September 03, 2002
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 »
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 »
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