Deadly flooding adds new danger to communities fleeing Sahel violence

25 september 2020 - 05:22:46 AR

Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Humanitarians have stepped up assistance to communities “on the brink”, who have been affected by devastating flooding in Africa’s Sahel region, [...] Full text...

African youth civil society climate urge rapid solution to climate change, coronavirus

24 september 2020 - 15:02:00 DJ

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Youth climate strikers under the banner of Fridays for Future Thursday called for a Global Day of Climate Action on 25 [...] Full text...

Floods force Niger govt. to shift reopening of schools to October 15

22 september 2020 - 18:10:40 MTA

Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The reopening of schools, scheduled for October 1, 2020, has been shifted to October 15 following severe flooding across Niger. According to [...] Full text...

Heavy rain causes three deaths in Mauritania

21 september 2020 - 14:33:17 MTA

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Three individuals drowned at the weekend as a result of adverse weather in three eastern and southern regions of Mauritania -- [...] Full text...

AfDB approves US$2.1 million for Disaster Risk Financing in Mauritania

19 september 2020 - 05:05:59 VAO

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of the African Development Bank (AfDB) on Wednesday approved a grant of US$2.1 million to boost the country’s [...] Full text...

More than 8000 families affected by floods in northeast Benin

18 september 2020 - 20:40:44 MSA

Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Rising water levels in the Niger River has displaced more than 8,000 families in the commune of Malanville in the northeast [...] Full text...

Mauritius: AfDB approves emergency relief to boost clean-up of marine oil spill

18 september 2020 - 18:22:19 VAO

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) on Wednesday approved a US$500,000 emergency assistance grant to support [...] Full text...

GCA Africa launch seeks to improve effectiveness of climate adaption activities across Africa

18 september 2020 - 18:10:40 VAO

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The regional office of the Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) was inaugurated on Wednesday in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, via videoconference [...] Full text...

Panelists call for collaboration among funders to meet ambitious targets for a climate-resilient Africa

16 september 2020 - 18:22:39 VAO

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Experts at the 2020 Global Philanthropy Forum on Tuesday called for greater collaboration among funders to address the severe threat [...] Full text...

Global and African Leaders launch GCA Africa at AfDB headquarters

16 september 2020 - 18:13:31 VAO

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Global Center on Adaptation on Wednesday launched its regional office in Côte d’Ivoire. Hosted by the African Development Bank (AfDB) [...] Full text...

UN report highlights links between ‘unprecedented biodiversity loss’ and spread of disease

16 september 2020 - 04:57:29 MA

New York, US (PANA) - The continued degradation of the environment is increasing the likelihood of diseases spreading from animals to humans, warns a UN [...] Full text...

Mauritania witnesses mass deaths of fishes

14 september 2020 - 16:58:24 MTA

Mauritania (PANA) - Several species of dead fishes have been washed up in recent days on the coast of the Central Zone of Mauritania in [...] Full text...

Floods affect 71,341 people in Burkina Faso - Government report

14 september 2020 - 15:02:46 MTA

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Floods have caused a total of 71,341 casualties, 13 deaths and 50 injuries in Burkina Faso since April, the Burkinabe [...] Full text...

Mauritania: Nouakchott hit by acute water shortage Thursday, Friday

11 september 2020 - 22:43:20 MSA

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The people of Nouakchott Thursday and Friday experienced acute water shortage, causing a huge disappointment in this period of great heat. In [...] Full text...

Gambia: Floods and windstorms affect 20,708 persons from 912 households

11 september 2020 - 17:22:24 MSS

Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia National Disaster Management Agency has reported that flash floods and windstorms have affected 20,708 persons from 912 households in different [...] Full text...

Bad weather leaves five dead and six missing in Tunisia

11 september 2020 - 14:18:44 MTA

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The bad weather marked by torrential rains and strong winds in several regions of Tunisia has left five people dead, Tunisian [...] Full text...

IEA says green hydrogen is ‘ready for big time’ and lists Africa as key production site

11 september 2020 - 09:41:29 AR

Paris. France (PANA) - Africa is listed, in a new International Energy Agency (IEA) report, as one of the locations that could emerge as dominant [...] Full text...

Heavy rains in Tunisia sweep away two people, block rail traffic

11 september 2020 - 09:32:37 BBA

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Heavy rains have washed away two people in Tunisia, including a five-year-old child, where the northern and Sahel regions have recorded [...] Full text...

Report reveals two-thirds decline in wildlife populations on average since 1970

10 september 2020 - 08:27:21 MA

Gland, Switzerland (PANA) – Global populations of mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and fish have suffered an average two-thirds decline in less than half a century [...] Full text...

