Three days of torrential rains has rendered over 1,000 families homeless, washing away homesteads, bridges, farmlands and livestock, in what is thought to be the worst flooding in ... Read more »
A Gambian minister is warning that rising sea levels due to climate change could lead to a decreased rice production, thus impeding the government's target of producing 70,000 ... Read more »
Despite court action against local authorities for the polluted water supply caused by run-off from nearby coal mines, residents of Carolina say it is still unsafe. Read more »
The local government says its people are facing the dark consequences of oil spilled into the creeks and land in the fishing village, destroying the livelihoods of tens of ... Read more »
While the rate of deforestation has caused concern, a firm is undertaking research to ensure the sustainable supply of quality wood. Read more »
Despite predictions of a record global harvest in July, a few weeks later prices for maize and soybeans broke the record levels of the 2007-08 food crisis causing riots in 30 ... Read more »
The Government has been blasted for failing to combat the spread of typhoid which has so far affected more than three hundred people in the capital Harare and Chitungwiza. Read more »
While some people may have been delighted by unusually widespread snowfall when temperatures dropped below freezing levels, for others, the cold ushered fear, sickness and the ... Read more »
Gibson Guitars was fined for its role in importing illegal timber from Madagascar that has seen an increase in logging of precious woods since the 2009 political crisis. Read more »
Britain has promised to assist Kenya to fully exploit its renewable energy potential as the main driver for economic growth. Read more »
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