January 13, 2003
Somalia: One Woman's Fight to Rescue the Environment
Somalia lost many things as a result of having no government for over a decade during the 90s, but one of the least obvious was an ability to protect its environment. Read more »
November 20, 2002
Africa: 'New-Variant' Famine: How Aids Has Changed the Hunger Equation
Just as HIV destroys the body's immune system, the epidemic of HIV and Aids has disabled the body politic. As a result of HIV, the worst-hit African countries have undergone a… Read more »
October 18, 2002
East Africa: African Ice Caps Disappearing
Like canaries in coalmines, which once signaled the existence of life-threatening gases before human miners could perceive them, tropical glaciers are a warning for our… Read more »
October 15, 2002
Africa: Famine in Africa is "Overwhelming the System"
The spread of famine in Africa now threatens well over 30 million people and is overwhelming the capacity of relief agencies to address the problem, the World Food Program warned… Read more »
October 12, 2002
Africa: Toxic Wastes Could Impact Africa for Generations
The UN estimates that 110,000 tons of obsolete toxic pesticides and associated wastes have accumulated in African countries in the last 4O years. These pesticides, sometimes in… Read more »
October 11, 2002
Africa: Industry Moves to Help Clean Up Toxic Wastes in Africa
Obsolete pesticide stockpiles have been identified in almost every African country. At least 50,000 tons of the outdated chemicals, as well as tens of thousands of tons of… Read more »
October 01, 2002
Southern Africa: Food Crisis - Slow Suffering In the Village
Skeletal children dying of starvation and the carcasses of livestock aren't yet found in the bone dry villages of Malawi's interior, but the dots connecting weather, disease and… Read more »
September 30, 2002
Africa: African Voices in the Streets of Washington
A South African unionist protesting the privatization of electricity, a Cameroonian development expert protesting an oil pipeline and a Tanzanian activist protesting plans to allow… Read more »
September 18, 2002
Chad: Chad Activist Wants Pipeline Put on Hold
The World Bank argues that the $4 billion Chad-Cameroon Pipeline Project provides an opportunity for one of the poorest regions in Africa to diversify its economy and increase… Read more »
September 04, 2002
Africa: WSSD in Johannesburg Ends on Uncertain Note
AllAfrica's Akwe Amosu watched on Wednesday in Johannesburg as U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell addressed the delegates at the World Summit on Sustainable Development and the… Read more »
Africa: More Water in South African Taps
The World Summit has ended with a new pledge to reduce the number of people without access to sanitation by half before 2015. Meeting in Johannesburg, the world leaders also… Read more »
September 03, 2002
Africa: Business Leader Says Governments Must Set Framework for Action on Environment, Development
After earning a doctorate in geology from Cambridge University, Mark Moody-Stuart joined the Shell oil company, rising to become the chair of the Royal Dutch Shell Group from… Read more »
Africa: Activist Entrepreneur Says World Should Be Set Alight With Concern About Climate Change
British scientist Jeremy Leggett's life has traversed the field of energy from diverse points: as a scholar at the elite Royal School of Mines at the Imperial College of Science,… Read more »
September 02, 2002
Kenya: Honey Money: A New Approach To An Old Problem In Kenya
Farouk Jiwa, 28 years old and a fourth generation Kenyan-Asian, went to Canada to study environmental biology. He returned home with a bachelor's degree and looked for a niche in… Read more »
Africa: Defiant Mugabe Lambasts Britain's Blair; Annan Calls for Action
The Zimbabwean president, Robert Mugabe, launched a blistering and bitter tirade against British Prime Minister Tony Blair, speaking on Monday to the World Summit on Sustainable… Read more »
September 01, 2002
Africa: Global People's Protest March Ends Trouble-free
The South African authorities, hosting the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD), feared the worst and deployed massive police reinforcements just in case. But a day of… Read more »
August 30, 2002
Africa: Demonstrations For and Against The Summit
There have been demonstrations throughout the first week of the World Summit on Sustainable Development by many different groups. But Saturday is the day for the biggest… Read more »
Africa: Greenpeace, Business Join Forces for Climate Change
A joint initiative announced this week in Johannesburg at the World Summit on Sustainable Development highlights the increasingly diverse range of organizations willing to work… Read more »
August 29, 2002
Africa: Business Embraces Call for Sustainable Development
Ten years ago at the Earth Summit in Rio, world business leaders were mostly in attendance to say "no" to any proposals for firm action to reduce greenhouse gasses, as well as to… Read more »
Africa: Nigerian Teens Wow Audience and Warn African Leaders
<i><b>Temidayo Israel Abdulai</b>, who is known as Dayo, is just 16, but he has already set up his own non-governmental organisation.</i> Read more »
August 28, 2002
Africa: Summit Moves Towards Accord - With Gaps
UN officials were upbeat Wednesday about progress towards an agreed plan of implementation in intensive negotiations at the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in… Read more »
Africa: Getting Markets Right: Food And Sustainable Development - A Roundtable (Part 2)
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) which receives its principal funding from 58 governments, private foundations, and international and regional organizations… Read more »
August 27, 2002
Africa: Brinksmanship and Compromise Co-Exist in Closed-Door Summit Negotiations
Hopes at the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg for broad agreement on globalization and trade measures have not yet been fulfilled. Read more »
Africa: Drought Demonstrates Need for Sustainable Development
World leaders, environmentalists, corporate CEOs and others who are in Johannesburg, South Africa this week for the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) need to look no… Read more »
Africa: Food And Sustainable Development - A Roundtable (Part 1)
Approximately 80 percent of Africa's population is engaged in some form of agriculture - mostly subsistence. But despite this great presence on the land, food security has remained… Read more »
