06-Feb-2019 to 17:21
Uganda prosecutes Vietnamese pair over ivory-smuggling
APA-Kampala (Uganda) — The Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) has taken up the prosecution of two Vietnamese nationals who were arrested by Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) customs officials in possession of elephant ivory and pangolin scales.
Read more05-Feb-2019 to 22:00
Eskom emission record under fire from Greenpeace
APA-Johannesburg (South Africa) — Greenpeace Africa submitted comments to Naledzi Environmental Consultants [1] opposing Eskom's application for postponements and suspensions from complying with South Africa's Minimum Emission Standards (MES).
Read more05-Feb-2019 to 10:38
eSwatini braces for Cyclone Funani
APA-Mbabane (eSwatini) — eSwatini is bracing for the Meteorological Services Department say is a vicious tropical Cyclone Funani by Saturday.
Read more04-Feb-2019 to 12:50
Mozambique: 167,000 food insecure as climate change worsens
APA-Maputo (Mozambique) — The US-funded Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) has warned that southern and parts of central Mozambique are facing a food crisis due to December’s abnormally high temperatures and late rains, APA can report on Monday.
Read more01-Feb-2019 to 11:29
Water shortage affecting power production in Mozambique - EDM
APA-Maputo (Mozambique) — Mozambique's electricity corporation, EDM, says the severe drought that has affected parts of Mozambique and the Southern Africa region in the two last years has contributed to reducing electricity generation at the Corumana dam, in the southern district of Moamba in Maputo province.
Read more30-Jan-2019 to 16:16
Botswana to assess extent of drought aftermath
APA-Gaborone (Botswana) — The Botswana government is expected to assess how livestock has been affected by drought across the country, a report by Yarona radio station revealed on Wednesday.
Read more29-Jan-2019 to 18:24
Africa’s renewable energy potential estimated at 310 GW
APA-Dakar (Senegal) By Edouard Toure — Africa’s potential in terms of renewable energies is estimated at 310 Giga-Watts (GW), according to Hatem Fellah, Principal Agronomist at the African Development Bank (ADB) speaking in Dakar on Dakar.
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