It took several days of peaceful popular uprisings, violent confrontations with the police and the army, the illegal arrests and detention of protesters, the tragic death of several protesters at the…
Six firefighters have died battling a bushfire in the eastern KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa and another two are in a critical condition, emergency services said Monday.
Authorities said…
Photograph: John Allaire at the site of a proposed liquified natural gas plant, with another plant in the background.
To witness how the United States has become the world’s unchallenged oil and gas…
A rodeo crowd waves cowboy hats as a man rides a bucking horse. Then comes a shower of leaves, a chorus of mobile phone rings and a wail of klaxons. Horses run wild and cars collide. One vehicle is…
The serene coastline of Chongoleani used to be a little-known paradise for local fishers and farmers just north of the Tanzanian city of Tanga.
But now it is becoming the end-point for the East…
Mali has inked a groundbreaking memorandum of agreement with Russia-based Rosatom to construct one of West Africa’s first nuclear plant. The governments of Mali and Russia have signed three…
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The South African city of Cape Town and surrounding areas were hit by more storms Thursday that ripped roofs off houses and caused widespread flooding, forcing at least…
On a calm and beautiful morning off the coast of south Devon last week, I was watching a small pod of dolphins from my kayak. I had spotted them from half a mile away, feeding and playing on the…
The 7,000 km long West African coastline shared by Senegal, Togo, Nigeria and other countries is increasingly threatened by coastal erosion. Benin, for example, loses an average of four meters of…
Today’s wind and solar resources didn’t come out of nowhere.
The first efforts to use of wind to generate electricity was 134 years ago, and the photoelectric effect was discovered six decades…
For over two decades, Huawei has been a key player in Africa's digital transformation, developing solutions tailored to local needs. In this interview, Ahmed Rouizem, CTO of Smart PV Business at…
This story includes details on the impacts of climate change that may be difficult for some readers. If you are feeling overwhelmed by this crisis situation here is a list of resources on how to cope…
The daughter of Cameroon’s President Paul Biya, Brenda Biya, has expressed hopes that her public announcement as a lesbian on June 30, would inspire a change to the country’s anti-homosexuality laws…
Following in the footsteps of French oil and gas giant TotalEnergies, British Petrolium (BP) has now expressed an interest in developing Egypt's burgeoning green hydrogen industry. BP has just signed…
African Day of Seas and Oceans, which is celebrated every 25 July, is an opportunity to remind people of the importance of the seas and oceans for the continent's development, provided they are…