Category: Africa

Race To Save Oil Slick Penguins

Oil-slicked Rockhopper penguins were being collected and taken off three Tristan da Cunha islands to the main island to

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Kenya Biofuel Project Opposed

Environmental goups Wednesday protested an expansive project to grow jatropha in Kenya for biofuels, arguing that such production would

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Cholera Epidemic Kills 60 In Ghana

ACCRA (Reuters) - A cholera epidemic in Ghana has killed 60 people and infected almost 4,000 since the first

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Kenya Scientist Gets Top Global Job

A Kenyan scientist has been named to a new global commission to address the threat climate change poses to

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5.0 Earthquake Shakes Uganda

Kampala — An earth tremor yesterday shook parts of Uganda, especially around the Lake Albert region, the United States

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Toxic Waste Dumped In Ghana

There is more to the story on the disposal of toxic waste from Nigeria at Essipong, near Sekondi, than

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Floods Kill At Least 25 In Angola

LUANDA (Reuters) – At least 25 people have been killed in heavy rains and flooding in the southwestern Angolan

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Disease Threatens Food Security

Scientists believe stem rust, which looks like red dust on wheat, could threaten global food security. A new strain of

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Green Wall To Stop Sahel Advance

Bonn — Imagine a green wall - 15 kilometres wide, and up to 8,000 kilometres long - a living

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Livestock Diseases Ravage Africa

New assessments from International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) have spelt out how livestock diseases present 'double trouble' in

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