North African climate change threatens farming, political stability
Sidi Salem – Tunisian olive farmer Ali Fileli looked out over his parched fields and crushed a lump of... Read more
15 Nov, 2021
Drought, overpumping cut Morocco river link to sea
Saidia – Moroccan environmentalist Mohamed Benata stood taking photos of what should be the mouth of the Moulouya river –... Read more
15 Nov, 2021
Almost 4 000 people displaced by tidal surge in Ghana
Accra – Almost 4 000 people on Ghana’s coast were still displaced on Wednesday after a weekend tidal surge swept... Read more
10 Nov, 2021
Art of trash: Feting South Africa’s overlooked waste pickers
Johannesburg – To many they are just filthy-looking jumbo bags bursting at the seams with recyclable waste wheeled along... Read more
5 Nov, 2021
No tilling, no chemicals in South African farmer’s revolution
Balfour – It’s spring in South Africa, and Danie Bester’s tillers are rusting in a corner of his farm. Freshly-turned... Read more
28 Oct, 2021
Northern white rhino retired from world-first breeding project
Nairobi – Scientists attempting to bring back the near-extinct northern white rhinoceros announced on Thursday they would stop harvesting eggs... Read more
21 Oct, 2021
Famed gorilla dies at 35 in DRC park
Bukavu – A veteran gorilla descended from a celebrated forebear immortalised on a banknote has been found dead near a... Read more
19 Oct, 2021
Oil cleanup in southern Nigeria still a ‘long way’ from target
Abuja – A much-touted cleanup of oil pollution in southern Nigeria has yet to start in parts of the hotspot... Read more
8 Oct, 2021
Sea pollution after SA riots an ‘environmental catastrophe’
Johannesburg – South African government on Sunday said the sea pollution linked to a spill from a chemical plant attacked... Read more
4 Oct, 2021
Bees kill dozens of endangered penguins in Cape Town
Port Elizabeth – A swarm of bees has killed 63 endangered African penguins on a beach outside Cape Town, the... Read more
20 Sep, 2021
