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29 07 2024 | 08:30

Malawi welcomes first fuel train in two decades

Blantyre, Malawi     — A trainload of diesel fuel has arrived in Malawi for the first time in 21 years, signaling the end of fuel shortages. Malawian authorities said the arrival Tuesday marked the…

29 07 2024 | 08:28

Electrochlorination, solar, biodiversity… SEN’EAU’s green revolution in Senegal

While the supply of drinking water is being strengthened in Dakar and other towns in Senegal, SEN'EAU wants to go further by focusing on sustainability. The company, which provides the public…

29 07 2024 | 08:27

Trump’s Environmental Impact Endures, at Home and Around the World

Former President Donald Trump dismantled the pillars of U.S. climate policy when he exited the Paris climate accord and rolled back more than 100 regulations to protect air, water, endangered species…

29 07 2024 | 08:26

African Seas and Oceans Day: between rescue and preservation

As Africa celebrates the 9th Africa Day of Seas and Oceans on 25 July 2024, attention is being drawn to the rescue of the Panamanian cargo ship MV Ultra Galaxy, which ran aground west of the Western…

29 07 2024 | 08:23

A ‘new era’ in malaria control has begun with a vaccination campaign for children in Ivory Coast

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Health workers in Ivory Coast began giving children the latest malaria vaccine on Monday, the beginning of a regional campaign that experts hope might curb the impact of…

29 07 2024 | 08:18

Transboundary waters: Zimbabwe joins two UN global conventions

As Africa promotes the sustainable growth of its seas and oceans on 25 July 2024, Zimbabwe is also determined to protect its shared water resources. This is the rationale behind its recent accession…

29 07 2024 | 08:09

Egypt: 19th book fair in Alexandria attracts summer visitors

In the Egyptian city of Alexandria, summer visitors are flocking to the 19th book fair, a two-week event running until July 28th. Stacks upon stacks of books lined the shelves, tables and walls at…

29 07 2024 | 08:06

Botswana pushes for law granting locals 24% mining ownership

Botswana is proposing a new law requiring mining companies to sell a 24% stake in their operations to locals. Botswana is a leading diamond producer in Africa and second globally, after Russia.…

29 07 2024 | 08:04

Kenya top recipient of AfDB funding in East Africa

Kenya tops the East and Central African region as the biggest beneficiary of funding from the African Development Bank (AfDB) over the last decade. Data from the pan-African lender shows that AfDB…

29 07 2024 | 08:02

‘Massacred for TikTok likes’: is social media feeding the slaughter of 2.6m birds in Lebanon?

Shell casings litter a meadow on Mount Terbol in northern Lebanon. The valley below falls along one of the world’s busiest routes for migratory birds. The mountain peak, buffeted by harsh winds,…

29 07 2024 | 08:00

The Guardian view on GB Energy: a good idea turns up just in time

Sir Keir Starmer’s legislative plan to green Britain has arrived not a moment too soon. Last week, the government’s advisers warned that only a third of the carbon reductions required by law would be…

29 07 2024 | 07:58

Frantic digging at scene of deadly Ethiopia landslides

At the scene Ethiopia’s deadliest landslides men are still digging through mounds of mud with their bare hands, spades and pick axes to find those missing - their efforts punctuated by the wails of…

29 07 2024 | 07:50

German punks launch ‘invasion’ of holiday island favoured by elite

Photograph: Aktion Sylt said it aimed to make ‘safe retreats for fascist subsidy collectors, tax-evading Nazi heirs and backward world destroyers things of the past!’ Photograph: Fabian Bimmer/…

29 07 2024 | 07:48

Nigeria investigates fuel imports after Dangote Refinery rift with regulator

LAGOS, July 22 (Reuters) - Nigerian lawmakers on Monday set up a committee to investigate crude shortages to local refineries and importation of dirty fuels, issues at the heart of a rift between the…

29 07 2024 | 07:43

More than 200 die in southern Ethiopia landslides

Using shovels or their bare hands, local residents on Tuesday searched desperately for survivors after a landslide in a remote area of southern Ethiopia killed at least 229 people, the deadliest such…

29 07 2024 | 07:41

Turkey to send navy to Somalia after agreeing oil and gas search

Somalia Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Abdirisaaq Omar Mohamed (L) shakes hands with Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar after a signing ceremony in Istanbul, Turkey on March 7,…

29 07 2024 | 07:39

Drought: who will cash the $150 CVF cheque for the Horn of Africa?

While drought has been starving tens of millions of people in the Horn of Africa for several years, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) has finally decided to take action by disbursing $151 million. This…

29 07 2024 | 07:37

‘People think they’ll smell but they don’t’: building homes from mushroom waste and weeds

Namibia has a severe housing shortage, with woody encroacher bush reducing the amount of land available for building.Photograph: Hoberman Collection/Universal Images Group/Getty “People think the…

29 07 2024 | 07:35

Ghana's top court upholds law criminalising gay sex

Same-sex couple, Naa Shika, 37, a fetish priestess, and her partner Kay, 27, a human rights activist, sit together during a discussion on the topic of Fiducia Supplicans, a Declaration approved by…