Tropical Storm Eloise due to make landfall in northern Madagascar
AR Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - A new weather system has formed in the south-west Indian Ocean and intensified into a moderate tropical storm, named [...] Full text...
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WMO: 2020, one of three warmest years on record
MA New York, US (PANA) - The COVID-19 pandemic was not the only long-term crisis the world will remember from 2020.
In terms of climate change, the [...] Full text...
Sudan says talks on controversial Ethiopian dam 'stall'
MA Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan says tripartite talks on the controversial Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) have stalled as the three countries involved -- Sudan, [...] Full text...
Sudan expresses 'reservation' on tripartite meeting on controversial dam
MA Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan says it has "reservation" over participation in the Tripartite Ministerial meeting of Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia on filling and operation [...] Full text...
Ethiopia, Sudan, Egypt discuss draft document on controversial dam
MA Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The virtual tripartite meeting on the controversial Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) held on Sunday saw the Ministers of Foreign Affairs [...] Full text...
‘Growing momentum’ to make 2021 the global action year for sustainable energy
MA New York, US (PANA) - In a bid of optimism for the new year, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) has expressed confidence that clean energy [...] Full text...
Trilateral negotiation on controversial GERD dam resumes
MA Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Trilateral negotiation involving Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan on rules and guidelines for filling and annual operation of the controversial Great [...] Full text...
Tropical Storm Chalane causes thunderstorms, minor damages in Zimbabwe
AR Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Tropical Storm Chalane, which made landfall in Muanza district of Mozambique’s Sofala Province, in the early hours of Wednesday, reportedly left [...] Full text...
Tropical Storm Chalane expected to bring rains, thunderstorms to Zimbabwe
AR Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - Tropical Storm Chalane made landfall in the district of Muanza, north of Beira City, in Mozambique’s Sofala Province, in the early [...] Full text...
Botswana endorses climate change and adaptive land use
DRW Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana has made its commitment to the Southern African Science Services Centre for Climate Change and Adaptive Land Use (SASSCAL) treaty.
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Kenya arrests six suspects in international trafficking in wildlife species
AO Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – An international ring involved in trafficking pangolin scales, has been cracked with the arrest of six suspects involved in the network, [...] Full text...
Tropical Storm Chalane brings heavy wind and rain but limited damage in Madagascar
AR Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - Tropical Storm Chalane, which formed last week in the Indian Ocean, hit the Fenoarivo Atsinanana District Sunday with maximum wind gusts [...] Full text...
Hurricane Chalane racing towards Mozambique
DJ Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - After forging a path toward Madagascar last week, Hurricane Chalane is now headed for Mozambique, a US weather forecaster, AccuWeather, said Monday.
Chalane [...] Full text...
UNDP launches project to fight use of plastic bags in Tripoli
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) office in Libya announced on Sunday that it has launched efforts to reduce the use [...] Full text...
2020 closes hottest decade on record – UN weather agency
MA Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As 2020 draws to a close, it leaves in its wake the warmest decade on record and one of the three [...] Full text...
Tropical depression in southwest Indian Ocean likely to become cyclone - OCHA
AR Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - A tropical depression has formed in the southwest part of the Indian Ocean and it is expected to develop into a [...] Full text...
Benin plans operation to remove prohibited fishing gear from rivers
MTA Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Beninese government will organise, at an unspecified date, a new operation to remove prohibited fishing gear from rivers in the [...] Full text...
DR Congo registers new birth of gorilla in Virunga Park
MTA "Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The Virunga National Park (PNVi) announced Wednesday the birth of a new gorilla in the Munyaga family in the Mikeno [...] Full text...
World could lose coral reefs by end of century, UN environment report warns
MA Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Every one of the world’s coral reefs could bleach by the end of the century, unless there are drastic reductions in [...] Full text...
Tunisian environment minister dismissed, arrested in connection with Italian waste case
MTA Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Dismissed Sunday without explanation, Tunisian Minister of Environment and Local Affairs Mustapha Aroui has been arrested in connection with a case [...] Full text...
EU to fund conservation project in Mauritius
NA Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Government on Friday announced that a financial agreement will be signed shortly between the European Union and the Ministry [...] Full text...
People, planet on ‘collision course’, warns UN Development Programme
MA New York, US (PANA) - Countries must redesign their development pathways to reduce pressures exerted on the environment and the natural world, or risk stalling [...] Full text...
PETCO, country gov't launch waste collection, segregation facility
DJ Kajiado, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya PET recycling company (PETCO), in partnership with the County Government of Kajiado and the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA), Friday [...] Full text...
Standard Bank publishes climate-change-mitigating fossil fuels financing policy
AR Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Financial services company Standard Bank Group has published its Fossil Fuels Financing Policy (FFFP) as part of its efforts to [...] Full text...
Benin to close illegal mineral quarries
BBA Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Beninese government has announced that illegal mineral resource quarries will soon be closed.
The council of ministers meeting held on Wednesday [...] Full text...
