Nontembiso Nokhilela has been collecting items to recycle since 2017. She even searches for cupboards that have been thrown away in order to recycle them. “I leave home around 5 am every day to be the first person to get dumped cupboards, bottles, and cans,” said the 43-year-old Lusikisiki mother of five children who searches […]
Tag: Sustainable Development
An environmental expert, Mr Gafar Odubote, has tasked Nigerians on adaptation and adoption of renewable energy to address climate change effects. Odubote, the Network Coordinator, Let’s Do It World (LDIW) Africa Region, an environmental non-profit organisation, made the call in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) yesterday in Lagos. Odubote said the fight […]
Africa has contributed negligibly to the changing climate, with less than 4% of global emissions. Yet it stands out disproportionately as the most vulnerable region in the world. It was therefore fitting that the UN climate change conference last year, COP27, was hosted in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. The African continent is facing some of the […]
While progress is being made in implementing the recent peace agreement between the Ethiopian federal government and the northern Tigray region, federal troops are now combatting rebels in the Oromia region of the country. Conflict between the federal government in Addis Ababa and the Tigray region escalated into a full-scale war in November 2020. Millions […]
The City of Cape Town reopened Small Bay and the affected section of Strand Beach on Tuesday. Both these affected areas were closed as a precautionary measure on Sunday, 1 January 2023. The Deep Blue section of Strand beach was closed due to an electrical fault at the pump station, but the issue has since […]
Western Cape Government will move faster this year in making province more energy secure Today Premier Alan Winde visited a Macassar-based business, Taylor Technology, that is taking steps to ameliorate the impact of ongoing load shedding. The Premier was accompanied by former Eskom executive Alwie Lester, who has now joined the Western Cape Government (WCG) […]
Nairobi — Three suspects are in police custody after a botched abortion, leading to the death of a middle aged woman. A police report indicates that the three includes the husband who facilitated payment for the botched exercise are facing murder charges, alongside two suspected quack doctors who conducted the failed operation. Police said the […]
Responding to President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s announcement that she is lifting the punitive political rallies blanket ban imposed on opposition political parties, Amnesty International Regional Researcher for Tanzania and Uganda, Roland Ebole said: “Though the ban should never have been made in the first place, we applaud the Tanzanian government’s decision to lift the blanket […]
Addis Abeba — Ethiopians residing in Western Gonder, Quara district and the Sudanese residing in Ankurana and Kerchedi villages held people to people discussions on 01 January aimed at addressing root causes infrequent insecurities and tof guarantee security and cementing lasting peace in their borders. According to information from the Amhara regional state Communications Bureau […]
Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) has said more than 50,000 teachers are supporting the idea of going on strike when schools open next week. In a statement, ARTUZ said it will organise massive collective actions as part of its endeavours to push government towards reinstatement of the US$540 monthly salary for teachers. The […]
Nairobi — Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mithika Linturi has assured that the prices of key food commodities which include Unga and Rice will come down in the month of February. With escalating food prices and high cost of living due to the removal of subsidies in food commodities, Linturi stated that plans are in place to […]
In the last of our Year In Review features, we honour the work of activists helping to protect women’s rights, which once again, came under attack in many countries throughout 2022. It often takes considerable bravery to stand up for the rights of women. The UN, which is committed to empowering women and girls, works […]
The mandate of the Seychelles’ Truth, Reconciliation and National Unity Commission (TRNUC) has been extended until March 2023 to give it more time to finalise its report. The extension for three months was approved by the National Assembly on December 13 for TRNUC to work through 373 determinations. This was the second time the mandate […]
… Liberia like many West African countries has one of the lowest electrification rates coupled with some of the highest electricity costs in Sub-Saharan Africa World Bank has approved US$311m to increase grid-connected renewable energy capacity for West Africa in International Development Association financing. Liberia, Chad, Sierra Leone, and Togo are expected to benefit from […]
Despite strong evidence that human activity played a role in catastrophic weather events, and the emergence of a fuel crisis sparked by the war in Ukraine, greenhouse gas emissions continued to rise. Nevertheless, the UN kept the climate emergency high on the international agenda, reaching major agreements on financing and biodiversity. At the end of […]
A moratorium on the construction of new tourism accommodations and change of use, which is currently in effect on Seychelles’ third-most populated island – La Digue – has been extended to December 2023. The decision was taken by the Cabinet of Ministers on Wednesday after it was briefed on the status of La Digue in […]
Health and social workers who are on training at the National Institute of Health and Social Services (NIHSS) will as of next year have a new building as their campus after the completion of works on the new school. The Minister for Health, Peggy Vidot, accompanied by President Wavel Ramkalawan, received the key to the […]
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Liberia: ‘Year Ending in Hardship’
-Cummings laments Liberians’ plights in Christmas message Opposition leader Alexander B. Cummings says 2022 is ending in hardship just as it started, alleging that Liberians’ living conditions have gotten worse every year under President George Manneh Weah. “This is a season of joy and I want to wish all Liberians a Merry Christmas. But, we […]