Africa

Closing the Investment Gap (CIG) is a global initiative Canada is supporting alongside Denmark, Jamaica and the UN that has brought governments of nine developing countries over the past two years together with private sector investors to fund development projects that satisfy climate goals.

A Nova Scotia widower who received thousands of birthday cards last year after his daughter asked people to mail him their best wishes for his 92nd birthday has died, his daughter said on Tuesday, September 17, 2019.

Countries have agreed to limit the controversial sale of wild elephants caught in Zimbabwe and Botswana, to the delight of conservationists but the dismay of some of the African countries involved.

Zuhair Alshaer spends most of his day editing articles and organizing interviews with politicians for his Ottawa-based Arab Canada newspaper, to introduce Arabic-speaking new Canadians to federal politics.

Ontario researchers say they've come up with a way to store vaccines at higher temperatures for weeks at a time.

The U.S. is a hotbed of climate science denial when compared with other countries, with international polling finding a significant number of Americans do not believe human-driven climate change is occurring. Out of 23 countries, only Saudi Arabia and Indonesia had higher proportion of doubters

MP Tony Clement says he will not seek re-election, citing a desire to continue a "better lived life."

Two men in Africa's Ivory Coast have been charged for attempting to blackmail Canadian MP Tony Clement by posing as a woman online and demanding money after Clement shared explicit sexual images with them.

Canadian officials are condemning the killers of a Canadian mining company executive whose bullet-riddled body has been found in Burkina Faso.

Tarek Loubani says he knew it was risky providing medical care to protesters at the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel in May 2018. He travelled to the territory anyway, and he was shot by an Israeli sniper through both legs.

Nearly halfway through Canada's 12-month mission in Mali, questions and disappointment are emerging over what some experts see as the Trudeau government's lack of interest in the country — and peacekeeping in general.

Canada is not properly protecting diplomats and staff who face security threats at Canadian missions abroad, including many at high risk for terrorist attacks, violence and espionage, according to the federal auditor general.

The Canadian and Quebec governments announced on Tuesday, October 9, 2018, they are pulling their support for former governor general Michaelle Jean to remain atop the international organization of French-speaking nations, backing instead the "consensus" candidate from Africa.

International experts are asking for NGOs and governments to include women in their initiatives to fight against climate change in agriculture.