UNDP in partnership with the Monrovia City Corporation (MCC) and in collaboration with the United Nations Volunteer (UNV) Program, will on 13, August 2022, launch a Cash for Work clean-up exercise covering 10 communities in Monrovia and its surroundings to help tackle the issue of poor waste management, while providing short-term income to support livelihood […]
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The Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA) and port operator APM Terminals Liberia have launched the Port Automation and Digitization (PAD) project at the Freeport of Monrovia. The launch of the project comes after months of consultations and engagements with stakeholders, a release says. The launch heralds a new phase of computerized processes at the Freeport of […]
We reported a leaking standpipe 18 months ago. It is still leaking As Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality battles a lengthy drought and critically low dam levels and urges its residents to use no more than 50 litres per person per day, leaks in informal settlements continue to test its efforts. Eighteen months ago, GroundUp reported […]
Soil conservation, restoration and erosion control experts have suggested the establishment of demonstration plots in villages across the country that could help educate farmers on controlling soil erosion, starting with districts that are most vulnerable. Demonstration plots are farmer-owned and farmer-managed plots of land used by village-based extension agents, village agricultural extension officers or lead […]
The agency says it had begun processes of dual fuel system for waste disposal trucks The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has said the charge for waste evacuation would increase by 50 per cent from 1 October. The Managing Director, LAWMA, Ibrahim Odumboni, spoke on Wednesday in Lagos during a news conference on the activities […]
The Federal Government of Nigeria, in collaboration with the World Bank, has expressed determination to address environmental degradation in 19 states of the country, including the Federal Capital Territory, FCT. Minister of Environment, Mohammed Abdullahi, disclosed that this will be done through the Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes, ACReSAL, Project, which was launched recently. He […]
The world’s largest and heaviest living carnivore is not a big cat, a bear or a wolf: it’s the southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina). Bulls of this species can be 5 metres long and can weigh up to 3,500kg. The Cape fur seal, meanwhile, can grow to 3.9 metres and weigh up to 360kg. A […]
If the dead could talk or make demands, they would have by now besieged Offices of Paynesville City Mayor, E. Pam Belcher Taylor, in protest over deplorable state of their eternal resting places. However, they are helpless and those whose duties it is to ensure these cemeteries are in good condition appear indifferent. The abandonment […]
Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) is in the process of developing an E-waste strategy to address issues of management involving any electrical and electronic equipment that is discarded or is intended to be discarded or is required to be discarded after use. Such include temperature equipment (fridges), televisions, lamps (fluorescent), large equipment (telecommunication equipment); small […]
In the last three farming seasons (over a year’s time), farmers grouped under IABM – a cooperative mainly growing maize in Muhanga District, Southern Province, saw 28 hectares of their farms gradually washed away by torrential rain induced erosion, causing them at least Rwf112 million annual income loss. Jean d’Amour Ntamabyariro, president of this cooperative […]
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Liberia: EPA Clears Bea Mountain
… .says there is no water pollution The Environmental Protection Agency-EPA has cleared Bea Mountain of carrying out any form of pollution of water in the Marvoe Creek downstream on the New Liberty Gold Mine. A statement issued by the agency said on Monday. “The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of Liberia informs the Public that, […]
Cape Town — Spelling out the Biden Administration’s new strategy for sub-Saharan Africa on Monday, the United States Secretary of State, Antony J. Blinken, both declared that the U.S. and African nations should be “equal partners” and appealed for support for Ukraine’s defence of its territorial integrity. “[T]oo often African nations have been treated as […]
Victoria Yards, Johannesburg, South Africa – August 8, 2022 QUESTION: Sir, thank you. I really appreciate your time, Secretary Blinken. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good to be with you. QUESTION: It is an absolute honor for me to speak to you. So — SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you. QUESTION: — let me get straight to it, then. If […]
South African women have been challenged to take part in conversations aimed at finding solutions to mitigate the impact of climate change. Member of the Presidential Climate Change Commission, Princess Tsakani Nkambule, said women must be at the centre of decision making because they endure the most of the adverse effects of climate change. “As […]
The implementation of Kigali City wetland master plan would generate over $155 million annually, a new study has found. The study dubbed “Economics of Kigali City Wetland Ecosystem Services” was carried out by environmentalists from Albertine Rift Conservation Society (ARCOS). Arcos is a regional conservation organisation with a mission to enhance biodiversity conservation and sustainable […]
Tono — A total of 347,446 people from four districts and municipalities in the Upper East Region are set to benefit from the water expansion supply project in Tono, a farming community in the Kassena-Nankana Municipality of the Upper East Region. The districts and municipalities, including Kassena-Nankana West and Bolgatanga East Districts, Kassena-Nankana and Bolgatanga […]
Independent Norton legislator Temba Mliswa has teared into Minister of Local Government, July Moyo for plunging Harare into debilitating water shortages. Most areas in the capital experienced water crisis which Harare City Council Mayor, Jacob Mafume attributed to a fault and lack of water chemicals at the Morton Jeffery water works. Harare was allocated ZW$2 […]
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in South Africa on Sunday, the first leg of his three-nation African tour. In addition to South Africa, Blinken is also set to visit the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda. Blinken is slated to deliver a major speech in South Africa on Monday on U.S. strategy toward […]