US climate envoy Kerry in Egypt to discuss COP27 summit
Cairo – The United States and Egypt on Monday launched a working group to prepare for the COP27 climate summit... Read more
21 Feb, 2022
DRC flouting forest protection deal, says Greenpeace
Kinshasa – Environmental group Greenpeace on Tuesday said the Democratic Republic of Congo has failed to respect a multi-million-dollar agreement... Read more
15 Feb, 2022
Tunisia to return illegally imported waste to Italy
Tunis – Tunisia will return more than 280 containers of waste illegally imported from Italy in 2020, the north African... Read more
15 Feb, 2022
Mozambique to plant 100 million trees on battered coast
Johannesburg – Mozambique, whose coastline has been ravaged by rising sea levels and tropical storms, announced plans on Tuesday to... Read more
9 Feb, 2022
Uptick in rhino poaching as South Africa eases virus curbs
Johannesburg – Rhino poaching in South Africa was 15% higher in 2021 than the preceding year as coronavirus restrictions... Read more
9 Feb, 2022
Firefighters extinguish Kenya forest blaze
Aberdare – A fire that raged for two days in Kenya’s Aberdare National Park has been extinguished after burning... Read more
8 Feb, 2022
Firefighters battle to bring Kenya forest blaze under control
Aberdare – Dozens of forest rangers, firefighters and volunteers struggled on Monday to stem a blaze that broke out in... Read more
7 Feb, 2022
Fire put out on Nigerian oil ship, government says
Lagos – A blaze caused by an explosion on an oil ship that sparked fears of an environmental disaster off... Read more
5 Feb, 2022
Kenya under fire over calls to ‘weaken’ forest protections
Nairobi – In his 15 years defending one of Nairobi’s last green spaces, Simon Nganga has seen off brazen... Read more
4 Feb, 2022
Oil spill fears mount after Nigeria vessel explodes
Port Harcourt – An oil vessel with a two million barrels storage capacity has exploded off the coast of... Read more
4 Feb, 2022
