February 11

• National Civil Protection Director Works in Cabinda

  ANGOP

  The national director of Fire and Civil Protection, Commissioner António Vicente Gimbe is in Cabinda since Thursday for a working visit in the ambit of the launch of the... Read more »

• State Secretary Pleased With Water Coverage Level

  ANGOP

  The State secretary for Water, Luís Filipe da Silva, said to be happy with the covering degree of water supply to the population resident in Golungo Alto district, northern... Read more »

• Ministry Disbands Coast Water Board

  Nairobi Star

  The government has disbanded the Coast Water Services Board with immediate effect following weeks of infighting. Read more »

• Mombasa Leaders Reject Garbage Collector

  Nairobi Star

  A MAJOR row is brewing between an NGO and Mombasa leaders after it was claimed that the organisation has looted millions of shillings from a garbage collection project. Read more »

• NEMA Orders Lake Naivasha Cleared

  Nairobi Star

  Structures on the riparian land around Lake Naivasha will be demolished. The National Environmental Management Authority has directed that all structures on the nearby Lake... Read more »

• Water Shortage Hits Amagoro

  Nairobi Star

  An acute water shortage has hit Amagoro and its environs forcing residents to fetch the commodity from streams and boreholes. Read more »

February 10

• Ravaged By Drought - the Number of Malnourished Children Rises

  IPS

  Mariem Mint Ahmedou sits cross-legged on a worn-out carpet in a basic tent built with mud bricks and layers of sewn-together fabric. Her eight-month-old twins, Hussein and Hassan,... Read more »

• Fears of a New Drought As La Niña Returns

  IRIN

  The climatic conditions linked to the drought in the Horn in 2011 have persisted, and some early warning officials say the aid community should brace themselves for a possible... Read more »

• Smugglers Force 22 Overboard in Boat Tradedy

  UN News

  At least 11 people have drowned and another 34 are missing in the latest boat tragedy in the Gulf of Aden, the United Nations refugee agency reported today. Read more »

• Domestic Consumption Is Main Contributor to Growing E-Waste [press release]

  UNEP

  West Africa faces a rising tide of e-waste generated by domestic consumption of new and used electrical and electronic equipment, according to a new United Nations report. Read more »

• Women Engineers Promote Low-Carbon Cooking

  AlertNet

  Engineer Anna Dembele's smile broadens as she shows off the low-carbon cooking kits she makes. The association she belongs to now plans to promote use of the equipment across Mali,... Read more »

• Imagining the Great Green Wall of Africa [analysis]

  ISS

  Despite the United Nation's recent declaration that the deadly Horn of Africa famine of 2011 has finally ended, it remains an obvious and inescapable certainty that the continent... Read more »

• Mines Threaten the Environment

  RNW Africa

  While mining is the cornerstone of many African economies, the industry has a dark side. Across the continent, millions are struggling with the environmental, health and social... Read more »

• High Prices Expected to Cause Famine

  Radio Dabanga

  An economist at the American University in Cairo, Dr Hamid Tijani Ali has said he expects Sudan to face famine conditions in the near future, due to restrictions on the... Read more »

• Cleaner Energy Sources Grow

  SANF

  Southern Africa will in the next few years experience a gradual increase in the uptake of cleaner energy sources that could result in reduced carbon emissions. Read more »

• Greenpeace Criticizes Zuma on Energy [press release]

  Greenpeace

  In his annual State of the Nation address this evening, President Zuma showed a total disregard for sustainable energy, asking citizens to save power until the two coal-fired power... Read more »

• Increase in Electronic Waste Threatens Environment

  UN News

  West Africa is facing a significant increase in waste generated by electronic equipment which poses mounting health and environmental risks, according to a United Nations report... Read more »

• 'Probe Mutukula Water Project'

  Observer

  The minister of state for Environment, Flavia Munaba, has called for an investigation in the water department of the ministry of Water and Environment after reports emerged that... Read more »

• Oil Boom - Conservationists Raise Eyebrows Over Threats to Nature

  Monitor

  It's time to celebrate Uganda's oil and gas exploration in the oil fields of Mputa, Waraga, Nzizi and KingFisher? Oil is feared to be a curse to the environment much as petrol... Read more »

• Swanu and Nudo Concerned Over Buffalo

  Namibian

  SWANU and Nudo have expressed concern over the apparent lack of adequate veterinary patrols in the central eastern region which allowed buffalo to enter the farming area, and... Read more »

• Chief Wants Tafo Decongested By KMA

  Ghanaian Chronicle

  NANA AGYIN Frimpong II, Tafohene, has directed the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) to embark upon a massive demolition exercise in the Tafo Township and its environ, to... Read more »

• Help On the Way for Ngobi Community

  BuaNews

  Mmatsheko Pine from the Ngobi area in Hammanskraal will be pleased to know that the President has answered her call and help is on the way to fix the water problem in her area. Read more »

• MONUSCO Invites Political Actors to Preserve a Peaceful Environment and to Use Legally Prescribed Channels to Resolve Disputes [press release]

  Monusco

  The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) takes note of the announcement by the Independent National Electoral... Read more »

• New Agip Spill, Indigenes Fear Fire Outbreak

  Leadership

  The people of Biseni clan in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State yesterday raised an alarm over a new oil spill from an oil well belonging to the Agip Oil Company in the... Read more »

• Mutagamba On the Spot Over NFA Director

  Independent

  Members of parliament yesterday put water and environment minister Maria Mutamba to task to explain how the new National Forestry Authority executive director Michael Mugisa was... Read more »