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BRINGING SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES ONLINE IN AFRICA

ESA is now working with satellite operator Avanti Communications to bring a swathe of new affordable Internet services to more people across sub-Saharan Africa through the Hylas-4 telecom satellite, due for launch next year.

2016: Another low year for declining Arctic sea ice

Measurements of the extent of summer Arctic sea ice reveal that 2016 has been the joint second lowest year on record.

World leaders must invest in better data on children - UNICEF

UNICEF is calling on world leaders to invest in better data on children, warning in a new analysis that sufficient data is available only for half of the child-related Sustainable Development Goals indicators.

Greenpeace Russia team attacked by armed masked men

A Greenpeace Russia volunteer firefighting team were in medical care after being attacked overnight in their camp in the south of the country by a group of eight armed men, on 9 September.