According to a new atlas, if current trends are anything to go by, it will take Africa until 2080 to achieve full access to electricity. Last week, a new atlas released by the UN Environment and the
As Atul Yadav sets up his food cart in the sweltering morning heat, flies are not the only guests feasting on garbage dumped on the side of a road in Noida's Barola village. Cows lumber through the
Investors with more than $15 trillion of assets under management urged governments led by the United States to implement the Paris climate accord to fight climate change despite U.S. President Donald Trump's
The city of Montreal declared a state of emergency on Sunday afternoon as floodwaters spread from torrential rains that have lashed the city since early on Friday, causing the worst flooding in decades,
Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board (APPCB) and Parayavarana Margadarsi Vaisakhi (PMV) jointly initiated the campaign 'Connecting People to Nature' at the Public Library on Saturday as part of World
The Western Cape High Court has set aside a prospecting right application, which could have opened the way for fracking in South Africa. The court’s decision could put the brakes on a number of similar
At least 153 people have been affected by dengue fever outbreak in Mombasa, acting county health executive Binti Omara has said. Health experts from both public and private hospitals were on Sunday
With swine flu (H1N1) positive cases increasing in the district since the last two months, health experts are worried about mutation in the virus strain and the virus' adaptability to seasonal changes
Five months into 2017, there is still no budget or funding for 2.5 million Severely Acute Malnourished (SAM) children in the country. And like in previous years, about 500,000 of them risk death before
A group of scientists have developed an innovative tool to detect and quantify severity of drought and floods in the country. The scientists from the University of Nairobi, working together with their
PUNE: World Health Organisation (WHO) India on Saturday underlined the need to increase spending on healthcare in India. Addressing the valedictory ceremony of SYMHEALTH 2017, an international conference
LUSAKA, ZAMBIA - At Chipata Clinic in Zambia's capital, Lusaka, Fred Mwansa concludes his session with a group of HIV-positive people on how they can use the short messaging system (SMS) to anonymously
KOZHIKODE: The district health department officials here have found larvae of aedes aegypti mosquitoes - the mosquito that can spread dengue fever -in indoor water storage containers in houses where severe
Hundreds of fishermen and herders in Kenya’s coastal Lamu County, a UNESCO world heritage site, are reeling from a prolonged drought that dried up fresh water lakes. Sources at the department of fisheries
An environmental disaster was in the making in Zanzibar, thanks God that it was discovered just in time though damage had already been done. The major concern remains what if this had not been discovered
India's most influential government think-tank has recommended lowering taxes and interest rates for loans on electric vehicles, while capping sales of conventional cars, signalling a dramatic shift in
Kenya has abandoned its annuity roads financing model citing inflated costs and the slow pace of project approvals despite support from the World Bank. Transport Secretary James Macharia said contractors
A look at successful examples around the world at a time when increasing levels of pollution offer both challenges & opportunities in India. Urban air pollution is a major concern in major cities throughout
More than 1 million children have fled South Sudan's civil war, two United Nations agencies said Monday, part of the world's fastest growing refugee crisis. Another 1 million South Sudanese children
Kenya’s food security is expected to remain precarious following a delayed poor long rains which also affected the 2016 cropping season and the prolonged drought ravaging many parts of the country, says
