Communities around Lake Victoria, the world's second-largest lake, have relied on the body of water for food, energy, and water for generations. It has been estimated that the 30 ... Read more »

China is the world's biggest fish producer and has the largest distant-water fleet (CDWF) - officially 2,701 vessels but likely thousands more - many of which engage in high ... Read more »

Following the significant decline in piracy attacks in Nigerian waters - put at 77% - following the Nigerian Navy's increased counter security operations against maritime ... Read more »

The Minister of Minerals and Mining Gwede Mantashe and oil giant Shell has had no joy from the Makhanda High Court which ruled that the interim interdict that was issued in ... Read more »

Fisheries serve as a source of employment for millions of people in the small scale sector on the coastline of Africa. Their fishing activities, in turn Read more »

African leaders called for intensified effrots to combat plastic pollution, coastal erosion and illegal fishing during the #OneOceanSummit in France. Presidents Hage Geingob from ... Read more »

Nomadic herders are among those suffering the most from recurring drought that kills the livestock on which they depend. To make them less dependent on rain, aid programs are Read more »

Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has called on Sudan and Egypt "to nurture the narrative towards building peace, cooperation, mutual co-existence and development of all our p Read more »

A team at the University of Cape Town's (UCT) Department of Electrical Engineering will soon undertake Project SMARTPOL, a new venture that will identify sources of pollution in S Read more »

The coast of Ghana is home to five of the world's endangered sea turtles, which are threatened by fishing nets and poachers who sell their meat and eggs. To help revive the turtle ... Read more »