Mr John Peter Amewu, the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources on Thursday expressed government’s commitment to institute measures to reverse the ascendancy of forest degradation to ensure...
Not less than 100 houses have been submerged and destroyed on Tuesday following a heavy downpour in Gwarzo local government of Kano State. According to Nigeria’s News Agency, the incident...
Illegal miners at Patriensa near Konongo in the Asante-Akim Central Municipality have largely ignored the government’s order to stop the destructive activity. To them, “it is business as usual”...
New research had indicated that The Amazon basin will suffer significant and irreversible environmental damage if hundreds of planned dams are constructed. The hydrophysical and ecological...
A new study from MoneySuperMarket reveals how people impact their environment, from different countries around the world. The new research highlights the individual contribution to the world’s...
Mr Sulemana Alhassan, the Upper West Regional Minister, said the region has comparative advantage in cotton, sheabutter and cashew production and it is looking for investors to partner government to...
India’s Supreme Court on Thursday issued a notice to the central government, seeking its response to the recent ban on the purchase and sale of cattle for slaughter at animal markets that have been...
The Water Resources Commission (WRC) is to establish a Dam Safety Unit that will inspect and ensure that dams and bridges are constructed in the country to meet contemporary standards. The...
Zambian President Edgar Lungu on Tuesday said his government will find a way of subsidizing electricity on production but not on consumption. The Zambia leader said that this will be done in order to...
Marshall Islands president on Wednesday appealed to the European Union to help persuade President Donald Trump to change course on climate change as her US-allied Pacific archipelago fears rising...
Rescue workers were Wednesday battling to reach remote areas of Bangladesh hit by landslides and heavy rains that have killed at least 137 people, with dozens more missing. Authorities say hundreds...
Indonesian authorities have seized hundreds of critically endangered pangolins and scales in a haul worth $190,000 after uncovering a major smuggling operation, an official said Wednesday. Two men...
South Sudan's northwest is untouched by civil war, yet hunger still wreaks havoc: here food shortages are cyclical and the annual "hunger gap" is about to begin. About 800 kilometres (500 miles) from...
A giant, flying turkey as tall as a kangaroo once roamed Australia, palaeontologists said Wednesday, after an analysis of fossils and bones from around the country revealed five extinct bird species....
Kwame Nsia-Apau, popularly called Okyeame Kwame has talked about his Hepatitis B project on the Voice of America television on ‘Africa 54.’ In an interview on the programme, Okyeame Kwame spelt...
Power purchasing agreements signed by the erstwhile Mahama-led administration would have cost Ghana an annual extra capacity charges of $700 million if it had been implemented, Energy Minister Boakye...
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and Transport projects financed by the African Development Bank (AfDB) in 2016 would have a positive impact on the living conditions of close to 20...
The Democratic Republic of Congo said Tuesday it has asked Chinese and Spanish bidders of a colossal dam project to join forces and submit a joint bid. The request will further delay the huge...
A "mountain of garbage" dumped at sea off Beirut under a deal between the government and a company has sparked outrage in Lebanon, two years after mass protests over a waste crisis. For the past 10...
Tunisia on Tuesday launched a special "green police" unit aimed at dealing with the proliferation of waste, a scourge that has worsened dramatically since the 2011 revolution. "May God help you --...
