An extensive aerial survey in South Sudan has revealed an enormous migration of 6 million antelope – the largest migration of land mammals anywhere on Earth. It is more than double the size of…
Fire breaks out at Dangote Refinery in Lagos
Dangote Group contains the 'minor fire incident' at its effluent treatment plant
The refinery, with a capacity of 650,000 barrels per day, started…
Police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at protesters Thursday in Nairobi where groups of demonstrators rallied despite President William Ruto's decision on Wednesday to withdraw a controversial…
A China-backed pipeline that would make Niger an oil-exporting country is being threatened by an internal security crisis and a diplomatic dispute with neighoring Benin, both as a result of last…
Sections of Kenya’s parliament were on fire on Tuesday as protesters overwhelmed police to storm the compound where lawmakers had just passed a contentious bill that would introduce a raft of…
An electric car battery developed by UK start-up Nyobolt has successfully charged from 10% to 80% in four minutes and 37 seconds in its first live demonstration.
It was achieved with a specially-…
Wildfires are once again ravaging the Arctic Circle, the EU's climate change monitor - Copernicus - has reported.
It is the third time in the past five years that high intensity fires have swept…
The European Union is helping a group of 112 cities track down €650 billion in public and private financing to bring their climate pollution to net-zero by 2030, while the continent’s European Green…
It isn't just your perception that extreme heat is happening more and more. As a result of climate change, the number of extreme heat events has accelerated around the world. The past eight years…
Concrete is perhaps the most commonly used building material in the world. With a bit of tweaking, it could help to power our homes too.
On a laboratory bench in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a stack…
A rise in zombie fires in Canada is having knock-on effects for the wildfire season. Researchers and fire services are racing to find ways to put out perennial fires.
It may not look like much any more, but in its heyday La Chaumière was “the premier nightclub in all Saint Louis”, recalls Cheikh Badiane. When the tide was low, the long beach extending far into…
The continent is currently experiencing an influx of ideas, innovations, and revenue, propelling an unrelenting economic reformation.
Africa is growing in population, splendour, and strength. There…
The generation of Kenyans born between 1997 and 2012 – the Gen-Zs – have borne the brunt of the country’s slow economic growth. If a country has slow economic growth, it typically experiences higher…
From industrial metals to precious stones, columbite to tantalite and limestone to zinc, Nigeria is replete with untapped mining resources. Dele Alake, the country’s minister of solid minerals…
At a time when the Congo wants to increase its fossil fuel production, a group of nature conservation NGOs is sounding the alarm about the situation in the Conkouati-Doulo national park. The Congo's…
Good news for African start-ups in the pre-seed and seed stages. French venture capital firm Breega has just launched a $75 million fund to support sustainable development innovations.
Breega has…
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