Africa

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31 01 2020 | 16:32

Financing the East African Crude Oil Pipeline is a big mistake.

At a time when the international scientific community is telling us the world cannot absorb new fossil fuel developments if we are to tackle the climate crisis, Uganda and Tanzania are planning to…

31 01 2020 | 12:45

Dates Shifted for Africa Climate Week in Kampala: 20 to 24 April 2020.

Bonn/Kampala,  - In consultation with the secretariat of UN Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Republic of Uganda has decided to move the dates of the upcoming Africa Climate Week to 20 to 24 April 2020.…

30 01 2020 | 14:53

A Battle to Protect Forests Unfolds in Central Africa.

Indigenous people, environmentalists and industries vie for control over lands that can offer economic benefits or climate protection — but not always both. Beneath the forest canopy, Lucien Maka…

30 01 2020 | 14:41

How the 'Venice of Africa' is losing its battle against the rising ocean.

Saint-Louis, the old colonial capital of Senegal, faces a flooding threat that has already seen entire villages lost to the Atlantic Ameth Diagne points to a single tree submerged in the ocean. It…

30 01 2020 | 12:47

Download the updated agenda for Powering Africa Summit 2020 in Miami: 24 -26 February 2020

INTRODUCTION TO THE POWERING AFRICA: SUMMIT The 6th Powering Africa: Summit (PAS) will return to Miami in February 2020. The Summit will welcome over 370 investors to Miami from across North America…

30 01 2020 | 12:14

East Africa's battles devastating locust swarms.

There's growing alarm in East Africa about huge swarms of desert locusts which are spreading across the region. The swarms have been destroying vegetation, forcing farmers into desperate measures.…

28 01 2020 | 15:44

“Suffering in Silence": New CARE report highlights top 10 crises that received little to no media attention in 2019.

9 out of 10 most under-reported crises on the African continent / man-made climate change dramatically fuels displacement and hunger crises

27 01 2020 | 07:58

UK could tap into Africa's $24bn market for off-grid solar power.

UK investors could seize a $24bn investment opportunity by helping to connect millions of people without access to electricity to off-grid home solar power systems. The market for pay-as-you-go home…

25 01 2020 | 08:27

Africa's 'first fully solar-powered village' wants to be a model for a renewable future.

Near Morocco's sunny Atlantic coast, the tiny community of Id Mjahdi is being touted as Africa's first completely solar-powered village. Solar power has the potential to become one of Africa's top…

17 01 2020 | 07:57

Extreme weather leaves Congo capital residents underwater.

KINSHASA (Reuters) - Paulin Bolumbu thought his family lived a safe distance from the Congo River, but in November the water overran its banks by more than half a kilometer, inundating his corrugated…

13 01 2020 | 14:56

This beautiful desert is blooming with wildlife found nowhere else on Earth

Van Zyl's golden mole is an extraordinary creature. It is more closely related to elephants than to the moles you might find in gardens and parks. It has no visible eyes or ears and it "swims" just…

11 01 2020 | 14:13

How Forced Labor in Eritrea Is Linked to E.U.-Funded Projects.

BRUSSELS — The European Union spent 20 million euros last year in Eritrea, hoping to help stem an exodus from the repressive African country, which is consistently one of its biggest sources of…

11 01 2020 | 14:12

Doing more—and better—for Africa’s food system in the face of climate change.

Africa’s food systems are in the throes of a climate crisis.  From devastating droughts in Southern Africa and West Africa to 

11 01 2020 | 13:40

Pleading for Leniency, Eskom Wants to Slash Emissions by 2035.

Power utility Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd., South Africa’s biggest polluter, said it will slash emissions of three major pollutants by 2035 while it asks for exemptions to incoming standards to avoid as…

09 01 2020 | 14:21

Africa Solar Trade Exhibitions 2020: Ethiopia: 24-26 Feb.| Kenya : 03-05 June| Tanzania : 16-18 Sept.

Solar Africa returns to East Africa at Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania 7th Solar Africa 2020, East Africa's largest Solar Energy Products and Equipment fair is back, in Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania to…

09 01 2020 | 08:38

Water wars: early warning tool uses climate data to predict conflict hotspots.

Tension over water scarcity is increasing across the globe. A new system flags up where this threatens to erupt into violence. Researchers from six organisations have developed an early warning…

09 01 2020 | 08:38

This startup is using geo-tagging and blockchain to fight deforestation in Africa.

Every year, about 15 billion trees are cut down globally, and across Africa, deforestation rates has surpassed the global annual average of 0.8 percent.

08 01 2020 | 14:58

Africa embraces an $8 billion solar market for going off-grid.

Desperate times call for desperate measures. So Tanzania, where 80 percent of the population has no reliable access to electricity, is planning to import biomass as fuel from Ethiopia this year and…