As a high-level meeting by the Department of Water and Sanitation assesses whether the severe water restrictions in Cape Town and surrounding areas can be relaxed, residents of ... Read more »
Kenyan scientists have joined their contemporaries in the United States, New Zealand and Colombia in researching means to reduce harmful methane emissions by breeding less ... Read more »
Aminu Masari, the governor of Katsina State, says that at least 44 people have been reported killed after a heavy downpour in Jibia. Dozens have been declared missing and thousands ... Read more »
For more than two years, residents of Port Harcourt have woken up nearly every day to a skyline dusted in soot, which often blots out the sun, and coats cars, buildings, and ... Read more »
Halima Sheikh Ali is the proud owner of one of the few ATMs in Wajir town in northeast Kenya. But rather than doling out shilling notes, it dispenses something tastier: a fresh ... Read more »
The City of Cape Town has said its disaster co-ordinating teams were working to mitigate any possible problems caused by flooding after heavy downpours severely affected several ... Read more »
Cape Town Executive Deputy Mayor Alderman Ian Neilson has said that the dreaded Day Zero - the day when most of the taps will be turned off - will not happen in 2018 or 2019. ... Read more »
Adaptation Futures 2018 - one of the largest gatherings of climate scientists, practitioners and business leaders - has taken place for the first time on the African continent, ... Read more »
Despite higher than anticipated levels of winter rainfall and a powerful cold front, the city still faces a drought unless much more rain falls, the South African Weather Service ... Read more »
They tree has over 300 uses. The leaves, rich in iron, can be boiled and eaten like spinach. The seeds can be roasted to make a coffee substitute or pressed to make oil for cooking ... Read more »
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