Namibia launches project to enhance food security amid rising climate risks

Namibia on Tuesday launched a new adaptive agriculture initiative to strengthen the resilience of drought-affected farming communities and improve food security across five regions. Speaking at the signing ceremony in Windhoek, Namibia’s capital, Ndiyakupi Nghituwamata, executive director of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water, and Land Reform, said the project will support vulnerable households in…

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S. Africa to “take commercial break” from G20 activities during U.S. presidency: spokesperson

South Africa said Thursday that it will temporarily step back from the Group of 20 (G20) activities, after the United States, the new rotating presidency, confirmed it would not invite Pretoria to participate. “For now, we will take a commercial break until we resume normal programming,” Vincent Magwenya, spokesperson for South African President Cyril Ramaphosa,…

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