Countries

South Africa, US to set up task force to ‘follow the money’ behind illegal wildlife trade

Johannesburg – South Africa and the United States are to set up a task force to “follow the money”... Read more

26 Jan, 2023

Countries

Out of Nile, into tile: Young Egyptians battle plastic plague

Cairo – Entrepreneurial young Egyptians are helping combat their country’s huge plastic waste problem by recycling junk-food wrappers, water... Read more

18 Jan, 2023

Business

SA power producers get €400 million green loan

Johannesburg – Independent power producers in South Africa on Friday secured €400 million from the European Union and a... Read more

13 Nov, 2022

Agriculture

Smallholder farmers in Africa and South Asia get $1.4billion climate boost

Sharm el Sheikh – Small-scale farmers in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia reeling from global warming impacts got a... Read more

8 Nov, 2022

Countries

Jailed Egypt dissident on ‘water strike’ as UK vows support

Cairo – Jailed Egyptian dissident Alaa Abdel Fattah has stopped drinking water, his family said on Sunday, escalating his... Read more

7 Nov, 2022

Countries

COP27 summit opens as world races against climate clock

Sharm el Sheikh – The UN’s COP27 climate summit kicked off Sunday in Egypt after a year of extreme... Read more

6 Nov, 2022

Countries

SA to press rich nations for more money at COP27

Johannesburg – South Africa needs much more money to green its economy than what rich nations have promised so... Read more

5 Nov, 2022

Countries

Cape Town penguins under threat as cases of bird flu are confirmed

Cape Town – Four new cases of high pathogenicity avian influenza (Bird Flu) have been detected in the Boulders... Read more

18 Sep, 2022

Countries

Namibian cheetahs head for India, 70 years after local extinction

Windhoek – Eight Namibian cheetahs were on Friday airlifted to India, part of an ambitious project to reintroduce the... Read more

17 Sep, 2022

Environmental Friendly

Kerry urges rich-poor unity on climate effort ahead of UN talks

Dakar – US climate envoy John Kerry on Thursday urged African countries to help overcome divisions between rich and... Read more

16 Sep, 2022