Solar and Wind Power Could Break Big Dam Deadlock [analysis]

The Conversation Africa

For several years, political tensions between Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt have been escalating in a conflict over the near-complete Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). The GERD… Read more »

Sisi, Djibouti President Stress Need to Settle Ethiopian Dam Crisis

Egypt Online

President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has stressed Egypt's firm stance on the need to reach a legally binding agreement on the filling and operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam… Read more »

Malawi Achieves 91% Conviction of Wildlife Crimes

Nyasa Times

Malawi achieved 91% conviction rate of 251 wildlife crime cases, says an overview of wildlife prosecutions prepared by the Department of National Parks and Wildlife (DNPW). Read more »

Nyusi Challenges Commonwealth to Fund Climate Change

AIM

Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi on Thursday challenged the Commonwealth to take a leading role in building a sustainable future, by advocating for and mobilising more resources… Read more »

Why Is It Important to Save the Elephant? [analysis]

Namibian

TODAY is Save The Elephant Day, and a great opportunity to look into the status of the African elephant on a global and local scale. Read more »

Deutsche Bank Must End Its Sustainability Farce in Central Africa [press release]

Greenpeace

Hamburg/Yaoundé, 15 April 2021 - For the second time in 12 months, Deutsche Bank is about to violate its own Environmental and Social Policy Framework. By mid-2021, the bank… Read more »

Farmers Using Community Seed Banks to Fight Climate Change

Nation

Climate change is occasioned by erratic weather conditions which present numerous challenges in the food sector, resulting in acute food shortages. Read more »

Over 24 Million Trees Planted in Kagera

Daily News

KAGERA Region has managed to plant a total of 24,900,000 trees in the past two years' seasons in efforts to preserve the environment, it has been disclosed. Making the revelation… Read more »

Hamdok Calls for Prime Ministers to Hold Talks Over Nile Dam

East African

Following a stalemate in the Nile dam talks in Kinshasa, Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has suggested that further talks be held at heads of state level. Read more »

Ethiopia's Surprise Entry Into Cloud Seeding Technology

Ethiopian Herald

For many Ethiopians, cloud seeding came as breaking news when PM Abiy Ahmed addressed Members of Parliament about the government's performance in the technology sector. Read more »

'Liberia's Investment Climate Is Ripe With Abundance of Untapped Natural Resources' - VP Howard-Taylor Tells United States Investors

FrontPageAfrica

The Vice President of the Republic of Liberia Jewel Howard-Taylor has addressed the Equity for Africa Summit organized by the Liberty University in Washington DC, the United… Read more »

Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam - AU Intervention Is a Good Start, but a Long Road Lies Ahead [analysis]

Daily Maverick

On 4 April 2021, African Union chairperson Félix Tshisekedi hosted talks with Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan to provide much-needed AU leadership in de-escalating the impending… Read more »

Is 'Frugal Innovation' Continent's Ticket to Green Development?

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Taking simple local solutions to larger scale could drive climate-smart development and jobs on a continent that needs them Read more »

Seychelles to Count, Check Up On Giant Tortoises Being Kept in Captivity

Seychelles News Agency

Seychelles' Ministry of Environment is undertaking a registration exercise to establish the population of the endemic Aldabra giant land tortoise being kept in captivity. Read more »

Reconafrica's Kavango Oil and Gas Play Is 'Carbon Bomb' With Projected 1/6 of World's Remaining Co2 Budget [press release]

Greenpeace

Fridays For Future Windhoek revealed that the oil and gas 'play' of Canadian ReconAfrica in the Kavango region of Namibia and Botswana risks destroying global attempts of meeting a… Read more »