Surging waters have burst through a dam, wiped out at least 20 villages and left at least 30 people dead but probably many more in eastern Sudan, the United Nations said on Monday, devastating a…
The World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland [File: Denis Balibouse/Reuters]
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) says it no longer expects to receive its first delivery…
Germany will donate 100,000 mpox vaccine doses from its military reserves to help address the outbreak in Africa, a government spokesperson announced on Monday. The donation aims to provide immediate…
Cradling her pet mongoose in her arms, Fabia Bausch sits watching the Tanzanian sunset among guests enjoying her curated “slow safari” experience at Chem Chem Lodge. The aptly named “Mongoo” chirps…
Here in Lesotho it is known as white gold – the water which plays such an important role in the country’s economy.
The engineering marvel at the centre of this is incongruous in the country’s…
Africa’s top gold producer Ghana will commission its first large-scale greenfield mine in more than a decade in November, with expected annual production of more than 350,000 ounces, the head of its…
Senegalese Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko officially set up Monday (Aug. 19) a commission tasked with reviewing the oil and gas contracts the country signed with multinational corporations.
The PM…
Sub-Saharan Africa’s march towards having more people of working age than China in the coming decades demands an urgent expansion of investment to avoid leaving the region behind, the world’s biggest…
At less than 3%, insurance penetration in Africa is significantly lower compared to other regions globally. The continent’s insurance penetration, measured as premiums as a percentage of GDP, is…
By 2050, one in every three young people on earth will be of African origin, according to the 2024 International Labour Organisation’s (ILO) Global Employment Trends for Youth report. Africa’s young…
The 27th edition of the Ecomondo event opens on 5 November 2024 in the Italian city of Rimini. On the menu: advances in digital technology in Europe and the Mediterranean basin.
From 5 to 8…
Digitising the solid waste management system to make collection, transport and treatment more efficient over the next few years. This is the ambition of the Algerian government, which recently…
The American Lung Association is among 40 national and international organizations backing efforts by the Smart Surface Coalition to reduce climate impacts in cities by rethinking the surfaces upon…
Sosian Energy, one of the companies chosen to build power plants in the Menengai geothermal field, has finally found a financial partner for its project. The partner is the Development Bank of…
The climate protest group Reclaim the Power had planned to hold a camp near Drax power station in North Yorkshire. Photograph: Gary Calton/The Observer
Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth have…
Opposition leader Peter Dutton speaks to shadow climate change and energy spokesman Ted O’Brien in June, when the pair announced seven sites where they say the Coalition would build nuclear…
United Nations secretary general António Guterres is expected to address the impacts of climate change and sea level rise on the Pacific region at the Pacific Islands Forum in Tonga. Photograph:…
Experts say increasing the wind speed at which turbines begin to spin could help reduce bat deaths. Photograph: Krystle Wright/The Guardian
Australian windfarm operators are being urged to embrace a…
Shotwick solar farm in Deeside, Wales. The government plans to triple the UK’s solar energy capacity by the end of the decade. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
Great Britain is on track…
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