Environment

Cape Town News

Environment 07 Nov, 2016

Cape Town residents encouraged to conserve water. Cape Town's new “Level Three” water restriction regulations came into effect from 1 November and remain in operation until further notice. The l...

Dar Es Salaam News

Tanzania gets tough with poachers

Environment 04 Nov, 2016

Tanzanian president tells security forces to pursue wildlife poachers. Tanzanian president John Magufuli has ordered the security forces to tackle the well-armed criminal networks behind the illlic...

Maputo News

Former Maputo arms depot to become nature park

Environment 05 Oct, 2016

Ecological park in Malhazine to be complete by December. Works to turn Maputo's former arms depot into a 600-hectare ecological park should be complete by December, following a recent agreement bet...

Addis Ababa News

Protest causes rubbish to pile up in Addis Ababa

Environment 04 Aug, 2016

Farmers protesting at landfill site are blocking rubbish trucks from Addis Ababa. Rubbish has been piling up across Addis Ababa since mid-July due to protestors blocking city garbage trucks from ac...

Lagos News

Lagos river “solidifies” with vegetation

Environment 23 Jun, 2016

Lagos government warns residents not to walk over Ogun River. The Lagos state government has warned residents to stay away from the Ogun river which has “solidified” after being clogged with thick...

Lagos News

Water kiosks in Lagos

Environment 08 Jun, 2016

Potable water kiosk system to offset reduced supply. Lagos is introducing a water distribution kiosk system across the state to offset a shortfall in water supply as it works to improve connectivit...

Arusha News

Tanzania combats poaching with drones

Environment 03 Jun, 2016

Pilot scheme introduced in Tarangire National Park near Arusha. The Tanzania goverment has sanctioned the use of drones in Tarangire National Park in an aerial surveillance battle against poachers...

Nairobi News

Kenya rethinks Nairobi Park railway project

Environment 30 Apr, 2016

Kenya reconsiders controversial route ahead of major ivory burn in Nairobi. Controversial plans to allow a rail line to pass through the Nairobi National Park have been abandoned, according to loca...

Maputo News

Botanical gardens reopen in Maputo

Environment 23 Dec, 2015

Revamped gardens open again after two-year closure. The Tunduru botanical gardens, on Rua Henrique de Sousa in downtown Maputo, have been re-opened by the city's mayor David Simango, after a closur...

Addis Ababa News

Ethiopia faces power shortages

Environment 03 Dec, 2015

Ethiopian drought leads to power cuts. In addition to severe food shortages the drought in Ethiopia is also causing power cuts across the country. Over 90 per cent of Ethiopian's electricity is gen...

Maputo News

Mozambique combats beach litter

Environment 27 Oct, 2015

Maputo beaches to get clean-up. The Mozambican government says that $50 on-the-spot fines are to be issued against anyone caught littering the nation’s beaches. The legislation has been in place...

Addis Ababa News

Ethiopia faces worst drought in 30 years

Environment 22 Oct, 2015

UN says millions in Ethiopia need food aid. Over seven million people out of a population of over 94 million are now facing severe hunger in Ethiopia, especially in North Wollo, one of the regions...

Maputo News

Mozambique to destroy confiscated ivory

Environment 05 Jul, 2015

Maputo steps up fight against poachers Mozambique is to destroy more than one ton of confiscated ivory as well as 53 rhino horns in Maputo on 6 July, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society...

Accra News

Authorities demolish Accra slum to prevent floods

Environment 23 Jun, 2015

Police use tear-gas against protesting residents of Agbogbloshie City authorities have levelled hundreds of homes and businesses in Accra's Agbogbloshie, a slum district built on a former wetland....

Accra News

Accra installs rubbish bins

Environment 22 Jun, 2015

Pilot scheme part of national environmental campaign Rubbish bins have been installed along the Starlets 91 Road and the National Theatre Road in downtown Accra as part of the government's efforts...

Arusha News

Arusha to open baby elephant orphanage

Environment 07 Jun, 2015

Tanzania copes with oprhans of poached elephants Tanzania is set to open its first baby elephant orphanage in Arusha to deal with young elephants orphaned following the deaths of their mothers due...

Accra News

Three days of mourning in Ghana for fire victims

Environment 04 Jun, 2015

150 people killed by Accra petrol station fire and floods. Ghana will hold three days of mourning for the dozens of victims of a massive explosion at a petrol station in Accra on the night of 3 Jun...

Maputo News

Mozambique police involved in theft of rhino horn

Environment 02 Jun, 2015

Contrary to previous denials it has now been confirmed that senior police officers were involved in the theft of 12 rhino horns, following the early May haul of over 300 elephant tusks and 65 rhino ho...

Arusha News

Tanzania and Kenya sign deal to tackle illegal timber trade

Environment 24 Mar, 2015

Countries join forces to battle illegal cross-border trade Tanzania and Kenya have signed an agreement to combat the illegal logging and timber trade across the borders of both countries. The m...

Addis Ababa News

Ethiopia burns ivory to discourage poaching

Environment 21 Mar, 2015

Government sets fire to six tons of ivory in Addis Ababa The Ethiopian government set fire to a giant stockpile of confiscated ivory in Addis Ababa on 21 March, in a bid to discourage poaching and...

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