There is growing opposition among stakeholders on whether water hyacinth on Lake Victoria should be eliminated.
Illegal fishing by factory ships is costing African countries over $1 billion a year as the threat to fish stocks reaches crisis level.
About six communities, which Newmont and some chiefs claimed were non-existent, and dotted around the stream leading to the Subri River into which Newmont spilled cyanide recently, have called on the government and other stakeholders to relocate them.
The border between Uganda and Democratic Republic of Congo is being redrawn -- by a river!
The Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) is set to celebrate its tenth anniversary come next month.
The Egyptian government yesterday said it was ready to cooperate with other eight countries under Nile Basin to resolve their disagreements on the usage and access of River Nile water.
The recent recurrence, yet again, of the storm surge at Nigeria's premier beachfront - the Bar beach on Victoria Island - has raised many posers as to what actually the problem is, particularly with the unfortunate loss of lives. Incidentally, the answer can be found in a proper understanding of the nature of the wave structure that is responsible for the incidents, which in this instance are ...
EGYPT has never blocked Uganda from undertaking projects on the River Nile, the assistant foreign affairs minister, Mona Omar, has said.
TIMES have changed in this little-known village of Namaubi near the eastern border town of Busia.
Maun residents have accused the newly opened Letsholathebe Hospital of polluting Thamalakane River.
Forty corpses have so far been recovered while 15 people are still missing in a boat mishap that occurred along Nano river, boundary between Bukuro in Baruten local government council area of Kwara state and Yariwondo village in Republic of Benin just as the state government confirmed that no indigene of the state was involved in the incident.
There is no doubt that the hard bite of global economic meltdown is taking its toll on all the world economies and the African continent, even at that, some African countries are still forging ahead regardless of this challenge.
Senate yesterday directed its Committee on Water Resources to investigate the distortion in the Hadejia River system and the inefficient operations of Tiga and Challawa Gorge Dams in Yobe State.
Mozambique will become the latest country to receive assistance from the Commonwealth Secretariat to prepare a claim for additional areas of seabed.
In West Africa, the coast is more than just a simple marker between land and sea. It's also the home of millions - as much as 80 per cent of the populations of many countries live nearby - and a vital source of livelihoods and income thanks to the critical industries of fishing and tourism.
