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PACT and Green Belt Movement Partner to Plant 10,000 Trees in Africa
PACT, an online underwear brand that blends design and sustainability with support for powerful social and environmental causes, today announced that it has partnered...
Morocco: First African and Arab state to host Earth Day
Earth day, one of the trendiest international events is earmarked to take place in the Moroccan capital of Rabat from April 17 to 24....
Environmental Justice Groups Tell US Congress: Protect Us from Toxic Chemicals
Letters went to the Senate and the House today demanding stronger protections for disproportionately impacted communities of color, Indigenous communities and low-income communities in...
3rd March: Commemoration of the eighth Africa Environment Day
The African Union Commission (AUC) will on Wednesday 3rd of March 2010, join the rest of the African community within the continent and in...
Climate deal: ‘An essential beginning’ but hard work lies ahead
It was not the agreement that anyone had wanted. But during the night of 18–19 December — as nearly two weeks of contentious talks...
The importance of African Rain Forests to the world
Rain forests are critical carbon dioxide storage sites that are most useful in their natural state. Their removal from the Earth, as is being...
Africa doubts promises after saving Copenhagen climate talks
Far too often, African leaders have been unable to present a united front on the world stage. Not this time around. At the Copenhagen...
Exchange of Notes for Environmental Program Grant Aid for the Republic of Malawi
The Government of Japan has decided to extend environmental program grant aid (the Project for Introduction of Clean Energy by Solar Electricity Generation System)...
An Ethiopian revolution and a national green hero
Gashaw Tahir was shocked when he returned to his native Ethiopia after living overseas and saw how the land had been degraded, as well...
Ethiopia: Meles Zenawi expresses disappointment over climate talks
Ethiopian Prime Minister, Meles Zenawi, who led the African delegation to the United Nations Copenhagen Climate Summit, has indicated that the deal he appended...
Food could become scarce by 2050
By 2050, global food production will have to double from current levels to keep up with a hungry world, but the delicately balanced ecosystem...
Why Mugabe should not have been at Copenhagen
Mugabe’s land ‘reform’ set off a chain of disasters. Apart from the possibility of soil erosion, desertification and siltation, loss of trees reduces...
Nigeria: UN moves to assess oil pollution in the Niger Delta
The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) has begun its inspection of the polluted communities in the Nigeria’s Niger Delta. A lack of maintenance, oil...
Cimate Change: Time for Africa to aggressively engage in negotiations
“For the first time in history,” says Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, “Africa will field a single negotiating team empowered to negotiate on behalf...
Climate Change: Don’t put the south on the road to permanent poverty
The question is whether or not developing nations should be permitted to harness their natural resources to lift their people out of poverty. Many...
Ethiopian petition on climate change sent to Barack Obama
A petition collected from two million Ethiopian’s urging America to take the lead on the coming climate negotiations has been sent to the US...
Snow-capped mountain in DRC and Uganda melting at an alarming rate
Environmentalists and politicians from the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda have expressed concerns over the rate at which Rwenzori mountain snow is melting....
Morocco develops Solar Energy on a national scale
An ambitious solar power project, estimated at 9 billion dollars, was announced Monday by Benkhadra Amina, Moroccan Minister of Energy. President of the Moroccan-French...
Africa: North and South to be hit hard by climate change, East will become wetter
The dangers of climate change could have a far more devastating effect on Africa than previously thought, warned a renowned British Scientist. Professor Gordon...
Niger Delta: Nigerian fights to prevent oil “tragedy” in Ghana, Uganda, Sierra Leone
One hundred days after a damning report on the Niger Delta, Amnesty International has released a review of the impact of their findings. Although...
Ethiopia embarks on a national petition collection program ahead of crucial climate summit
Ethiopia, Africa’s second most populous country, is to embark on a public information collection program which will see the gathering of petitions from its...
Growing climate related disasters in Africa justify Meles Zenawi’s threats
Over 70 people have been killed and about 430 000 others displaced from their homes after several weeks of torrential rains. The UN fears...
United States: Pro-Nigerian environmentalist silenced
An adviser to US President on environmental issues has resigned following controversial comments made about the environmental situation in Nigeria's Niger Delta. Mr. Van...
Ethiopia – Mr. Meles Zenawi to chair Africa Partnership Forum (APF)
The Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Mr. Meles Zenawi, will on September 3 chair a high-level session of Africa Partnership...
Nigeria: Government and oil firms to face ECOWAS court over violation
The Nigerian government and six international oil-firms operating in Nigeria will defend themselves against charges of oil-related pollution and environmental damages, human rights...
Ghana-United States: Dangerous ‘dirty little secret of the high-tech industry’
A global investigation into the dumping of hundreds of millions of pounds of electronic waste around the world has revealed that while the practice...
Victoria Falls under serious environmental threat
The World Heritage status for Victoria Falls is under siege after hotel companies and environmental groups voiced their concerns on plans to
increase flights over...
Ethiopian PM underlines biofuels as crucial for combating climate change
An international conference that discussed the bioenergy development of Africa was held at the United Nations conference centre for three days from last Tuesday,...
Climate change: Tough choice for the US ahead of Copenhagen 2009
The need for governments to fast-track agreements on a global treaty and develop a strong negotiation text for a new climate treaty due in...
Zenawi’s truth about the injustice of climate change
Poverty poses a major obstacle for farmers in Ethiopia to adapt to climate change, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said. "The poor do not have...