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17 06 2023 | 11:16

Construction of Africa’s first-of-a-kind digital village begins in Ratoma, Guinea

The construction of Africa’s first-of-a-kind digital village has begun in Ratoma, Guinea. Recently, a groundbreaking ceremony was held in Kipé, within the premises of the Ratoma Vocational Training…

17 06 2023 | 11:09

SOMALIA: ATMIS to plant 30,000 trees to green the country by December 2024

As Somalia faces a devastating drought, the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS), the United Nations (UN) and the Somali federal government are launching a campaign to plant 30,000…

17 06 2023 | 11:08

RWANDA: a climate-smart farming solution in Musanze

While floods are destroying crops in Rwanda, a digital solution should help to improve farming practices and climate resilience in a number of towns, starting with Musanze, 98 kilometres from Kigali…

17 06 2023 | 11:06

Albin Lazare: “The environment and the SDGs are at the heart of city diplomacy”

Invited to the second International Economic day of Municipalities in Cameroon (JEICOM23), which closed on 3 June 2023 in Cameroon, the International Association of Francophone Mayors (AIMF) gave an…

17 06 2023 | 11:05

CENTRAL SAHEL: climate change affects more than 16 million people

In a report published on 6 June 2023, the American non-governmental organisation (NGO) International Rescue Committee (IRC) states that at least 16 million people are in need of humanitarian aid in…

17 06 2023 | 11:02

EGYPT: Petrotrade to manage oil waste from 2,400 companies and industries

In Egypt, the General Authority for Investment and Free Zones (GAFI) has entrusted the management of petroleum and mineral oil waste from around 2,400 companies and industrial establishments to the…

17 06 2023 | 10:57

Kenya to convert massacre forest into a memorial site

Kenya will convert a vast coastal forest where the bodies of more than 250 people linked to a doomsday cult have been exhumed into a national memorial site, a minister has said. The discovery of…

17 06 2023 | 10:56

AFRICA: the city of today: the test of the demographic explosion and the climate

As the second edition of the International Economic Days of Municipalities in Cameroon (JEICOM23), closed last Saturday at the Congress Hall in Yaoundé, the Afrik21 editorial team takes a closer look…

17 06 2023 | 10:52

MoU signed to facilitate development of smart cities in Kenya

A memorandum of understanding (MoU) has been signed in favour of the development of smart cities in Kenya. The MoU was signed between the government of the East African country Korea. They were…

17 06 2023 | 10:50

KENYA: communities excel in wildlife conservation in the Maasai Mara

A recent wildlife census carried out in the Maasai Mara ecosystem in south-west Kenya demonstrates the effectiveness of local communities in conservation. The results of this census show that 83.7%…

17 06 2023 | 10:13

Where Are the World’s Water Stresses?

In May 2023

14 06 2023 | 17:49

End ‘delaying tactics’ on loss and damage fun

The loss and damage fund was adopted at COP27. At SB58 in Bonn, negotiations on its design will take place. Harjeet Singh of Climate Action Network International criticizes the delaying tactics…

12 06 2023 | 21:18

If swing voters were terrified of the climate crisis, ministers would take it seriously

The end of the world is nigh, again. And as usual, it’s being greeted largely with a shrug. Perhaps you felt a prick of unease as you scrolled the headlines, or half listened over breakfast to some…

12 06 2023 | 21:00

Slowing ocean current caused by melting Antarctic ice could have drastic climate impact, study says

A major global deep ocean current has slowed down by approximately 30% since the 1990s as a result of melting Antarctic ice, which could have critical consequences for Earth’s climate patterns and…

12 06 2023 | 20:58

The Guardian view on biodiversity collapse: the crisis humanity can no longer ignore

In an essay entitled The Sense of Wonder, the American conservationist Rachel Carson suggested two questions to make us think more deeply about our natural environment. “What if I had never seen this…

12 06 2023 | 09:57

Ukraine built more onshore wind turbines in past year than England

Ukraine has completed more onshore wind turbines than England since it was occupied by Russian soldiers – despite the UK government’s promise to relax restrictions on onshore windfarms.

12 06 2023 | 09:50

30 water treatment works released 11bn litres of raw sewage in a year, study suggests

Eleven billion litres of raw sewage were discharged from a sample of 30 water company treatment works in one year, new research suggests. The study aimed to reveal the volume of discharged effluent…

12 06 2023 | 09:48

More than 1,500 arrested at Extinction Rebellion protest in The Hague

More than 1,500 people were arrested during a protest by the Extinction Rebellion climate group in The Hague on Saturday, Dutch police said. Activists blocked a section of a motorway during the…

12 06 2023 | 09:45

The vanishing swifts from the sky above my shed are a sad omen

On 7 May, I tweeted that swifts had appeared in the skies over the shed where I write on the same day in 2022, and predicted, if they kept to their schedule, they would leave overnight on 7 August.…