Bonn- Germany (PANA) -- Francophone African countries attending the conference on climatic changes in Bonn on Friday demanded the speedy translation of documents to enable them follow issues more efficiently. Full text...

Bonn- Germany (PANA) -- Africa would reap gains during the Bonn conference if it displayed "competence and pugnacity", a UNEP official observed in Bonn Thursday. Full text...

Ouagadougou- Burkina Faso (PANA) -- A workshop to launch the Regional Programme for the Promotion of Domestic and Alternative Energy in the Sahel (PREDAS) is afoot in Ouagadougou, with a view to adopting a comprehensive strategy for the programme. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- Volunteers are working around the clock to clean 60 oiled penguins which were rescued this week in and around Cape Town's Table Bay. Full text...

Bonn- Germany (PANA) -- Dutch environment minister Jan Pronk, who is chairing the UN Conference on Climatic Changes in Bonn, on Wednesday underscored the desire of participating countries to reach an agreement on certain problems raised by this thorny issue. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Residents of the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, were Wednesday assured of clean water supply after the city's water and sewage authority removed scum from Legedadi dam. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Despite the World Bank and the three East African governments' efforts to remove the invasive water hyacinth from Lake Victoria, the local fishing population seem to have fallen in love with the once troublesome weed. Full text...

Maputo- Mozambique (PANA) -- The European Commission announced Tuesday an additional support of 840,000 Euros (about 722,000 US dollars) for the victims of the floods that hit the central region of Mozambique early this year. Full text...

Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- A leading Tanzanian conservationist, Jane Goodall, has been awarded the prestigious Gandhi King Award for Non-Violence for her outstanding work in protecting and conserving nature in the country. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Residents in Kenya's Buret district have issued a 14-day ultimatum to Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) that oversees wildlife management and conservation in the country, to drive stray elephants in the area or have them killed. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Traffic was held up for hours on a major thoroughfare in Nigeria's commercial capital city of Lagos Sunday, after a downpour left the roads flooded and impassable. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- An association of inhabitants of Djenne, a world cultural heritage town in central Mali, are resisting government plans to construct a 22 million F CFA irrigation dam at Tallo. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Marine environmentalists at the Indian Ocean coast of Kenya are calling for a fresh ban on coral reef harvesting, following threats to the fragile reefs by aquarium owners. Full text...

Windhoek- Namibia (PANA) -- As one of Africa's driest countries, Namibia is extremely vulnerable to climate change, hence is staking highly on the forthcoming UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Bonn, Germany. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- A five-day UNESCO-sponsored conference to enhance the capacity of African countries to observe, monitor and forecast their coastal and marine environment will be held in the Kenyan capital Nairobi from 19 to 23 November. Full text...

Abidjan- Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) -- The Ivorian capital, Abidjan, is "drowning" in more than a month of unremitting rains, reports say. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Residents of locations bordering Kenya's Meru National Park are up in arms against the government for translocating 56 elephants from Laikipia in Rift Valley to the area. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Rapid population growth, coupled with the country's development drive, are feared to be destroying the environment in Kenya at an alarming rate. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Marine life in Lake Victoria, the large water mass shared by Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, is under threat due to gradual reduction of oxygen in the lake, a US scientist disclosed Wednesday in Nairobi. Full text...

Bujumbura- Burundi (PANA) -- The contact group of the Conference on Ecosystems in Central Africa's Dense and Humid Forests (CEFDHAC) Tuesday began a workshop in Bujumbura, on the elaboration of field projects. Full text...

London- UK (PANA) -- A US law professor has told a conference here that victims of disasters related to climate change, such as the catastrophic floods that hit Mozambique in February 2000, have a good case in law for suing the US government for billions of dollars. Full text...

Yaounde- Cameroon (PANA) -- Cameroonian Prime Minister Peter Mafany Musonge and his wife, have visited Limbe, in the country's south-western province where flood and mudslide have killed at least 21 people and rendered thousands homeless. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya plans to establish a marine regulatory body with a view to de-linking its Marine Safety Department from the Kenya Ports Authority, officials said. Full text...

