As the war that has ravaged Sudan since April 2023 continues, the World Bank has announced funding of $130 million. This support should ensure food security for some of the displaced populations…
In Cameroon, the embassies and diplomatic institutions in the residential Golf district of Yaoundé have a new neighbour: the African Development Bank (AfDB). The financial institution has set up its…
With 96% of rural households in Malawi still without access to electricity, a partnership could improve the situation. It involves start-ups Green Impact Technologies (GIT) and Amped Innovation,…
Wildebeest – large African antelopes with distinctively curved horns – are famous for their great migrations on the grasslands of eastern and southern Africa. One hundred and fifty years ago, they…
In order to improve the drinking water supply in Montepuez, a town in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado province, the government has launched the Drinking Water System Rehabilitation and Extension project,…
Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown, and other cities have been plunged into darkness for weeks, due to the non-payment of electricity bills to the power providers.
It has severely disrupted daily life…
The majestic and iconic pink flamingos roam the lakes of East Africa in spectacular colonies, offering breathtaking views to amazed onlookers. However, a recent study by King's College London reveals…
Sounds of the natural world are rapidly falling silent and will become “acoustic fossils” without urgent action to halt environmental destruction, international experts have warned.
Among the leading participants at the World Circular Economy Forum (WCEF 2024), which closes in Brussels on 18 April, is the European Union (EU), which is determined to play its part in the…
A gold mine in Zimbabwe has turned its former dumpsite into a solar station, generating all the energy it needs for operations at the mine and releasing excess energy into the national grid.…
Mass electrification of light transport, buildings, and support for electrification of industrial processes will be essential, according to a new 2050 scenario.
Electrification can reduce energy…
The EU is looking to front-load massive anticipatory investments into its energy infrastructure, shifting risk from industry to consumers and risking a landscape with unneeded or under-used pylons.
After losing Angola and other key players, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has set its eyes on Namibia for possible membership after a significant amount of oil was…
Floods have killed 58 people in Tanzania over the last two weeks, spurring the East African country to seek an answer in major infrastructure projects.
The government announced the death toll late…
Last month brought grim news: The Great Barrier Reef, the largest coral system in the world, is experiencing its fifth mass bleaching event in the past eight years. Unfortunately, it’s far from alone…
Global heating has pushed the world’s coral reefs to a fourth planet-wide mass bleaching event that is on track to be the most extensive on record, US government scientists have confirmed.
Some 54%…
A climate-disrupted ocean is pushing sharks, rays and other species to flee ever-hotter water in the tropics, only for them to be killed by increasingly intense upwells of cold water from the depths…
In Cape Verde, special-purpose company Cabeolica has obtained the go-ahead from the authorities to expand its wind energy production capacity on the island of Santiago. The company will also invest…
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