Authorities and conservationists have launched a probe after at least 40 endangered vultures were killed in what appears to be the latest incident of mass poisoning. Although ... Read more »
Fishers in Lake Turkana near Loiyangalani town in Marsabit County use spears or harpoons, fishing rods and nets made from doum palm fibre to catch fish in this desert lake, but ... Read more »
In the spirit of finding "African solutions to Africa's problems", AU chair President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa has announced the resumption of trilateral talks between ... Read more »
Africa needs to prepare better for climate change by responding to a wide range of potential risks, a multi-agency report led by the UN World Meteorological Organization says.The ... Read more »
Typhoid fever and diarrhoea cases have fallen significantly in the capital city Kampala and the district of Kawempe, according to an African Development Bank report. Kawempe has ... Read more »
Most areas in Ethiopia, particularly the eastern part, experiences acute water shortages. The construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaisssance Dam, GERD, that began in 2011, is ... Read more »
Recently, news reports revealed plans by a Canadian oil and gas company, ReconAfrica, to explore for oil and gas in some of Africa's most sensitive protected areas. These areas ... Read more »
While governments in Senegal, Mauritania and The Gambia have been carrying out emergency food distributions to local communities in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, a new ... Read more »
Five days after wild fires broke out on Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's tallest mountain is still burning despite efforts to contain the flames, the Tanzania National Parks Authority ... Read more »
Illegal gold panning in areas surrounding Bulawayo's supply dams has contributed to perennial water challenges, the city's authorities have said. The local authority had decreed a ... Read more »
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