The Waste Transfer Station will help the transfer of the about 3000 tonnes of waste generated daily. Zoomlion Company Limited and the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), on Thursday, commissioned the
DAKAR - Health workers are monitoring more than 400 people amid an Ebola outbreak in a remote corner of Congo where already three deaths have been blamed on the virus, the World Health Organization said
Geneva - An unlicensed Ebola vaccine could soon be tested in a remote region of the Democratic Republic of Congo hit by an outbreak of the virus, the World Health Organisation said on Thursday. There
The head of the United Nations said on Wednesday it was vital to help fragile regions grow resilient and ward off future crises as well as address humanitarian disasters when they erupt. UN Secretary-General
KAMPALA, UGANDA - Emmanuel Mpaka lives in Bukasa at the edge of Lake Victoria and has done so since 2011. He has built a house and a business there - a drinks bar that does well in the dry seasons. Now
MAPUTO Mozambique (Xinhua) -- Nearly 25 million Mozambicans will benefit from an expansion plan connecting more rural and urban areas to the national grid by the national electricity company, Mozambican
The World Wide Fund for Nature and Forêts et Développement Rural (FODER) a local NGO, have initiated the first ever public dialogue for a national policy for the promotion of sustainable artisanal and
African governments and their development partners should invest in new home-grown initiatives to reduce high death rates among the continent's youth from preventable causes, the World Health Organisation
Alhaji Aminu Goronyo, President Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) has said annual rice production in Nigeria has increased from 5.5 million tonnes in 2015 to 5.8 million tonnes in 2017. Goronyo
THE United States embassy in Namibia and the World Customs Organisation recently hosted an operational planning training course for customs officers and other law enforcement agencies in Windhoek. The
The donation was in addition to the $8,2 million allocated last year in response to the severe drought that affected over four million rural Zimbabweans. UN resident co-ordinator Bishow Parajuli announced
ER24 paramedics were called out to a mine in Primrose in Germiston on Thursday around 3pm‚ after two men were trapped after descending into the mine. ER24 spokesperson Annine Siddall said the one man
Kenya will fork out up to Sh50 billion to make the one million-acre Galana-Kulalu food security project feasible, the Jubilee government has said. Deputy President William Ruto said water from neighbouring
Small and medium-scale agriculture is responsible for 80 percent of the deforestation between 2001 and 2015. According to experts of the Monitoring of the Andean Amazon Project (MAAP) controlling the deforestation
From new parsnips and herbs to begonias and roses, the world’s plant hunters discovered more than 1,700 new species last year, offering the prospect of better crops and new colours and scents in the garden.
Government has sourced a thirty million dollar fund to connect the Yendi Municipality to the Oti river. This will enable residents of Yendi and its environs to have water all year round. Water crisis
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item Published in Hindustan Times “And Quiet Flows the Maily Yamuna” Vs. Central Pollution Control Board & Others dated 19/05/2017
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of M/s. Leeza Leathers Vs. Central Pollution Control Board & Others dated 19/05/2017 regarding discharge of effluents by Leeza Leathers into river
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Manoj Mishra Vs. Union of India & Others dated 19/05/2017 regarding pollution of river Yamuna generated in the area of Delhi. Tribunal is informed
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Mustak M Kadri Vs. State of Gujarat & Others dated 19/05/2017 regarding permission to buy 500 diesel buses by Gujarat State Transport Corporation.
