Plastic pollution in the oceans has reached a stage where microplastics - pieces smaller than 5mm - now outnumber stars in our galaxy, according to UN secretary general ... Read more »
Deep sea diving for the worm-like marine animals - a delicacy selling for hundreds of dollars in Asia - can lead to death, injury or paralysis, but many young men in the Indian ... Read more »
South African High Court Judge Gerrit Muller has granted the Komape family leave to appeal parts of his judgment relating to the U.S.$156,000 claim for grief the family suffered ... Read more »
In 2008 and 2009, two incidents of massive oil spills from the Trans-Niger pipeline devastated the Bodo coastline destroying every living thing in the river. Bodo and other ... Read more »
Rising temperatures and worsening drought linked to climate change are now hitting coffee production - and fixing that may require moving many Ethiopian coffee fields uphill, ... Read more »
Environment Minister Vincent Biruta has said the continued use of some "avoidable plastic products" such as straws and disposable cutlery, remains a threat in the fight against ... Read more »
The counties that will be affected by the heavy downpour include Turkana, Marsabit, Samburu, West Pokot, Elgeyo Marakwet, Trans Nzoia, Uasin Gishu, Bungoma and Baringo, where 40mm ... Read more »
What is a compost toilet and how does it relate to Africa? That was the focus of my month-long trek through Tanzania, Uganda, and Kenya in March 2018. Since I'm considered a ... Read more »
The Lord's Resistance Army rebel commander, Joseph Kony, is increasingly amassing resources through lucrative deals in ivory from the DR Congo with Arab countries, a defector has ... Read more »
TV host Ellen Degeneres and her wife Portia de Rossi are in Rwanda to oversee the initial stages of the construction of the Ellen DeGeneres Campus that will be dedicated to the ... Read more »
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