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Nigeria: Yearly Dance Over Environment
Shell's annual meetings tend to follow a familiar routine: company officials report on the past year's activities and performance and activists call for more effective efforts to clean up oil pollution.
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Zambia: Decreasing Water Opportunity for Women
Decreasing water levels in the Lunkhwakwa River have created an opportunity for enterprising women of the surrounding areas to get involved in fishing.
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Kenya: Global Campaign on Wildlife Bill
Conservationists in Kenya have launched an international campaign to push the government to set up an emergency amendment to the country's Wildlife Bill.
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Nigeria: Shell Asked to Clean up Mess
UNEP
Friends of the Earth International announced that it will deliver to Shell CEO Peter Voser some 70,000 signatures of people who want Shell to start cleaning up the polluted Niger Delta.
Climate Talks Need Fresh Ambition
Bruce Guetner/Flickr
Sai Navoti, lead negotiator for the Alliance of Small Island States, says that at the UN climate negotiations in Bonn, Switzerland, "the devil is in the details".
'Desperate Times' for Zimbabwe Farmers
Khristopher Carlson/IRIN
While livestock normally represent wealth, poor rainfall and disappearing pastures are depriving farmers of a sustainable income.
Uganda: 2011 Worst Year for Wildlife
Flickr/Tom Vogler
Whistle blower reports indicate that the numbers of elephant, rhino, lion and leopard continue to decline due to poaching in protected areas.
Tanzania: Help for Drought-Hit Farmers
Guy Oliver/IRIN
Maize grows in Tanzania (file): Farmers living in Makutupora are using five varieties of maize seed that are being tested in an effort to help farmers adapt to the effects of climate change.
Shell Shuts Office as Ogonis Protest
Elaine Gilligan/Friends of the Earth
The Shell Petroleum Development Company has shut down its office in Rumoumasi area of Port Harcourt after hundreds of Ogonis and environmental activists staged a protest.
Kenya: Farmers and Brewers Toast Sorghum
Jaspreet Kindra/IRIN
Sorghum grains. Changing weather patterns are leading farmers to consider shifting to varieties of crops that are resistant to worsening droughts and floods.
Southern Africa: Expedition to Highlight Human-Animal Interface
FAO
Two conservationists will undertake a journey through six countries to highlight the successes and failures of nature conservation and human development.
Tanzania: Massive Kaolin Deposits Untapped in Pugu Hills
Anglogold Ashanti/MediaClub SA
Mining (file photo). Reserves of certified high-quality kaolin deposits lie untapped beneath Pugu Hills in Kisarawe district, not from from the capital, Dar es Salaam.
Smelter's Future Hangs in Balance
Zimplats
(file photo). The final report on an inquiry into alleged human and environmental poisoning by the Tsumeb smelter is expected to have far-reaching consequences.
Floods Cause Havoc in Kenya
Aliyu Adekunle/Vangaurd
Flooded streets (file photo): Scores have been left homeless and several people killed in flash floods in Kenya.
Zimbabwe: Questioning Sewage-Fed Vegetables
ILRI
Some farmers use sewage-infested river water to irrigate their small vegetable plots, although consuming produce grown with contaminated effluent carries health risks.
Zambia: Adventurer to Walk Length of Zambezi River
Victoria Falls 24
David Lemon. The 67-year-old Zimbabwean will soon begin a 10-month walk along the entire 3,540km-long Zambezi River to draw attention to the plight of elephants.
Uganda: Oil Pipeline Project Progresses
Robert Byaruhanga
An oil exploration site in Uganda. Plans to set up a Sh2.5 trillion facility that will refine the country's oil are in its advanced stages.
One Man's Trash is Another's Treasure
Selay Marius Kouassi/RNW
Séraphin Kapo makes a living as an informal waste collector. Informal workers are a crucial link in Abidjan's waste removal chain, but despite their importance, they are rarely acknowledged.
Uganda: Little Hands Go Green
Marc Hofer/UNESCO
A nationwide tree planting campaign dubbed 'Uganda's Little Hands Go Green' will front children as champions of environmental restoration.
Zimbabwe Ill-Prepared for Climate-Change
Kate Holt/IRIN
A woman stands outside her home and dried up maize crop in Zimbabwe. Despite previously insisting that the country could feed itself, the government has appealed to humanitarian agencies for help.
Cameroon: Massacre of Elephants
Radio Okapi
In Cameroon an estimated 450 elephants have been killed recently, endangering the existence of these protected animals in Central Africa as a whole.
East Africa: Reverting to Pastoralism
IRIN/Anthony Morland
In an effort to adapt to chronic shortages of rain, pastoralist communities in east Africa who had experimented with growing crops are reverting to herding livestock.
Climate-Smart Agriculture: A Triple Win
InFocus: Environment
The flow of traffic was paralysed for hours after bridges were submerged by floods. Several homesteads were also affected with all households items soaked in water and a number of ... Read more »
A recent study has revealed sizable groundwater resources underneath the continent, but experts say this may be difficult to access. Read more »
Top Headlines
- Cameroon: Forests Pressured As Leaders Welcome Palm Oil Investors (AlertNet)
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- Nigeria: FG to Generate 30 Percent Electricity With Coal in 2015 (Daily Trust)
- Rwanda: Gov't Backtracks On Wetland Report (New Times)
- Ethiopia: Expansion of Lake Beseka a Threat to Metehara (Addis Fortune)
- Mozambique: Signs of Recovery in Gorongosa National Park (AIM)
- Liberia: Ellen - Water Is Life (Heritage)
- Ghana: First Meeting of Green Climate Fund Board Postponed (Public Agenda)
- Liberia: Gov't. Ready to Dish Out Millions to WASH Sector (Informer)
- Liberia: CSO Frowns On WASH Sector Ministries (Heritage)
- Namibia: NMP Commits to Environmental Preservation (New Era)
- Namibia: Be Warned (Namibia Economist)
- Namibia: Understanding Weather - Not Predicting - 11 May 2012 (Namibia Economist)
- Liberia: GOL, WASH Launch Compact Awareness (Analyst)
- Ghana: Water - the Means to End Poverty (Public Agenda)
- Namibia: Recyclers Grow in Capacity (Namibia Economist)
- South Africa: Losing Natural Biodiversity Could Cost Us the Earth (Biz-Community)
- Mozambique: President Guebuza Visits Xai-Xai Water Supply System (AIM)
- Uganda: Nebbi School Storm Disaster Forces 300 Pupils Out (New Vision)
- Kenya: Global Campaign to Amend Wildlife Bill (The Star)
- Kenya: Coast to Go Without Water for Three Days (The Star)
- Kenya: Relaunch Wildlife Conservation (The Star)
- Kenya: Malindi Needs Two Million to Drain Off Rain Water (The Star)
- Kenya: Suspected Poacher Arrested in Mwatate (The Star)
- Tanzania: Minister Stresses Forests Conservation (Daily News)
- Zambia: While Men Go Drinking, Women Go Fishing (IPS)
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