Egypt president invites Brazil’s Lula to COP27
Cairo – UN climate summit host Egypt has invited incoming Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, whose victory... Read more
2 Nov, 2022
Calls for Egypt protests trigger security clampdown ahead of COP27
Cairo – Rights defenders say Egyptian authorities are cracking down on activists over a mysterious call for protests on... Read more
1 Nov, 2022
Jailed Egypt dissident to launch full hunger strike ahead of COP27
Cairo – Over 200 days into a partial hunger strike, jailed dissident Alaa Abdel Fattah will fully refrain from... Read more
1 Nov, 2022
Study shows air pollution is the ‘silent killer’ in African cities
Johannesburg – Pollution in Africa’s fast-expanding cities is deadlier than thought, yet green solutions could save tens of thousands... Read more
28 Oct, 2022
Will Africa’s metals boom suffer the same curse as oil?
Moanda – Mechanical diggers are hard at work in the bleak landscape of the Moanda open-cast mine in Gabon,... Read more
26 Oct, 2022
Crisis-hit Sudan faces biggest threat yet: climate change
Khartoum – Conflict, coups, dire poverty: Sudan is reeling from multiple crises, but environmental activist Nisreen Elsaim warns a... Read more
21 Oct, 2022
Senegal not giving up on oil and gas
Saint-Louis – The new offshore gas terminal appears through the morning mist cloaking the Atlantic Ocean near Saint Louis,... Read more
17 Oct, 2022
Green future is cause for worry in South Africa’s coal belt
Kendal – Miner Thokozani Mtshweni, 37, looks spent as he readies for a 12-hour shift huddled under a carport... Read more
17 Oct, 2022
Heat-resilient Red Sea reefs offer last stand for corals
Marsa Alam – Beneath the waters off Egypt’s Red Sea coast a kaleidoscopic ecosystem teems with life that could... Read more
10 Oct, 2022
Egypt replants mangrove ‘treasure’ to fight climate change impacts
Hamata – On Egypt’s Red Sea coast, fish swim among thousands of newly planted mangroves, part of a programme to... Read more
8 Oct, 2022
