June 25
Africa: Global Leaders Say Ocean Is No Longer Optional in Climate Action
As temperatures climb, scientists warn the seas are approaching a perilous tipping point. Warming oceans are changing marine ecosystems and elevating climate risks to communities… Read more »
Africa: Inside the Floating Lab Shaping Ocean Science
The first thing you notice is the size of the Dr Fridtjof Nansen. It towers over the quay as it is docked at the Port of Mombasa under the fluttering Kenyan flag. Read more »
Africa: The Unsung Heroes of Ocean Conservation Are Demanding to Be Heard
On a lawn overlooking the Indian Ocean, a group of women leaders from coastal Kenya sat together for a special conversation to share stories from their communities, discuss the… Read more »
June 22
Africa: With 2030 Looming, Ocean Leaders Warn Time Is Running Out for 30x30
A significant challenge for the conservation sector is the 30x30 goal to protect 30% of the planet's oceans by 2030. It heavily depends on the High Seas Treaty (BBNJ agreement),… Read more »
June 19
Africa: Our Ocean Conference Ends with Familiar Question - Will Pledges Be Met?
A new round of pledges and partnerships marked the closing ceremony of the 11th Our Ocean Conference in Mombasa. Countries and stakeholders outlined commitments to scale up ocean… Read more »
June 18
Africa: Mombasa Declaration Unites 15 Countries in Fight Against Illegal Fishing
As illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing practices continue to deplete fish populations as well as contribute to human rights abuses at sea, the demand for transparency… Read more »
Africa: Africa Takes the Helm in Global Ocean Negotiations
The world's oceans absorb a third of its carbon, feed billions, and are dying faster than most governments are moving to save them. Now, the ocean it depends on is the subject of… Read more »
Ghana: Addressing IUU Fishing and Building Sustainable Community Fisheries
The future of our ocean will not be determined solely by what happens on the high seas. It will be determined by whether the people who depend on the ocean most are empowered to… Read more »
June 17
Africa: When Coral Reefs Die, Coastal Communities Pay the Price
For decades, the outlook for the coral reefs has been increasingly bleak. Read more »
Kenya: 'We Only Have One Ocean' - Kenya's 'Mother Mangrove' Calls for Urgent Ocean Protection
In Kenya, community conservationists are leading the charge to restore carbon-rich mangroves. Zulfa Hassan has inspired women to rehabilitate damaged mangrove forest ecosystems,… Read more »
Africa: 'The Challenge Is No Longer Identifying Solutions. It Is Scaling Them' #OOC11
As Africa hosts the Our Ocean Conference (OOC11) for the first time, The Nature Conservancy (TNC) is spotlighting its deep partnership with African governments and coastal… Read more »
June 15
Africa: Why Healthy Oceans Are Essential for Food Security in Africa
Fish are often described as one of Africa's most overlooked solutions to food insecurity, yet millions of people depend on fisheries for nutrition, jobs, and livelihoods. As marine… Read more »
June 16
Africa: Hope Exists for Coral Reefs, But Scientists Warn Time to Act Is Running Out
For years, the story of coral reefs has been written as dying, doomed, gone. Coral reefs have been framed as ecosystems in irreversible decline, threatened by rising… Read more »
June 13
Africa: Africa's Ocean Moment Cannot End in Empty Promises
Growing up, all I ever wanted was to work underwater as a marine conservationist. But it wasn't until my first job in Mombasa - waiting under baobab trees for fishers to return so… Read more »
August 05, 2025
Africa: Deep-Sea Mining May Spark Ecocide, And It Hasn't Even Begun
The ocean comprises 70% of the planet and has a profound impact on all life on Earth. It regulates the global climate, produces most of the oxygen we breathe, absorbs carbon… Read more »
July 09, 2025
South Africa: Khayelitsha Leaders Promise Help for Delayed Grant Beneficiaries - South African News Briefs - July 9, 2025
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May 28, 2025
South Africa: Gauteng Fires Spark Winter Safety Fears - South African News Briefs - May 28, 2025
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September 24, 2024
Senegal: Decomposing Bodies Found on Boat Off Dakar Coast
On September 22, 2024, the discovery of a dug-out canoe with at least 30 bodies was made off the coast about 70km from Dakar. The national navy was informed and Immediately… Read more »
June 08, 2024
Africa: Our Shared Ocean Must Sit at Heart of the Africa-Europe Partnership
Ahead of the upcoming European elections and amidst a litany of geopolitical shifts, the European Union (EU) must pay due diligence to its partnerships – particularly in… Read more »
February 09, 2024
Africa: African Great Lakes Annual Meeting Shows Why Intercontinental Collaboration Is Essential
As the snow and frost and ice and seemingly inhumane levels of cold continue to plague North America in the midst of their 'arctic' winter, here in Kenya we… Read more »
November 29, 2023
South Africa: Crisis in South Africa As 60,000 Containers Stuck at Sea
Numerous vessels are awaiting clearance from the port of Durban, which handles more than 60% of the country's container cargo, according to the South African Association of Freight… Read more »
November 28, 2023
Niger: Law Against Transporting Migrants Repealed in Niger
The military administration of Niger repealed anti-migration legislation that helped in lowering the number of West Africans travelling to Europe, but was despised by residents of… Read more »
November 02, 2023
Congo-Kinshasa: Canadian Startup Wins DR Congo Methane Rights Despite Failing Criteria - Report
Alfajiri Energy Corporation, a Canada-based start-up operated from a private home, was selected by the Democratic Republic of Congo government to extract methane from the country's… Read more »
October 17, 2023
South Africa: 'South Africa's Freshwater Realities Need to be Acknowledged, Followed by Less Talking to Win Arguments'
Water is a basic human need and a fundamental resource essential to our existence. Challenges brought about by its scarcity remind us how it sustains our world. Lacking access to… Read more »
August 17, 2023
Senegal: Dozens Feared Dead After Boat Found Off Cabo Verde
At least 63 people are believed to have died when the boat they were travelling on from Senegal was discovered off Cabo Verde, according to the International Organization for… Read more »
