Western oil companies are exacerbating water shortages and causing pollution in Iraq as they race to profit from rising oil prices after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The Hollywood director of Netflix film Don’t Look Up has pledged to triple donations to Just Stop Oil over the weekend, the group has said.
Adam McKay, who made the satire on the climate crisis as…
While they are being promoted around the world as a crucial weapon in reducing carbon emissions, solar panels only have a lifespan of up to 25 years.
Experts say billions of panels will eventually…
In Angola, the authorities recently attended the ceremony marking the completion of the diversion of the Kwanza river in the locality of São Pedro da Quilemba. This marks the effective start of…
Investigation involving Guardian shows systematic and vast forest loss linked to cattle farming in Brazil
More than 800m trees have been cut down in the Amazon rainforest in just six years to feed…
The 6th Mining On Top Africa (MOTA) conference is being held from 12 to 13 July 2023 in Paris, France. After a five-year truce due to Covid-19, this new edition gives European investors the…
A partnership was recently signed between the Nordic Environment Finance Corporation (NEFCO) and the Clean Cooking Alliance (CCA). The aim is to mobilise funding to accelerate access to clean cooking…
The governments of Mozambique and Zimbabwe have signed three agreements on the protection and use of cross-border water in the face of climate change. The rivers that cross the two countries include…
Nigeria is taking action to decarbonise its transport system with the introduction of two new electric buses in the economic capital Lagos.
This is it. Nigeria’s first electric public transport…
Chadian company Le Rocher has just laid the foundation stone for a drinking water supply system in the town of Moussoro, in west-central Chad. The system is due to come on stream in 15 months' time…
The project to strengthen protected areas and local development in the Diana region in northern Madagascar is on the right track. The continuity of the project has just been ensured by a €2 million…
In Morocco, the National Office of Water and Electricity (ONEE) is planning to build two seawater desalination plants in the cities of Essaouira and Guelmim, respectively located on the Atlantic…
While Cameroon is declared a non-cooperating country in the fight against illegal fishing, the southern seaside town of Kribi is hosting a workshop from 7 to 10 June 2023 to sensitise journalists on…
A consortium led by Électricité de France (EDF) has just been appointed by the Mozambican authorities to build the 1,500 MW Mphanda Nkuwa hydroelectric dam. This mega-project will require an…
In a report presented on 24 May 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) establishes a causal link between climate change and the rise in armed conflicts in Africa.
A new sewer network is improving wastewater management in Sebha, a municipality located 660 km south of Tripoli, the capital of Libya. For several years, this effluent has been responsible for…
On the sidelines of the 58th General Assembly of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, which has just ended in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, the West African Development Bank (BOAD) has signed a…
The Indian company Gravita has been granted a €34 million credit facility. This facility granted by Proparco and the Austrian Development Bank (OeEB) will enable the construction of new industrial…
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is providing financing of €117 million to the governments of Senegal and Egypt for the sanitation and reuse of treated wastewater. The funds are being provided by…
Tunisia will soon have an annual programme to develop the use of treated wastewater. The announcement was made on 18 May 2023 by the head of the Tunisian government, Najla Bouden, at the end of a…
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