There's been a lot of news this week, not only about World Earth Day but also about the spring meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in New York in the United States of America.
Afrik21’s main news items on World Earth Day, which will be celebrated on 22 April 2022, include the wave of drought that the Sahel has been experiencing for the past few weeks. It has even caused a number of deaths in Mali.
World Earth Day celebrated in unprecedented heatwave in the Sahel
To mark World Earth Day, the Bezos Earth Fund has announced the launch of a Grand Challenge to provide $100 million in funding for the development of artificial intelligence (AI) in the service of nature and the climate.
Bezos Earth Fund releases $100m for AI to help the climate and protect nature
We also learned this week that Eritrea is the country with the highest poorly managed waste index (IMS) in the world, at 97.3%. The information comes from a new report by EA – Earth Action, based in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Plastic treaty: will it save Eritrea, the country with the worst management index?
However, in Tanzania, the World Bank has decided to suspend its funding for the extension of Ruaha National Park.
TANZANIA: The World Bank suspends funding for the extension of Ruaha Park
And then, at the spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank, a bold plan was launched to electrify 300 million Africans by 2030. It will be co-financed by the World Bank and the African Development Bank (AfDB).
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