August 26, 2002
Senegal: Farming with Windmills
Ahead of the World Summit for Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg, allAfrica.com's Ofeibea Quist-Arcton travelled to the farming village of Mboro, in Senegal, 150… Read more »
Africa: Sustainable Development Summit Opens With Calls to Action
The World Summit on Sustainable Development has opened in Johannesburg with exhortations from South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki and its secretary general, Nitin Desai, to end… Read more »
Africa: Focus on Accountability and Responsibility for Results
Ten years after the Earth Summit in Rio, the United Nations is hosting another global meeting to discuss strategies for development that are environmentally, socially and… Read more »
August 23, 2002
Africa: 'Alarm Bells' Should Be Ringing About the Impact of Global Warming in Africa
The changes in the global climate, commonly known as global warming, are having devastating consequences in Africa. A report published this week by the World Wildlife Fund states… Read more »
Africa: Africa Must Not Be "Marginalized in Johannesburg", Says Summit Official
African heads of state must work together at the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) to make a strong case that the continent's needs are a global concern, says Jan… Read more »
August 13, 2002
Africa: Call for 'Sense of Urgency' as Johannesburg Summit Approaches
Actual progress on the ground is far slower than hoped and in many cases we are going backwards, Nitin Desai, Secretary-General of the World Summit on Sustainable Development… Read more »
August 11, 2002
Senegal: Brief Rain Fails to Dent Drought and Famine Threat
'Alhamdoulillah ('Thank God') is the prayer of most Senegalese after the first rains in almost a month fell on Saturday night in the capital, Dakar and other parts of the country. Read more »
July 18, 2002
Africa: US Inching Closer To Consensus on Sustainable Development Summit
High-level officials from 27 nations who met in New York Wednesday at the urging of South African president Thabo Mbeki, say outstanding differences between developing nations and… Read more »
July 17, 2002
Africa: Foreign Minister Seeking Pre-WSSD Summit 'Consensus'
Tough, unresolved issues keep the United States, European Union, Canada, Japan and Australia far apart from developing nations, a month before an "Earth Summit" formally called the… Read more »
April 25, 2002
East Africa: Controversy Continues to Dog Major World Bank Projects
"Everybody is talking about development effectiveness, but the question is, how do you measure it? ...So what we are trying to do now is to pull together a meeting in June at which… Read more »
July 03, 2001
Nigeria: Agip Seeks To Pre-Qualify Contractors For Thermal Plant Project
The Nigeria Agip Oil Company Limited says it is ready to pre-qualify contractors for the development of its 500-Mega Watt thermal plant, according to an announcement placed by the… Read more »
June 21, 2001
Southern Africa: Spectacular View in a Cloudless Sky
"There hasn't been a single cloud in the sky all day," said Professor Jay Pasachoff of Williams College in the United States and leader of an international team of scientists who… Read more »
June 19, 2001
Africa: Eclipse Diary 3
AllAfrica has been following preparations for scientific observation of the June 21, 2001 solar eclipse by a team of astrophysicists from Williams College in the United States.… Read more »
Africa: AllAfrica Interview: Preparing for the Eclipse
Tourists, journalists and scientists have been arriving in southern Africa to view the total solar eclipse on June 21, 2001. Dr. Jay Pasachoff, an expert on the solar corona, is… Read more »
June 15, 2001
Africa: Warming World Challenge for Africa
There is now "observational evidence" that the earth is getting warmer than it has been at any other time during the last 10,000 years, according to Dr. Robert Watson, World Bank… Read more »
May 08, 2001
Nigeria: Why Shell Finds It Hard to Leave the Ogonis Behind
A spokesperson from the Houston-based Boots & Coots International Well Control likened Sunday's occurrence in Ogoniland, Nigeria to "typical procedure". Read more »
Nigeria: Oil Blow-Out Worsens Shell's Future in Ogoniland
Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) of Nigeria finally managed to cap the oil gushing from one of its wells in Ogoniland at the weekend, but the well's blow-out and the… Read more »
March 21, 2001
Africa: 'In 25 Years, Half the World Will Be Short of Water'
The World Resources Institute in Washington DC has warned that the world's freshwater systems are in peril. It predicts that "by 2025, at least 3.5 billion people or nearly 50… Read more »
February 27, 2001
Mozambique: Weather Worsens, Flood Crisis Deepens
Hard rains continue to fall as Mozambique's government urges the more than 80,000 people in the towns of Marromeu and Luabo downstream from the rapidly filling Cahorra Bassa dam to… Read more »
August 05, 2000
Cameroon: Floods Kill Three in Douala
Floods affected thirty percent of the houses in Cameroon's economic capital, Douala, on Friday, following three days of severe torrential rains. Read more »
