Africa: A New Generation Voices an Abiding Spirit #AfricaClimateCrisis

A decade after the death of Kenyan environmentalist and 2004 Nobel peace laureate Wangari Maathai, her daughter explains why her mother’s vision and example are as necessary… Read more »

Africa: A Healthy Environment is a Human Right, Says UN Body #AfricaClimateCrisis

Outdoor spaces is what most people have been craving during the Covid-19 pandemic, when a series of lockdowns across the world forced countless people indoors. And these enforced… Read more »

Africa: Climate Services are Crucial for Climate Adaptation But Underfunded, Report Says #AfricaClimateCrisis

Water. Where we get it, how much it costs, and its quality are inescapable questions, the answers to which are crucial for life on earth. And as our climate changes due to the… Read more »

Africa: Indigenous People at Centre of Protecting Ecosystems #AfricaClimateCrisis

Indigenous peoples are increasingly being acknowledged for their protection and management of land, water bodies and wildlife.  As their culture and livelihood are intimately… Read more »

Africa: Rich Nations 'Must Consign Coal Power to History' - UK COP26 President

This story originally appeared in Reuters and is published here as part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story. Read more »

Africa: Africa Is Calling For A Global Plastic Treaty. Will The World Listen?

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), considers pollution as one of three threats our planet is facing, along with the climate crisis and the loss of nature. Among all… Read more »

Africa: Clean Cooking - Lifting the Lid on Dirty Cooking Fuels

When world leaders gather at summits to discuss global issues, do they ever stop to ask how the food was prepared or by whom? We eat every day, yet how food is cooked and the… Read more »

East Africa: Africa Doesn't Need the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline

Africa does not need the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline. Read more »

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 »

Africa: More Protected Areas Not the Solution to Climate Change - Survival International

While humanity is scrambling to prevent the cascading effects of climate change, a new global plan to turn 30% of the earth into environmental sanctuaries by 2030 is not the… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: DRC Holds Key to Addressing the Global Climate Crisis

The road to a clean energy future runs through the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Read more »

South Africa: Howling Winds Worsen Cape Town Fires, Evacuations Continue

Firefighters in Cape Town, South Africa, have been battling fires on Table Mountain that began near Rhodes Memorial. Residents living in the Vredehoek suburb were evacuated, Walmer… Read more »

Africa: World's Biggest Stars Come Out to Support Global Citizen's Recovery Plan For The World

"The urgency to get a vaccine to everyone, everywhere cannot be underestimated. As a country, we will be joining efforts to help the world recover better by ending the pandemic as… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Scores Die in Congo River Boat Accident

At least 60 people died when a passenger barge carrying more than 700 people sank on the Congo river at night, Reuters reports. Read more »

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 »

Africa: U.S. President Biden Strikes New Tone in Relations With Africa

President Joe Biden has struck a new tone in U.S.-Africa relations, recording a video message which promotes a "shared vision" of more trade and investment, peace and security for… Read more »

Mozambique: Coastal City of Beira Braces for Another Hit

The Mozambican city of Beira and the region around it are bracing for the impact of tropical storm Eloise, expected to make landfall soon. Read more »

Africa: How Climate Change, Aid & Security Can Help President Biden Re-Engage Africa

Despite dire predictions, the Trump Administration's overall policy toward Africa represented continuity. Foreign aid continued; skilled diplomats were appointed and deployed to… Read more »

Sierra Leone: Freetown Receives International Support to Help Migrants Amid Covid-19

The city of Freetown has become one of five across the world to receive an award to help it expand a waste-management scheme aimed at helping young people in informal settlements… Read more »

Africa: Chemical Industry Targets Kenya for Dumping Plastic, Chemical Waste

Kenya has been a beacon for global efforts to reduce plastics. The country’s 2017 plastic bag ban reduced environmental degradation that comes from plastic waste and… Read more »

Nigeria: Authorities Must Urgently Heed Pledges to Counter Boko Haram Violence - Peace Scholar

The Boko Haram terrorist group claimed to have killed 78 people in Nigeria's Borno State last week. The bodies of at least 40 migrant rice farmers, working in Zabarmari village,… Read more »

Africa: Is Timber The Key For Africa's Sustainable Cities?

Can the future of Africa's cities be growing on trees? Read more »

Africa: Coronavirus Pandemic Hurting Small-Scale Miners, Says Report

The Covid-19 pandemic has hit small-scale mining hard, slashing incomes, exposing miners to greater risks and even increasing the use of child labour, says a new report issued on… Read more »

Uganda: Vanessa Nakate, Climate Activist from Uganda, Pens Letter Challenging Joe Biden

Vanessa Nakate wrote a letter asking U.S. President elect Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris what they are going to do about climate change, and also expressing her desire… Read more »

South Africa: Seismic Tremors the New Normal for Cape Town?

A 3.5 magnitude quake was detected in the northwest of Cape Town, early on Tuesday morning, November 17, Volcano Discovery reports. Read more »