June 12, 2018
South Africa: Shocking Video Shows Fishermen Laughing as They Beat, Stab Seal Pup
Graphic cell phone video footage circulating on social media shows a seal pup being beaten by a pair of fisherman, HeraldLive reports. Read more »
May 30, 2018
Africa: 'It's a Big World, Everyone Shits, and Everyone Needs a Toilet'
What is a compost toilet and how does it relate to Africa? That was the focus of my month-long trek through Tanzania, Uganda, and Kenya in March 2018. Since I'm considered a… Read more »
February 26, 2018
Africa: Science Can Reverse 'New Normal' of Hunger and Climate Disaster
In 2017, climate and man-made disasters sent shockwaves across the world. Read more »
February 21, 2018
Mozambique: Water Restrictions Stay Put for Maputo
Mozambique authorities have announced a return to water restrictions of 2017 due to the scarcity of water in the Pequenos Libombos reservoir, Verdade Online reports. Read more »
February 13, 2018
Zimbabwe: Poachers Wield Cyanide as New Weapon Against Elephants
The poaching of elephants on the continent has dramatically increased, with poachers increasingly turning to poison instead of using their noisy rifles as police and park rangers… Read more »
January 15, 2018
South Africa: A Glass Half Full - Preparing for Day Zero
Level 6 water restrictions are here - this means the crisis in the Western Cape has intensified to the point where 'Day Zero' is looking more real by the day. Read more »
October 09, 2017
South Africa: Heavy Snowfall, Thunderstorms Warnings Issued for South Africa
The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has issued a warning for an "intense cut-off low" system that will affect several regions of the coutry, including the Western Cape,… Read more »
August 31, 2017
Niger: Hundreds of Homes Destroyed in Flooding
After last week's catastrophes in Maradi and Zinder, which left seven people dead and more than a thousand affected, torrential rains in the capital Niamey on Saturday destroyed… Read more »
July 09, 2017
Africa: What the G20 Said on Africa
Excerpts most directly applicable to Africa drawn from the declaration of leaders of the G20 nations, issued after the leaders' summit in Hamburg on July 7 and 8: Read more »
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 »
