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Jan
02
2021
By The African Mirror
New Year’s resolution? Slim your carbon footprint by a tonne in 2021

New Year’s resolution? Slim your carbon footprint by a tonne in 2021

ENVIRONMENT
GET fit, quit smoking, eat healthily. Most years begin with good intentions that often fall by the wayside as life gets busier again. But how about trying a different challenge for 2021 which goes beyond personal improvement and benefits the planet too? A new initiative offers guidance on how to shed planet-warming emissions rather than weight - and lets you keep tabs on how you're doing. Endorsed by the United Nations, the campaign 'Cut a Tonne in '21' launched on Tuesday, with a report detailing tangible ways to lead a more sustainable life and reduce your personal carbon footprint by…
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Jan
01
2021
By The African Mirror
Fireworks explode over empty streets as 2020 slinks away into history

Fireworks explode over empty streets as 2020 slinks away into history

NEWS
THE Sydney Opera House fireworks soared into the sky, but the harbour below was empty as a ghost town, a fittingly creepy send-off for a year that will not be missed. No light show will illuminate Beijing from the top of the TV tower. The lions of London's Trafalfar Square will be barricaded off. In Rome, crowds will not assemble in St Peter's Square, the Pope will lead no mass, and revelers will not make their yearly dive into the Tiber. The New Year's Eve ball will drop on Broadway. But in place of hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers…
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Dec
06
2020
By The African Mirror
U.N. warns 2021 shaping up to be a humanitarian catastrophe

U.N. warns 2021 shaping up to be a humanitarian catastrophe

NEWS
MICHELLE NICHOLS NEXT year is shaping up to be a humanitarian catastrophe and rich countries must not trample poor countries in a "stampede for vaccines" to combat the coronavirus pandemic, top U.N. officials have told the 193-member U.N. General Assembly. World Food Programme (WFP) chief David Beasley and World Health Organization (WHO) head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus spoke during a special meeting on COVID-19, which emerged in China late last year and has so far infected 65 million globally. The pandemic, measures taken by countries to try to stop its spread and the economic impact have fueled a 40% increase in…
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Nov
23
2020
By The African Mirror
W.H.O envoy fears third wave, calls Europe response to COVID-19 ‘incomplete’

W.H.O envoy fears third wave, calls Europe response to COVID-19 ‘incomplete’

COVID-19
A World Health Organization (WHO) special COVID-19 envoy predicted a third wave of the pandemic in Europe in early 2021 if governments repeat what he said was a failure to do what was needed to prevent the second wave of infections. "They missed building up the necessary infrastructure during the summer months after they brought the first wave under the control," the WHO's David Nabarro said in an interview with Swiss newspapers. "Now we have the second wave. If they don't build the necessary infrastructure, we'll have a third wave early next year," said Nabarro, a Briton who campaigned unsuccessfully…
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