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  • July 10
  • ANGOP Angola: Science Minister Happy With Visit to Fishing Institute

    The minister of Science and Technology, Maria Cândida Teixeira, said Thursday in Luanda she was satisfied with her visit to the National Fishing Research Institute (INIP).

  • Namibian Namibia: First Island Marine Protected Areas Launched

    DEPUTY Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Kilus Nguvauva, last week officially launched Namibia's first Islands Marine Protected Area (MPA) at the coastal town of Lüderitz.

  • July 9
  • Nation Ethiopia: Govt to Build Fourth Dam On River Omo

    Ethiopia will build the fourth hydro dam along the Omo River despite the concerns from environmentalists, the Nation has established.

  • America.gov Africa: Pirate Attacks Less Successful, Official Says

    More pirate hijackings have been prevented this year, thanks to self-protection measures and international coalitions, according to a State Department official.

  • July 8
  • Vanguard Nigeria: Omatseye Replaces Dosunmu As Nimasa Boss

    After weeks of speculations over the fate of Dr. Shamsideen Dosunmu as Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), the Federal Government yesterday announced his removal from office and his replacement with Mr. Raymond Temisanre Omatseye.

  • Shabait Eritrea: New Micro-Dam Constructed in Adi-Tekelezan Sub-Zone

    A new micro-dam has been constructed in Embaderho Tahtai administrative area, Adi-Tekelezan sub-zone, at a cost of about 1.2 million Nakfa through the collaboration of the Anseba regional Administration and partners.

  • Daily Trust Nigeria: 'Kafin-Zaki Dam Contract Not Awarded'

    Contrary to recent media reports, the Federal Government is yet to approve the construction of the disputed Kafin-Zaki Dam in Bauchi State let alone awarding the contract, Senator Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan, representing Yobe North, said on Monday.

  • This Day Nigeria: Water Management, Climate Change Threaten Lake Chad

    Director General of the National Space Research and Development Agency (NSRDA), Dr. Seidu Mohammed, yesterday in Abuja, said that Lake Chad Basin which is one of the largest freshwater lakes in the world was being threatened by poor water resources management and climate change.

  • July 7
  • The Citizen Tanzania: Resign Over River Pollution Deaths, Mwakyusa Asked

    A resident of Tarime District in Mara Region has called for the resignation of the Health and Social Welfare minister for allegedly ignoring the villagers' health problems.

  • ANGOP Angola: Kwanza Sul to Win Fish Warehouse

    A fish warehouse will be built soon in Angola's central Kwanza Sul province, under an investment to address conservation needs.

  • Daily Observer Gambia: Accessing the Aquatic Resources

    As discussed in our last edition, aquatic habitats are said to be those living things that grow or live in or near water.

  • Daily Trust Nigeria: 22 Drown in Canoe Mishap

    Twenty two persons, mostly women, died on Sunday when their boat capsized as they attempted to cross a river on their way to a naming ceremony in Jibu village of Wukari Local Government Area of Taraba State.

  • July 6
  • EA Business Rwanda: Govt Bans Fish Exports

    Rwanda Government has imposed a ban on exportation of unprocessed fish to ensure the sector attracts investors in processing plants. In fisheries' speak, processed fish should be salted, smoked or parked.

  • Nation Kenya: Country Set to Tap Power From Renewable Energy

    Kenya is fast-tracking its plan to boost renewable energy as hydro power increasingly becomes unreliable due to erratic rains.

  • Vanguard Nigeria: Shagari Dam Communities Get N741 Million Compensation

    The Federal Government has paid N741 million to the 31 communities affected by the construction of the Shagari Earth Dam in Shagari Local Government Area of Sokoto State.

  • Arusha Times Tanzania: A Rocky Cliff in the Middle of the Alkaline Lake

    Lake Natron is drying up again: common thing during drought times like these except that the incident may just be another early warning to volcanic disaster.

  • Namibian Namibia: Million-Dollar Bid to End Seal Clubbing

    THE brutal clubbing to death of thousands of Cape fur seal pups on the Namibian coast might come to an end if a South African animal welfare group can raise N$114 million to buy out the only remaining international company buying the skins.

  • July 2
  • This Day Comoros: Air Crash Survivor Speaks

    A 12-year-old girl, Baya Bakari, who is the only survivor of the Yemenia plane that crashed in Comoros Island has narrated how she was thrown into the ocean and watched her aircraft sink. 152 others are presumed to have perished in the accident.

  • IRIN Africa: River Blindness Drug Trial Launched

    Researchers are launching a clinical trial with 1,500 people infected with onchocerciasis (river blindness) in Liberia, Ghana and the Democratic Republic of Congo to test a remedy that could help stop transmission, according to drug manufacturer Wyeth Pharmaceuticals and the World Health Organization (WHO).

  • ANGOP Angola: Govt Adopts Measures to Preserve Aquatic Resources

    The Angolan Government approved Wednesday here measures of management of marine, continental and aquaculture fishing this year, meant a sustainable preservation of biological resources, enabling to assure their quality, diversity and renovation, Angop has learnt.

  • July 1
  • Nation Kenya: Drought Triggers Power Rationing

    Kenyans should brace for electricity rationing and higher bills as the Kenya Electricity Generating Company opts for expensive diesel engines.

  • Vanguard Nigeria: Benikurukuru Urges JTF to Unlock Delta Waterways

    A member of the Delta State Waterways Security Committee (DWSC), Chief Second Benikurukuru, yesterday called on the Federal Government to prevail on the Joint Task Force (JTF) to unlock barricaded waterways of the state to assuage the anguish of the people.

  • America.gov Somalia: State Department's David Foran Discusses Fighting Piracy [document]

    David Foran, a foreign service officer with the State Department's Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, answered questions in a June 30 CO.NX webchat on fighting naval piracy in the 21st century.

  • June 30
  • Vanguard Nigeria: Rivers Assures Residents On Flood Control

    RIVERS State government has assured residents of areas with drainage problem in the state capital that it was making efforts to address flood challenges in such areas.

  • June 29
  • East African Kenya: Govt Bids for Piece of Indian Ocean

    Kenya has moved swiftly to make public a policy on ocean management, a condition given by the United Nations before it is granted a massive territorial extension it applied for in the Indian Ocean.

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