Africa: After Nearly 20 Years of Talks, UN Delegates Sign High Seas Treaty: [UN News] Secretary-General António Guterres has congratulated UN member countries for finalizing a text to ensure the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction, calling it a “breakthrough” after nearly two decades of talks. – AllAfrica News: Africa
Africa: ‘We Must Ensure That Low Carbon Transitions Don’t Harm Poor Countries’: [Africa Renewal] Paul Akiwumi, Director of UNCTAD’s Division for Africa, says LDC5 Conference in Doha is an opportunity to begin to tackle the problem – AllAfrica News: Africa
Africa: Who Is Joseph Kony? the Altar Boy Who Became Africa’s Most Wanted Man: [The Conversation Africa] Eleven years ago, a documentary catapulted the name Joseph Kony onto the global stage. The controversial film Kony 2012 told the story of a Ugandan warlord whose forces are believed by the United Nations to be responsible for the deaths of more than 100,000 people, the abduction of at least 20,000 children and the displacement of more than two million people. – AllAfrica News: Africa
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