City waste removal contract ended on 30 June, with no waste collected since Mounds of garbage have been piling up on the streets of a Dunoon informal settlement since the last service provider’s contract expired. Residents are deeply concerned about risk to health, an increasing rat population, and threats to children who play on the […]
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Mrs. Teresa Cummings on Saturday, July 29, toured and visited with residents of several flood-affected communities in the 12th Street area of Montserrado County, District #9. Teresa Cummings is the wife of the Standard Bearer of the Collaborating Political Parties (CPP), Mr. Alexander B. Cummings. She was invited by a local based organization, identified as […]
Kenya will on Monday host a high-level five-day workshop to discuss feed and fodder shortage, and the adverse effects the crisis has caused- including a sharp increase in nutritious foods sourced from livestock. We are all crying about the high cost of eggs and milk, which is a direct impact of the feed and fodder […]
Heavy rainfall, very cold conditions, rough seas, snow, and strong to gale force winds are expected over parts of the Cape provinces this weekend as a strong cold front makes landfall on Friday evening, 28 July, along the west coast of the country. On Saturday, 29 July, a cut-off low rapidly develops over the Western […]
The total number of court cases focused on climate action has more than doubled since 2017 and is growing worldwide, according to a new report published on Thursday by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). The trend indicates that climate litigation is becoming an integral part of the international push for greater climate action and justice. […]
The National Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) is encouraged by the sustained momentum of the upward trend in its Western Cape Dam storage systems. According to the hydrological report of the 24 July 2023, the Western Cape Water Supply System (WCWSS), which supplies water to Cape Town and its environs is seating comfortably at […]
Dr. Sultan Al-Jaber, COP28 President-Designate and Simon Stiell, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), have called upon G20 nations to take a greater leadership role in climate change mitigation and adaptation. With only 125 days to go, the leaders today issued a joint statement on the sidelines of the […]
SOUTH Africa is borrowing a leaf from Tanzania on methods of bee-farming after the latter country registered remarkable success. South Africa is currently producing 2,000 tonnes of honey a year and seeks to double its production to 4,000 this year while Tanzania produces over 32,000 tonnes annually. On Tuesday, a delegation of 10 people from […]
French oil giant TotalEnergies has started drilling oil wells in Uganda as part of the massive East African Crude Oil Pipeline project that has been opposed by environmental and human rights groups. TotalEnergies said Wednesday it had started drilling at its Tilenga project on the northern end of Lake Albert in Uganda this month “to […]
Harare — Somalia has stated that it will not accept mediation in a maritime dispute with Kenya, which was ruled by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in October 2021, according to The East African. Ali Mohamed Omar, the state minister for foreign affairs of Somalia, said a committee of MPs that Somalia and Kenya […]
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Tanzania: Food Prices Take Nosedive
THE general trend of the prices of food crops has continued to decline due to improved harvests this season as well as the government’s measures to contain inflation. Presenting a report on the general trend of prices of various goods in 2022/23 fiscal year, the Minister for Industry and Trade, Dr Ashatu Kijaji said the […]
Over 400 cows and more than 200 sheep in the FCT have been vaccinated against anthrax since the beginning of the exercise on Monday. The acting Secretary, Agriculture and Rural Development Secretariat (ARDS) of FCTA, Malam Ishaq Abubakar Sadeeq, who flagged off the exercise, said that veterinary doctors would meet the herders at designated locations […]
With the aim of further strengthening regional response to pollution incidents at sea, a three-day tabletop exercise is being organised in Seychelles for the western Indian Ocean, putting to test an existing regional contingency plan. Dubbed the ‘Western Indian Ocean Pollution Regional Exercise (WIOPOLREX)’, the exercise is being organised jointly by the Regional Coordination Operations […]
President William Ruto says he lifted the ban on logging to create jobs for Kenya’s youth. But climate activists are pushing back on what they see as his doublespeak on climate justice. Barely a year after he took office, President William Ruto has lifted the ban Kenya imposed on logging to conserve water six years […]
Harare — At least 15 people drowned on July 24, 2023 when a boat carrying migrants and refugees capsized off the coast of Dakar. This is the latest tragedy involving desperate refugees making risky maritime voyages to reach Europe, Al Jazeera reports. “I express my deep sorrow following the death of around fifteen Senegalese people […]
Harare — Power is now being restored to certain areas of the Johannesburg CBD, IOL reports. This comes after a gas explosion on Wednesday, July 19, 2023 tore through part of Lillian Ngoyi Street (formerly Bree Street), causing extensive damage and leaving one person dead and 48 others injured. City Power was forced to act […]
Today, Greenpeace Africa has withdrawn its PAIA application to the The Minister in the Presidency Responsible for State Security to provide further information on the infiltration and surveillance of civil society organisations confirmed by the declassified Boast Report[1] in July 2022. A lengthy affidavit[2] from the SSA has put to rest concerns of infiltration, however […]
Harare — More than 30 people have been killed in wildfires in Algeria. Among the dead are 10 troops who were combating the blaze. Hundreds of residents have been forced to flee their homes along the country’s Mediterranean coast, Al Jazeera reports. The deaths were reported on Monday, July 24, 2023 when some areas of […]