Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Activists of the environmental NGO, Greenpeace, last Friday stopped the fishing activities of an EU trawler "Maartje Théodora" in Mauritanian waters for overfishing, a communiqué issued by the organization on Monday said. Full text...

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Two initiatives aimed at protecting the environment in Rwanda are among 10 winners a programme initiated by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), the UN environment agency has said. Full text...

N'Djamena- Tchad (PANA) -- Chadian President Idriss Deby is to institute a prize for the protection of the nature in Chad, according to a statement released Wedn e sday in N'Djamena. Full text...

Yaounde- Cameroon (PANA) -- Private operator Mobile Telephone Networks (MTN-Cameroon) and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) have signed a partnership agreement in Yaounde for the reforestation of provinces in northern Cameroon. Full text...

Libreville- Gabon (PANA) -- Gabonese leader Omar Bongo has expressed his wish to transform 10 percent of the country's land into a nature reserve, Gabonese television has reported. Full text...