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08 05 2024 | 08:17

How Banks and Investors Are Fueling a Global Biodiversity Crisis

In a global context where tropical rainforests play a critical r

08 05 2024 | 08:11

‘Climate denial’ ad pulled from The Australian after being labelled ‘deceptive’

For almost a decade, the Australian has been running “climate science denial” ads from the Climate Study Group (CSG) that claim burning fossil fuels is hunky dory and even necessary for life on Earth.

08 05 2024 | 08:06

New rule compels US coal-fired power plants to capture emissions – or shut down

Coal-fired power plants would be forced to capture smokestack emissions or shut down under a rule issued on Thursday by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

08 05 2024 | 08:00

France probes TotalEnergies over Mozambique attack

Prosecutors in France have opened an investigation into TotalEnergies to establish whether the energy giant can be charged with involuntary manslaughter linked to an Islamist militant attack on its…

08 05 2024 | 07:59

Amea enters the South African market with the Doornhoek solar farm

On 30 April 2024, UAE-based independent power producer (IPP) Amea Power signed the power purchase agreement (PPA) for its Doornhoek solar photovoltaic power plant. This marks Amea Power's entry into…

08 05 2024 | 07:58

How a Neighborhood Co-op Started by Teens Helped Communities Around the U.S. Adopt Solar Power

In our time of climate crisis, there is an increasingly urgent need to

08 05 2024 | 07:57

Cabalou and Congo Plast win Congo Basin start-up prize

The Osiane exhibition on digital innovation closed on 26 April in Brazzaville with the announcement of the results of the Congo Basin Start-up Challenge. Among the winners of this eighth edition was…

08 05 2024 | 07:52

Massive deforestation in Cameroon: an urgent call for international action

Massive deforestation and forest degradation in Cameroon are reaching alarming proportions, threatening biodiversity, the rights of local communities and international commitments to protect the…

08 05 2024 | 07:49

Global treaty against plastic pollution: no significant progress in Ottawa

How can we tackle the unsustainable production of plastics?

05 05 2024 | 09:34

Dozens dead after dam bursts amid torrential rain in Kenya

At least 45 people died when a makeshift dam burst its banks near a southern town in Kenya’s Rift valley in the early hours of Monday, police said, as torrential rains and floods hit the country.

05 05 2024 | 09:20

Visitors stranded at Kenya’s Maasai Mara nature reserve, as devastating flooding kills nearly 200 people

Staff and visitors have been left stranded and buildings submerged at Kenya’s famous Maasai Mara nature reserve, as the death toll in catastrophic flooding in the country’s southwest rose to at least…

05 05 2024 | 09:15

Kenya orders flood evacuations as it warns dams could spill

The Kenyan government has ordered people living near 178 dams and reservoirs to evacuate as heavy rains continue. The interior ministry warned that the water bodies "have filled up or are nearly…

05 05 2024 | 09:12

MOROCCO: €4 million in funding for agro-ecology projects

In the wake of the 16th Salon international de l'agriculture au Maroc (Siam), a call for expressions of interest has been launched to promote agroecology as part of the "IHYAE" programme.

05 05 2024 | 09:09

ODD8: how climate change affects 70% of the world’s workers

To mark International Workers' Day, which is celebrated every year on May 1st, the Afrik21 editorial team takes a look at the impact of climate change on health and working conditions. According to…

05 05 2024 | 09:06

KENYA: Thika’s drinking water system to be upgraded with €114m from Danida

Announced in 2022 by the Thika Water and Sewerage Company (THIWASCO), the financing agreement for the project to modernise and extend the Thika drinking water supply system has finally been signed.…

05 05 2024 | 09:04

CAMEROON: Towards the launch of the 9-town drinking water supply project in Dschang

The second phase of the Nine Towns Drinking Water Supply Project (PAEP) can begin in Dschang, in the Menoua department of western Cameroon. On 24 April 2024, the local administrative authorities and…

05 05 2024 | 09:00

The secrets of Tanzania’s new electric train, the talk of Africa

Between the inauguration of the Mombasa-Nairobi railway and the planned West African railway linking Abidjan to Ouagadougou, the number of projects on Africa's railways is increasing. The latest…