Environment
Arusha News
Arusha tackles noise pollution
Plans to ban noisy activities in the city
Authorities in Arusha are proposing new by-laws to control noise pollution from loudhailers promoting businesses, political rallies and amplified singing...
Arusha News
Arusha march for elephants and rhinos
Arusha protest to coincide with national event
The internationally-celebrated march to save elephants and rhinos is being held in Tanzania ten days after World Animal Day, so that it will coincide...
Addis Ababa News
Educational facility to be built outside capital
Ghana's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is to create a botanic garden on a 40-hectare site located 30 km north of Accra. Situated at Danfa,...
Cape Town News
Public vegetable garden in Cape Town
Company's Garden goes back to its roots
A public vegetable and herb garden has been created at the Company’s Garden, a Cape Town landmark in the heart of the Central Business District (CBD)....
Arusha News
The East African Court of Justice has blocked the plans of the Tanzanian government to build a road through the north of the Serengeti national park.
The grounds for its injunction are that it woul...
Arusha News
The Facebook page of Stop the Serengeti Highway has reported that the Tanzania government has indicated that it will now consider a German feasibility study to route the controversial Serengeti Highwa...
Maputo News
Rising sea level in Maputo Bay
Advancing waters pose erosion threat for Maputo
Coastal erosion is diminishing the Xefina archipelago of three islands in the north-east of the Bay of Maputo, according to a report in local daily...
Nairobi News
Reservoir to be transformed into recreational centre
Nairobi City County is to embark on a major clean-up of the Nairobi Dam in June to turn the clogged reservoir into a recreational park.
The...
Arusha News
Arusha volcano to become geo-park
UNESCO to declare volcano a global geological heritage site
The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) is to declare Ol Doinyo Lengai, Tanzania's active volcano, a site of gl...
Arusha News
The submission of arguments for and against a permanent injunction on the construction of the Serengeti highway have now been made to the East African Court of Justice. The court has not yet set a tim...
Cairo News
Students protest in Cairo and across Egypt
Cairo has had its first snow in 112 years, blanketing the city's suburbs as well as some of its most famous sites such as the Sphinx in Giza south-west of...
Accra News
Differentiation of waste in Accra
First phase of nationwide programme introduced in capital
A nationwide waste differentiation programme was launched in Accra on 22 November, with the support of the environment ministry and the Env...
Nairobi News
Nairobi joins World Car Free Day
Nairobi will participate for the first time in this year's World Car Free Day on 22 September. The Kenyan capital becomes one of only a handful of African cities to celebrate the annual event which se...
Dar Es Salaam News
Water systems inspected in Dar es Salaam
The government has ordered the National Environment Management Council (NEMC) to carry out an inspection of water facilities in high-rise buildings in Dar es Salaam. The measure is designed to ensure...
Cape Town News
Cape Town clamps down on car washes
Cape Town is clamping down on "informal" car washes in an effort to preserve water, as it examines more effective ways of managing water use.
Authorities say that too much water is being wasted at...
Nairobi News
Nairobi to open e-waste recycling plant
An e-waste recycling plant due to open in Nairobi by the end of the year will separate and dismantle electronic waste (known as e-waste) including domestic appliances, ICT electronics and cellular pho...
Lagos News
Lagos crackdown on drying laundry in public
The Lagos state government has warned of tough new measures to curb the practice of hanging laundry out to dry in public.
The Lagos environment commissioner Tunji Bello said authorities would "seal...
Nairobi News
Kenyan conservationist charged with ivory possession
A Kenyan conservationist was charged with illegal possession of 19 kg of elephant ivory at a Nairobi court on 13 May.
Susan Soila, a top official from the Amboseli Trust for Elephants, a non-profit...
Dar Es Salaam News
Dar es Salaam to poison Indian House Crows
People in Dar es Salaam have been advised to avoid Indian House Crows as the city undertakes its latest attempt to eradicate the growing number of birds.
The crows are being killed with food laced...
Accra News
Accra has started to export rubbish to China and Malaysia in a bid to manage its refuse more effectively.
Most of the exported raw waste sent from the Accra Compost and Recycling Plant Ltd in the A...
