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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).
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.
Ethiopia will build the fourth hydro dam along the Omo River despite the concerns from environmentalists, the Nation has established.
More pirate hijackings have been prevented this year, thanks to self-protection measures and international coalitions, according to a State Department official.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A fish warehouse will be built soon in Angola's central Kwanza Sul province, under an investment to address conservation needs.
As discussed in our last edition, aquatic habitats are said to be those living things that grow or live in or near water.
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.
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.
Kenya is fast-tracking its plan to boost renewable energy as hydro power increasingly becomes unreliable due to erratic rains.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
Kenyans should brace for electricity rationing and higher bills as the Kenya Electricity Generating Company opts for expensive diesel engines.
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.
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.
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.
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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