Blantyre- Malawi (PANA) -- Malawi's tourism, parks and wildlife ministry is seeking 20 sharpshooters to cull crocodiles which have been menacing people and crops. Full text...

Nairobi-Kenya (PANA) -- Voluntary actions by industry, governments and organisations are leading to small but significant reductions in emissions of global warming gases worldwide, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Energy Council (WEC) officials said. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- A major environmental disaster is unfolding in Kiambogo location of Kenya's Nakuru district on the floor of the Great Rift Valley, residents and a leading environmental activist have warned. Full text...

Lome- Togo (PANA) -- Delegates from 14 West African countries late last week met in Lome, Togo to define a coordinated approach to managing water resources in the sub region, for the period 2001-2003. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) has embarked on a landmark 11 million shillings (0. Full text...

Katima Mulilo- Namibia (PANA) -- World Wildlife Fund of Namibia (WWF) on Tuesday donated 97 impalas to the Salambala conservancy in Namibia's Caprivi. Full text...

Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritian Environment ministry and the Mauritian Soft Drinks Bottlers Association Wednesday launched Wednesday at Flic-en-Flac, a tourist resort 20 km west of the capital, a campaign to collect used plastic bottles for recycling. Full text...

Maputo- Mozambique (PANA) -- African NGOs working to curb desertifican are to hold a meeting in Maputo towards the end of August, Mozambique news agency (AIM) reported Wednesday. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The invasion by Eritrean troops led to the destruction of over 42,000 hectares of forest in Ethiopia's western Tigray, the area's agriculture department said Wednesday. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- Heavy rains and gale force winds on the night of Tuesday caused flooding and even fatal accidents in Cape Town. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) Wednesday displayed several pollution-control equipment it recently acquired at 16 million Kenyan shillings (1 US dollar = 78 Ksh). Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The World Bank Tuesday approved A 6. Full text...

Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- Recent climatic changes in West Africa have seriously affected the water flow in the River Niger, says Mohamed Bello, executive secretary of the Niger Basin Authority. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- South Africa's opposition Democratic Alliance has called on government to investigate allegations of massive fraud at the Kruger National Park, where hundreds of employees have been retrenched in recent months. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- Some four hundred young people from all over the world are meeting in Pietermaritzburg in preparation for the World Summit on Sustainable Development. Full text...

Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- A joint operation is under way to transport three leopard cubs, found starving in the jungle of southern Sudan, to a sanctuary in South Africa. Full text...

Monrovia- Liberia (PANA) -- A project to re-assess the Liberian forest cover estimated at nearly one million US dollars has commenced, an expert disclosed Monday. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- An official of Ghana's National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), revealed Friday that Wednesday's floods in the country's capital Accra has affected some 139,000 people displacing 80,000 of them. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- At least seven people died following Wednesday's downpour that caused serious floods in Accra, the Ghanaian capital, police confirmed Thursday. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- Police Thursday confirmed that six persons died on Wednesday during heavy flooding in Accra caused by several hours of downpour. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- At least three people were killed when several hours of downpour caused serious floods in Accra. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- Several hours of downpour in Accra have caused serious floods that have destroyed properties and are threatening life in the Ghanaian capital. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- Several hours of downpour in Accra have caused serious floods that have destroyed properties and are threatening life in the Ghanaian capital. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The elimination of lead in petrol consumed in cities is the central focus of a three-day anti- pollution meeting which winds up Thursday in Dakar. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- A large section of vegetation cover at Kenya's Shaba National Game Reserve has been destroyed to pave way for the shooting of a movie by an American firm. Full text...

Algiers- Algeria (PANA) -- An estimated 200 hectares of forests were destroyed in Algeria last Saturday following an outbreak of fires caused by a heat-wave, reports the Algerian news agency. Full text...

Kigali- Rwanda (PANA) -- Nyungwe rain forest in the southwest Rwandan provinces of Gikongoro and Cyangugu is progressively disappearing. Full text...