March 09, 2022
South Africa: What's Happening In South African News - March 9, 2022
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March 08, 2022
South Africa: What's Happening In South African News - March 8, 2022
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March 01, 2022
Africa: The Climate Crisis is Dire, But There is Hope if We Act Now #AfricaClimateCrisis
Scientists have once again given humanity a stark and urgent warning about the impact of human activity on the planet and the conditions necessary for human survival. Read more »
February 25, 2022
South Africa: What's Happening In South African News - February 25, 2022
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February 23, 2022
Kenya: Ongoing Drought Shows Why Kenya Must Invest in Scaling Up Agricultural Innovation #AfricaClimateCrisis
The prolonged drought impacting the north, which has left more than 2.5 million people on the brink of starvation and poverty, is only the latest in an increasingly short cycle… Read more »
February 17, 2022
South Africa: No Go for Shell as Court Upholds Interdict on Wild Coast Seismic Survey
The High Court in Makhanda has dismissed Shell and Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe's application for leave to appeal a ruling that temporarily halted a seismic… Read more »
February 15, 2022
South Africa: No Sacred Cows As Tshwane Cuts Power, Water to Recover U.S.$1,1 Billion
In a battle to ensure that they are paid what they are owed for providing services, the City of Tshwane - which includes Pretoria where President Cyril Ramaphosa's offices are -… Read more »
December 28, 2021
South Africa: Win for Fishing Communities as Court Pauses Oil Giant's Seismic Scanning
An interdict against seismic scanning by oil giant Shell has been granted by the Grahamstown High Court in Makhanda, IOL reports. This puts the oil giant's fuel exploration… Read more »
December 08, 2021
Sierra Leone: Entrepreneur Creates Clean, Affordable Energy for Sierra Leone's Rural Areas #AfricaClimateCrisis
Energy. Who has it, who doesn't, where it comes from and the consequences of its use are some of the greatest challenges we face. Read more »
November 25, 2021
Africa: The DRC Faces a Skills Shortage in its Quest to Manufacture Electric Vehicle Batteries in the Congo
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will develop a lithium battery industry and drive a regional value chain. Firm commitments have been signed, but the country will have to… Read more »
November 19, 2021
South Africa: Oil Giant Capitalising on 'Loophole' to Pursue Hazardous Seismic Scanning #AfricaClimateCrisis
A 2014 government decision to grant oil giant Shell permission to pursue seismic scanning of an area situated over 20km off the Eastern Cape coast has resulted in a cascade of… Read more »
November 25, 2021
Africa: Commitments Signed to Build an Electric Battery Industry in the DRC
The DRC-Africa Business Forum 2021 kicked off with a bang on Wednesday, November 24 in the Congolese capital. A series of firm commitments have been signed for the development of a… Read more »
November 23, 2021
Congo-Kinshasa: The Pitfalls to be Overcome for the Integration of the Congolese in the Value Chain of the Electric Battery Industry
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has all the potential to become an industrial hub for batteries and electric vehicles. To achieve this, the country of Félix Antoine… Read more »
November 11, 2021
Africa: Why Taking Climate Action Supports Global Health and Saves Money #AfricaClimateCrisis
What does health have to do with climate change? If you stop to think about it: Everything. Read more »
South Africa: No Time for Fossil Fools, Say Activists on South Africa's Push for Coal Power #AfricaClimateCrisis
Greenpeace Africa has criticised Minerals and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe, who at the opening of the Africa Energy Week conference in Cape Town called for "African solidarity"… Read more »
November 03, 2021
South Africa: Good Start But More Transparency Needed on Energy Transition Deal - Activists #AfricaClimateCrisis
A "historic" plan to create an U.S.$8.5 billion partnership to fund a climate finance deal for South Africa has been welcomed by climate and environmental justice groups along with… Read more »
October 29, 2021
Africa: Louder Global Calls for Leaving Fossil Fuels Behind #AfricaClimateCrisis
Activists from from across all regions of the planet are making themselves heard by calling for an end to the use of fossil fuels, as the COP26 climate talks are set to start in… Read more »
October 22, 2021
Africa: The Carbon-Burning Model of Development is a Dead End - UN Secretary-General #AfricaClimateCrisis
As the build-up and the stakes for the global climate talks intensify, the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has once again called for serious and solid… Read more »
October 21, 2021
Africa: Can Africa Exploit its Energy Reserves and Be Part of the Solution to Climate Crisis?
In the lead-up to the 26th global conference on climate next week in Glasgow, Scotland, nations, scientists and climate activists have begun to discuss the role of low-income… Read more »
June 04, 2021
South Africa: Is Africa's Biggest Polluter Capable of Transformation?
The public utility which supplies the vast majority of South Africa's electricity, Eskom, is the biggest polluter on the continent, according to a local non-governmental… Read more »
May 03, 2021
East Africa: Greenpeace, Energy Groups Take Wrong Approach to Tanzania, Uganda Crude Oil Pipeline
If someone were to put me on the spot and ask me to name an environmentalist group, I'd probably blurt out the first thing that comes to mind, Greenpeace. Read more »
February 24, 2021
Guinea: Guinea's Big Break
Africa has long suffered from underdevelopment, poverty, and disease. While the Americas, Europe, and certain parts of Asia have enjoyed the benefits of industrialization, digital… Read more »
February 10, 2021
Africa: UAE Commits to Advancing African Solutions to Shared Global Challenges
The conclusion of the African Union (AU) Summit on Sunday was an important moment to reflect on the pace of change across the continent and the friendship that my country, the… Read more »
January 26, 2021
Mozambique: As the Resource Bubble Bursts, Where Will the Rents Come From?
The "resource curse" occurs when global mining and gas companies share the surplus from resource extraction with a small local elite, and little reaches ordinary people. Economists… Read more »
October 26, 2020
Africa: African Union Seeks to Seize Initiative Over Nile Dam Talks
Days after President Donald Trump accused Ethiopia of breaking a deal he had negotiated over Egypt's rights to water from the Nile, the African Union is kick-starting renewed… Read more »