environment
Ghana Signs $4bn MoU With Chinese Company
The government of Ghana has signed a memorandum of understanding with Sinohydro Corporation Limited for the execution...
3 Lions Shot After Escaping From South Africa’s Kruger Park
Three male lions that escaped over the weekend from South Africa's Kruger National Park have been shot dead after a...
AfDB, IsDB Sign New US$2bn Deal To Fund Energy, SMEs, Human Development Programmes
African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) have signed a landmark agreement to strengthen...
Villagers In Niger ‘massacre’ 27 Hippos
At least 27 hippos have been slaughtered in a touristy zone in western Niger by villagers who blame them for destroying...
200 Green Activists Killed In 2016, Record Toll
At least 200 environmental campaigners and protectors -- 40 percent from indigenous tribes -- were murdered around the...
Japan Flood Death Toll Rises To 30
The death toll from heavy rains and flooding in Japan's south has risen to 30, officials said Thursday, while rescue...
Dangote Invests $4.6 Billion Into Farming In Nigeria
Dangote Group, controlled by Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, plans to invest $3.8 billion in sugar and rice and...
Rising Temperatures Spell Plane Take-Off Woes
Rising temperatures due to global warming will make it harder for aircraft to take off in coming decades, a US study...
Give Us Jobs, Restore Our Allowance – Agric Students Beg Gov’t
Students of agriculture colleges in the country have lamented what they call government’s seeming neglect of their...
Cambodia Bans Overseas Exports of Coastal Sand
Cambodia has outlawed sand exports from a coastal region where it has been primarily funnelled in huge quantities to...
NASA Releases New Images of Raging Storm On Jupiter
NASA on Wednesday released a series of stunning images of a raging storm on Jupiter, known as the Great Red Spot,...
NKorea Quake ‘not A Nuclear Test’
An undersea earthquake off the coast of North Korea was not caused by a nuclear test, the South's media reported...
Dusty Homes Could Make You OBESE – Research
It’s bad news for those who hate cleaning – dust can make you fat, shocking new research suggests. Just minuscule...
Turkey Energy Minister ‘to Visit Israel For Pipeline Deal’
Turkey's Energy Minister Berat Albayrak is set to visit Israel by the end of this year to conclude an agreement for the...
Trillion-Tonne Iceberg Breaks Off Antarctica
An iceberg the size of Delaware, one of the largest on record, was set adrift after snapping off a West Antarctic ice...
Elephant Has ‘miraculous Escape’ After Being Swept 5 MILES Out To Sea
The Sri Lankan navy has rescued an elephant after it was spotted desperately keeping its trunk above water while...
Floods, Bad Roads and Collapsing Bridges; Kumasi’s Broad Day Nightmare
Just a couple of years ago, people living in Kumasi would have had a troll at residents of Accra for the perennial...
Sri Lankan Navy Rescues Elephant Washed Out To Sea
Sri Lanka's navy has rescued an elephant that got into difficulties after being washed out to sea, a spokesman said...
Myanmar Farmers Stage Week-Long Protest Over Land Grabs
Hundreds of Myanmar farmers entered a seventh day of protest over land grabs on Wednesday, demanding the government...