June 07, 2017
South Africa: Reports of Deaths as #CapeTownStorm Intensifies
The storm in Cape Town has claimed the lives of five people, including a 60-year-old man. Read more »
June 06, 2017
Africa: allAfrica Under the Weather - Office Closing for #CapeStorm
The Cape Town office for AllAfrica Global Media will be closed on June 7, 2017, after the South African Weather Service issued a warning of mudslides, flash flooding, hail and… Read more »
June 05, 2017
South Africa: Easy Ways to Save Water Around the House
It's World Environment Day and the Western Cape continues to battle severe drought. Residents can do their part by employing these water-saving tips to help ease the strain on… Read more »
June 02, 2017
Africa: With or Without The US, Africa Must Push Ahead With Paris Climate Pledges
The decision by President Trump to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement on climate change will be greeted with anger, dismay and incomprehension across the African… Read more »
November 16, 2016
Africa: Industrializing Africa - the Green Way
When industrialization is mentioned I get a bit uncomfortable. Don't get me wrong I'm not "anti-progress". It's just that that word conjures up images of big polluting factories,… Read more »
November 14, 2016
Africa: So What's the Big Fuss About No-Till Agriculture?
Soil needs nurturing. Like any living organism it requires just the right combination of nutrients and organic matter in order to be healthy. A tenet of conventional agriculture… Read more »
September 23, 2016
Mozambique: Quake Shakes Central Province
An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale was recorded late on Thursday, September 22, in the southern province of Manica, in central Mozambique, according to Verdade.co.mz. Read more »
March 16, 2016
Africa: Too Many Boats Are Chasing Too Few Fish
Some market women milled around on a sweltering Monday afternoon at the Elmina fishing harbor near the port city of Cape Coast, in the central region of Ghana. Others sat chatting… Read more »
March 07, 2016
Africa: How to Adapt to Beat Crippling Droughts
Right now, 14 million people across southern Africa face going hungry due to the prolonged drought brought on by the strongest El Niño in 50 years. Read more »
February 22, 2016
Africa: Crossroads for UN Environmental Body That Helped Put Climate Change on Global Agenda
With little over 1000 employees, an annual budget equivalent to that of a medium-sized corporation and headquarters in a developing country (Kenya), the United Nations Environment… Read more »
January 14, 2016
Africa: Mobile Phone Access Explodes Across Africa
The overwhelming majority of Africans - more than nine in every 10 people - now have access to mobile phones, says a new Afrobarometer survey of the continent's infrastructure. Read more »
October 07, 2015
Africa: African Civil Society Under Threat, Warns Mary Robinson
The decline of human rights on average across Africa is worrying Mary Robinson, the former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and now a special envoy on climate… Read more »
September 29, 2015
Africa: Don't Just Make it Sexy, Walk the Talk on Women, Youth in Agriculture
Melissa Britz is reporting from Zambia at the African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF 2015), and spoke with Sylvia Mwichuli, the convener, about her expectations and hopes for the… Read more »
July 23, 2015
Kenya: A Kenyan Mother's Fight to Save Her Community from Lead Poisoning
As environmental activist Phyllis Omido ascended the stage at the San Francisco Opera House to accept a prize for her efforts to close down a dangerous lead smelter, the crowd… Read more »
July 15, 2015
Africa: Good Governance and Democracy Make for Better Land Use - Expert
On the sidelines of the recent meeting on climate science in Paris, AllAfrica spoke with Ephraim Nkonya, a senior research fellow at the International Food Policy Research… Read more »
July 09, 2015
Africa: African Scientists Promote Solutions to Mitigate Climate Change
Leading African experts at the scientific conference in Paris which is preparing for the next round of global climate change talks in December have been discussing their work with… Read more »
July 08, 2015
Africa: Will Africa Be Heard At Climate Science Talks?
The global scientific community is meeting at a conference in Paris this week to strengthen the consensus on the science which explains changes to the planetary climate system in… Read more »
June 05, 2015
Africa: Panel Calls for Ten-Fold Boost in Power for Africa
Africa can boost its capacity to generate power - and, as a result, economic growth and jobs - without precipitating catastrophic climate change, argues Kofi Annan. Read more »
Africa: Africa's Leaders Must Take 'Decisive Action' to Generate Clean Energy - Kofi Annan
Some African countries are already leading the world in low-carbon, climate-resilient development, says Kofi Annan, in the annual report of the Africa Progress Panel. Read more »
March 02, 2015
Africa: Degraded Ecosystems Threaten Africans' Welfare
African countries need to grow their economies to meet the needs of their people. However, this can only be done while ensuring that the productivity and viability of the… Read more »
December 01, 2014
Cameroon: Taming Waters for Health, Jobs in Yaounde
More than half the world's eight billion people will be living in cities within five years, demographers predict – and Africa is at the forefront of that transition. Read more »
October 13, 2014
Botswana: Could Mining Help Conserve Okavango Delta?
Understandably, the mining industry is not perceived as a bastion of environmental preservation. That many of the world's minerals and hydrocarbons are found in pristine… Read more »
September 24, 2014
Africa: Climate-Smart Agriculture Needed to Address Undernutrition
Much has been said about the challenges that humankind faces as the climate shifts. It is time to talk about the opportunities. Read more »
September 03, 2014
Africa: Agriculture Needs to Get Smart - Climate Smart
We've heard from African leaders like Kofi Annan and Nigeria's Agriculture Minister Akin Adesina about the potential for agriculture to create jobs and transform livelihoods. A key… Read more »
September 02, 2014
Africa: Need to Create Jobs? Try Agriculture
The agriculture sector is more effective than the oil and gas sectors not only at creating jobs but boosting growth says, the Africa Progress Panel and Sipho Moyo of One during a… Read more »