Environment
Cape Town News
Residents protest against Sea Point development plans.
On 13 April hundreds of residents of Sea Point on the Atlantic Seaboard staged a protest over plans to build a hotel and shopping centre on the promenade. The demonstration was led by local voluntary...
Maputo News
Feliciano dos Santos wins Goldman environmental prize.
Mozambican musician Feliciano dos Santos has won the Goldman environmental prize for Africa for his work to raise awareness about health and sanitation issues in the northern Niassa province of Mozamb...
Accra News
Project to help Ghana’s wood carvers.
The West Africa regional programme office of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has launched a project to assist the growing number of woodcarvers in Ghana who are unable to access their traditional...
Cape Town News
The newly formed local environmental group What-On-Earth-Is-Happening (WOE) is organising a clean-up of the Cape Town
Cairo News
The Egyptian capital is once again in the grips of an air pollution crisis as the seasonal
Addis Ababa News
Rubbish collection in Addis Ababa: Keep Ethiopia Beautiful.
City residents can now make use of stylish new rubbish bins to dispose of their litter in the streets, local English-language business weekly
Lagos News
Flood prevention in Lagos state.
The Lagos authorities have begun to remove illegal buildings and other obstacles blocking drainage channels in an effort to prevent a repeat of the serious flooding that has affected large parts of th...
Addis Ababa News
Addis Ababa clean-up campaign.
The metropolitan millennium council has launched a clean-up campaign in Addis Ababa in view of the anticipated influx of visitors to the city for the Ethiopian millennium celebrations in September. Al...
Cape Town News
Fish lovers in South Africa concerned about the conservation status of the fish they are about to buy or eat can use a text message service to find out whether it is an endangered species or has been...
Lagos News
Lagos state government has announced a project for the rehabilitation of roadside verges and the creation of new green areas and public spaces across the city, local news sources report. Roads and sit...
Accra News
Energy-saving light bulbs for Ghana.
One million energy-saving light bulbs have arrived in Ghana as part of efforts to mitigate the serious energy crisis in the country. The compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs), which consume approximately s...
Addis Ababa News
Addis Ababa groundwater at risk.
Discharge from industrial and residential areas is threatening groundwater supplies in the Ethiopian capital according to a research paper presented by Dr Tamiro Alemayehu, an earth scientist at the s...
Nairobi News
Kenya has introduced a ban on thin plastic bags and imposed a 120 per cent tax on thick ones in an attempt to reduce environmental pollution in the country. The measures have also come into force in U...
Cape Town News
Cape Town tackles climate change.
Cape Town city council has given its backing to a plan by researchers Pierre Mukheibir and Gina Ziervogel from the University of Cape Town (UCT), which recommends the introduction of tax rebates and o...
Maputo News
Higher utility bills for Maputo residents.
The city council has introduced new rubbish collection fees for Maputo residents as of the start of May. Under the new regime, which has been subject to repeated delays, the old monthly flat rate of 2...
Maputo News
Maputo port to get fruit terminal.
The port of Maputo is to get a $4.2 million dollar fresh produce export terminal as part of efforts to boost its capacity and harness markets in the Far East. It is to be built and operated by South A...
Nairobi News
Wildebeest migration to change.
The annual migration of wildebeest and zebra from Tanzania
Cape Town News
Cape Town wins cleanest city award.
Cape Town has been declared the cleanest city in the country in the department of environmental affairs and tourism
