Africa

HURUNGWE, ZIMBABWE - The impact of the pandemic has increased wildlife poaching around Zimbabwe’s national parks, as people who lost their jobs hunt the animals for food.  To help protect the animals…

The giant tortoise, one of nature's vegetarians. Or is it? This video shows the astonishing moment an Aldabra giant tortoise hunts and kills a noddy tern chick. It's the first time this behaviour…

Government to open more coal mines to boost power supply and jobs, but plan sparks fears over harm to wildlife and rising carbon emissions In contrast to the growing number of countries seeking to…

SA, like most of Sub-Saharan Africa, stopped using leaded petrol in 2006 Leaded petrol, a staple of motoring for nearly a century but blamed for more than 1-million premature deaths annually, has…

Ethiopian Electric Power stated that the country has planned to build 71 power projects demanding over 40 billion USD over the next 10 years. Ethiopian Electric CEO, Andualem Siae said the project…

Topic: KENYA YOUTH CLIMATE CHANGE DIALOGUE   Description:  Commonwealth Youth Climate Change Network Kenya and Youth for Our Planet Kenya have partnered to host Kenya Youth Climate Change Dialogue…

Madagascar is on the brink of experiencing the world's first "climate change famine", according to the United Nations, which says tens of thousands of people are already suffering "catastrophic"…

Overlapping crises have pushed the fragile east African country to the ‘cusp of humanitarian catastrophe’, with one in four facing food insecurity. Such was the horror that erupted in her village…

Firefighters in northern Morocco are battling to put out two forest blazes, a forestries official said Sunday as the North African kingdom swelters in a heatwave. "Non-stop efforts are underway to…

In South Africa, Eskom has announced the closure of several of its coal-fired power stations in the coming months and years. The state-owned company wants to rely on the renewable energies that have…

Kenya in east Africa is home to vulnerable and endangered species that include lions, giraffes and the world's only two surviving northern white rhino species. It is also a transit route for…

Governments urged to focus on reducing sulphur levels because fossil fuel use will rise quickly African nations need to spend about $15.7bn (R226.55bn) on their refineries to curb emissions and meet…

Ghanaian agri-tech startup DigiExt is helping farm cooperatives grow via a variety of tech-based platforms and then assisting them in selling their produce to processing companies and export agencies…

Alexandria, Egypt’s second-largest city and ancient capital, has long been threatened by rising sea levels. But in recent years, the rise has accelerated rapidly, endangering the economy, lives and…

Although last year’s edition was cancelled because of the pandemic, the Rencontres de la Photographie d’Arles returned this year with a series of groundbreaking exhibitions. One of the world’s most…

Officials in Nigeria - a hub for illegal wildlife trafficking - have seized a record amount of pangolin scales and claws and elephant tusks as the government attempts to combat the trade, the head of…

Acquittal comes after attorney general said evidence insufficient to prosecute for unlawful assembly A Ghanaian court has acquitted and freed 21 people who were arrested during a crackdown on…

When it comes to climate, Africa is the world’s most data-sparse continent, setting the region back in global negotiations. New weather stations and preserving old books will play a critical role.…

When we think of migration, we think of movement. We think of the movement of people simply looking for greener pastures – a better life for themselves. But we also think of war, of conflict, of an…

Survivors of sexual violence around the world have begun to speak out more in recent years. This has happened partly due to the #MeToo movement, which began in 2006 in the US and gained momentum…