit Heritage
Caretaker Deepak Shrestha padlocked shut the quake-ravaged remains of the Trailokya Mohan Narayan temple in Nepal's...
World Water Day: One In Four Children Will Live With Water Scarcity By 2040
One in four of the world’s children will be living in areas with extremely limited water resources by 2040 as a...
Wastewater Key To Solving Global Water Crisis
Recycling the world's wastewater, almost all of which goes untreated, would ease global water shortages while...
Archaeologists Discover Invisible Solution
The recent plundering of priceless artefacts from Syria and Iraq by both terrorists and criminal gangs has taken place...
Chad’s Ancient Ennedi Cave Paintings Defaced
Ancient cave paintings at a world heritage site in the Sahara desert have been defaced with graffiti, Chad's minister...
UNESCO Raises $75.5 Mn To Protect Heritage From War, Terror
Seven countries and an American donor on Monday pledged $75.5 million (70 million euros) to a UNESCO-backed fund aimed...
SEND Ghana’s Take On 2017 Budget
SEND Ghana has analysed Ghana’s 2017 budget and has come out with the following observations on key sectors and pro...
2017 Budget Silent On Funding of Office of Special Prosecutor
SEND-GHANA, a policy research, advocacy and livelihood promotion organisation, has called on government to explain how...
Unearthing 2,000 Years of History In Central Algiers
An archaeological treasure trove on the site of a planned metro station in central Algiers is set to become a museum,...
France’s Jarre To Play Israel In Aid of Dead Sea
Electronic music pioneer Jean-Michel Jarre says he will perform in Israel next month in a concert to publicise the...