Somaliland in slow recovery after cyclone Gati
AO Hargeisa, Somaliland (PANA) – Recovery from the cyclone Gati, which recently hit the coastal region of Somaliland, causing massive destruction to property, has been slow.
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UNEP calls on wealthy to consider climate-smart lifestyles to fight climate change
AO Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The UN Environmental Programme (UNEP) has called for stronger action against climate change, including changes in consumption behaviour by the private [...] Full text...
Algeria, Greece agree to strengthen environmental cooperation
KND Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - Algerian Environment minister Nassira Benharrats and Greece Ambassador Nike Ekaterini Koutrakou have agreed on the establishment of a legal framework for [...] Full text...
African environment ministers back plan to reverse ecosystem destruction
AO Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Ministers of Environment from Africa Friday agreed to support a comprehensive green recovery plan to boost economies and social systems aimed [...] Full text...
It’s time to make peace with nature, UN chief urges
MA New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has described the fight against the climate crisis as the top priority for the 21st Century, [...] Full text...
Nine killed in Somalia by cyclone Gati
AO Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - At least nine people were killed during the tropical cyclone Gati which made landfall in Puntland’s Bari region on 22 November, [...] Full text...
Mauritius, Seychelles participate in UNDP's project on coral reefs rehabilitation
NA Ebene, Mauritius (PANA) – A six-year United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) project, to be implemented in Mauritius and Seychelles, was launched on Thursday, through video [...] Full text...
Environment ministers to meet on green stimulus plan for Africa
AO Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - African ministers of environment will meet here from 30 November to 4 December to discuss a plan to effectively respond to [...] Full text...
Tunisian NGO condemns medical waste dumped in Sousse by Italians
MTA Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian Forum for Economic and Social Rights has expressed concern about the alleged presence at the port of Sousse (140 [...] Full text...
Mauritian Parliamentarians pass Climate Change Bill
NA Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian parliamentarians on Tuesday passed the Climate Change Bill whose objective is “to make of Mauritius a greener economy while responding [...] Full text...
Advocacy group raises red flag on global land inequality
DJ Rome, Italy (PANA) - Land inequality in most countries around the world, is threatening the livelihoods of the world's poorest, a new study released on [...] Full text...
Cyclone Gati displaces 70,000, leaves 8 dead in Somalia
DJ Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Tropical Cyclone Gati, which made landfall on 22 November in Puntland’s Bari region in Somalia, has displaced 70,000 people, the UN [...] Full text...
Carbon dioxide levels hit new record; COVID impact ‘a tiny blip’, WMO says 
MA Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere hit a new record of 410.5 parts per million in 2019, and are expected [...] Full text...
Two Nigerians selected for UNESCO Biosphere Programme Fellowship
MTA Paris, France (PANA) - The International Coordinating Council of UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme has selected six 2020 Laureates, including two Nigerians, Babajide [...] Full text...
Burundi invited to next ’virtual’ Paris, London conference on climate
MSA Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The French ambassador in Burundi, Stephane Gruenberg, Tuesday handed an invitation to Burundi’s President Evariste Ndayishimiye for the international ’virtual’ conference [...] Full text...
Climate change: UN chief calls for ‘great leap’ towards carbon neutrality
MA New York, US (PANA) - As countries work to defeat the COVID-19 pandemic, they also have the chance to “get it right” on climate change, [...] Full text...
Guterres stresses need for greater speed to achieve carbon neutrality
MA New York, US (PANA) - Although more Governments and businesses are committing to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, the world is still falling far short [...] Full text...
Rwanda introduces GPS collars for wild species in national parks
TWA Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - In a move to protect rare animals in its national parks, Rwanda has introduced next generation technology that allows near real-time [...] Full text...
UNDP, ICC team up to strengthen private sector leadership in wildlife habitats protection
DJ New York (PANA) - The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and UN Development Programme (UNDP) have teamed up to strengthen greater private sector investment in [...] Full text...
Congolese govt. declares state of humanitarian emergency following floods in the North
KND Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese Minister of State for Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Henri Djombo, on Thursday alerted the humanitarian coordinator of the United [...] Full text...
Water Affairs ministers of Ethiopia, Sudan, Egypt meet on controversial dam
MA Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ministers of Water Affairs of the Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt have held a virtual trilateral meeting on the controversial Grand [...] Full text...
UN and partners express regret over US departure from Paris climate accord
MA New York, US (PANA) - The UN climate change secretariat, UNFCCC, has underlined its commitment to work with stakeholders in the United States and beyond, [...] Full text...
Mauritius to introduce regulations against sea pollution
NA Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Blue Economy, Marine Resources, Fisheries and Shipping Ministry would promulgate the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution by Harmful Substances Carried [...] Full text...
Mauritius to green its public sector
NA Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – After its weekly Cabinet meeting, the Mauritian Government on Saturday announced a project called “Greening of the Public Sector” designed to [...] Full text...
Nine African sites join UNESCO's World Network of Biosphere Reserves
KND Paris, France (PANA) - The International Coordinating Council of the Programme on Man and the Biosphere (CIC-MAB) of UNESCO approved, in an online meeting on [...] Full text...