Expanding Sahara Leaves Broken Families and Violence in Its Wake

IPS

Abdoulaye Maiga proudly displays an album showing photos of him and his family during happier times when they all lived together in their home in northern Mali. Today, these… Read more »

Wildlife Activists in Bid to Stop Govt From Selling 35 Baby Elephants

263Chat

Zimbabwean wildlife activists are in a race against time to stop the government from selling 35 baby elephants to China and Pakistan after it emerged that the state was planning to… Read more »

Climate Change, the Biggest Threat to Realising SDGs - President Akufo-Addo [press release]

Ghana Govt.

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said climate change remains the biggest threat to the realisation of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), especially in… Read more »

Alagba, 344-Year-Old Tortoise Dies in Ogbomoso

Vanguard

A 344-year-old tortoise, said to be the oldest in Africa, has died in the palace of the Soun of Ogbomoso, Oba Jimoh Oyewumi. Read more »

Met Warns Kenyans to Brace for Heavy Rains As Floods Kill 20

Nation

About 20 people have died following heavy rains across the country for several days. Read more »

Faced With Climate Change and Growth, Addis Ababa Shores Up Its Water Supply

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Every day, Tewdros Belay turns on the tap in his home in the heart of Ethiopia's capital and expects nothing to happen. The rare times when water does trickle from the spout, it is… Read more »

President Akufo-Addo Calls On African Leaders to Come Up With Solutions to Mitigate Climate Change [press release]

Ghana Govt.

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has called on local governments and the global community to come up with practical solutions to mitigate the effects of climate change. Read more »

Floods Leave Thousands Homeless in Chad and Cameroon

VOA

Heavy rains and floods this week have left at least 100,000 people homeless on both sides of the border between northern Cameroon and Chad.  It's the worst flooding in the… Read more »

Govt to Send Baby Elephants to China in Defiance of International Resolution

Conservation Action

A Chinese ground crew has just arrived to prepare 33 baby elephants for imminent shipment to China, according to sources near Hwang National Park. These elephants have been held in… Read more »

U.S.$5 Million Mobilised for Gorilla Conservation

New Times

A fundraiser organised by popular American TV personality and comedian Ellen DeGeners has raised some $5 million (about Rwf4.6 billion) as her efforts to raise funds for… Read more »

Onitsha - Over 40 Houses, 500 Shops Razed in Fuel Fire Mishap

Vanguard

Many people were trapped and feared dead, yesterday, while scores of persons sustained injuries in Onitsha, Anambra State, as a petrol-laden tanker lost control, crashed into… Read more »

Cyclone Idai Death Toll Set to Double - CPU

New Zimbabwe

Tropical Cyclone Idai's death toll is set to double to over 680 but the announcement will be done only after a five-year administrative wait, an official said. Read more »

Why Kampala Floods Are Not About to End

Monitor

Whenever skies open, transport in most parts of Kampala grounds to a halt, with torrential floods wreaking havoc in most places. Read more »

Another Petrol Tanker Fire Hits Onitsha

Premium Times

About 48 hours after a petrol tanker accident resulted to fire disaster at the Upper Iweka and Ochanja areas of Onitsha, another petrol tanker caused yet more damage early on… Read more »

Mugabe's Nephew Under Fire for Dumping Harare Water Project

New Zimbabwe

LATE Former President Robert Mugabe's nephew, Leo Mugabe is under fire over failure to complete the Oddis Plant project his company and some Israelites were long contracted to work… Read more »