Science, solidarity and solutions needed against climate change: Guterres

10 september 2020 - 04:43:32 MA

New York, US (PANA) - Concentrations of greenhouse gases in the Earth’s atmosphere are at record levels, and emissions that saw a temporary decline due [...] Full text...

Burkina Faso declares state of emergency after 13 people died in floods

09 september 2020 - 17:28:06 MTA

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso on Wednesday declared a state of natural disaster after 13 people died in floods following heavy rains in [...] Full text...

President Issoufou comforts flood-stricken population in Niamey

09 september 2020 - 17:22:23 MTA

Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Nigerien President, Issoufou Mahamadou, on Wednesday visited Niamey neighbourhoods along the Niger River, affected by floods which hit the Nigerien capital [...] Full text...

Nine dead in Mali floods

09 september 2020 - 14:00:04 MTA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Nine persons have died and nearly 478,000 have been affected by floods in about 50 locations around Mali since the beginning [...] Full text...

Death toll in northern Ghana floods up to 10

09 september 2020 - 10:34:23 MA

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The death toll in floods in northern Ghana after heavy rains and spillage of water from the Bagre dam in Burkina [...] Full text...

Senegalese president announces emergency fund against floods

09 september 2020 - 09:40:21 BBA

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Government of Senegalese will release an emergency fund of 10 billion CFA francs to fight against floods that occurred last [...] Full text...

AfDB supports decentralization of water and sanitation services in Benin

08 september 2020 - 18:04:29 VAO

Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Support Project for the Decentralization of Drinking Water, Hygiene and Sanitation Services in Atacora-Donga (LEauCal project), in northwestern Benin, was [...] Full text...

Kenya court ruling called a milestone in environmental justice

08 september 2020 - 13:40:55 AR

Mombasa, Kenya (PANA) - In what is being called a positive milestone for environmental justice, a settlement in Kenya has won the equivalent of US$13 [...] Full text...

UN marks first International Day of Clean Air

07 september 2020 - 10:00:32 MA

New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has highlighted the dangers posed by air pollution and urged greater efforts to address it.  “Air pollution [...] Full text...

Weather department warns Rwandans to brace up for medium rains

06 september 2020 - 07:27:12 TWA

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda Meteorological Agency has warned people to brace up for more medium rainfall in September with precipitations ranging from 10 to [...] Full text...

Floods kill four in Burkina Faso

05 september 2020 - 18:07:20 KND

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Four women were killed Friday night in flooding caused by heavy rains in Burkina Faso. According to the Mayor's office of [...] Full text...

Sudan declares state of emergency as it fails to handle flood situation

05 september 2020 - 13:50:23 MO

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – Sudan’s highest security body has declared a three- month state of emergency in the country to handle unprecedented flash floods and [...] Full text...

Mali: Weather forecasters predict heavy rainfall this week

02 september 2020 - 17:24:36 MTA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Significant amounts of rain are expected in all regions of Mali and in the District of Bamako during the week, August [...] Full text...

Congo: Three panther skull and skin traffickers arrested in Dolisie in the south of the country

02 september 2020 - 17:07:19 MTA

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Agents of the Departmental Directorate of Forest Economy, elements of the police and gendarmerie on Monday arrested three alleged traffickers in [...] Full text...

President Issoufou declares support, solidarity to Niger flood victims

01 september 2020 - 18:09:20 MTA

Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Nigerien President Issoufou Mahamadou on Tuesday visited the flooded neighbourhoods of the Commune 5 of Niamey, on the right bank of [...] Full text...

51 people killed by floods in Niger

01 september 2020 - 17:03:13 MTA

Niamey, Niger (PANA) - A total of 51 people have died in Niger in a series of floods recorded in recent weeks, the Nigerien Minister [...] Full text...

Tunisia records more than 430 bushfires, destruction of 1,958 hectares of forests

30 august 2020 - 13:02:48 MTA

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia as at 28 August recorded 438 fires that destroyed 1,958 hectares of forests and grasslands, the ministry of Agriculture announced [...] Full text...

Nile water reaches unprecedented level in hundred years

28 august 2020 - 19:59:50 MO

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan officially announced here Friday the water level in the Nile had reached a peak unheard of over the past 100 [...] Full text...

Mauritius: 37 melon-headed whales, one bottle nose dolphin found dead

28 august 2020 - 17:29:10 NA

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – A total of 37 melon-headed whales and one bottle nose dolphin have been found dead as at Friday afternoon, in the [...] Full text...

AWF, partner team up in restoring native bamboo species in Rwanda

27 august 2020 - 22:46:53 DJ

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) