Heat Wave Worsening Inflation, Precarity
DW
In Ivory Coast, living conditions are becoming increasingly precarious. Fruit and vegetable markets are struck by high inflation. The situation has worsened recently with a drop in… Read more »
South Africa's New Pro-Coal Pro-Corporate Environment Minister [analysis]
African Arguments
South Africa's environmental justice movement will have its work cut out challenging the interests of fossil capital under the unity government. Read more »
New Faces in Cabinet - Mlongo Barasa (Moh), Andrew Mwihia (Agriculture), Eric Muriithi (Water)
Capital FM
President William Ruto has nominated new faces in his 11-member partial cabinet with Mlongo Barasa being assigned to the Health docket. Read more »
Chinese Investors Invited in Blue Economy
Daily News
The Administration of Shandong Province of China has shown interest in investing in various development areas in the isles. Read more »
South Africa Could Build a United Front On a Just Transition [analysis]
ISS
Could policy convergence on climate change be a ray of hope in the country's new Government of National Unity? Read more »
How Training Dogs to Dodge Snakes Helps Protect Livestock and Save Namibia's Cheetahs
RFI
Dogs trained to guard goats and sheep against cheetahs in Namibia are being felled at an alarming rate by venomous snakes - so conservationists are piloting a new training method… Read more »
Umgeni - a River of Sewage Flowing Through Durban
GroundUp
The municipal sewage works is one of the main pollution sources Read more »
Cold Fronts Bring Wind, Rain and Snow to South Africa - South African News Briefs - July 08, 2024
allAfrica
Warnings as Cold Fronts Batter South Africa Read more »
Should African Nations Develop Their Fossil Fuel Resources?
DW
Senegal is the latest African country to start producing oil. But would Senegal and other African countries be better off in the long term keeping their oil and gas in the ground? Read more »
Joint Operation Leads to Four Arrests and Major Seizure of Pangolin Scales in Liberia
New Dawn
The Hague, the Netherlands, 16 Jul 2024 - In a coordinated effort, the Special Wildlife Investigations Unit (SWIU), supported by Focused Conservation and the Wildlife Justice… Read more »
How Climate-Smart Strategies Revitalized Tanzania's Livestock Sector
IPS
In a quest for survival, farmers and pastoralists living in Oldonyo Sambu, Tanzania's northern Maasai Steppe, used to fight over every drop of water. However, 12 villages have now… Read more »
Western Cape Storms - 'Worse Is Still to Come'
GroundUp
Schools to close across the province as another storm hits, with about 15,000 people already severely affected by floods and damaging winds Read more »
Russian Eco-Defender Boosts South Africa's Anti-Nuclear Campaign With Timely Visit
SAFCEI and Earthlife Africa
Award-winning Russian environmentalist Vladimir Slivyak of Ecodefense is visiting South Africa for the rest of July. Slivyak, a Right Livelihoods Laureate (known as the Alternative… Read more »
Green Climate Fund Approves $52 Million to Support Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)-Led Project in Malawi
The Herald
A $52.3 million project approved today by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) aims to help Malawi cope with the devastating effects of climate change and boost the country's long-term… Read more »
South Africa Aims for Zero Emissions By 2050
SAnews.gov.za
President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa aims to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050. Read more »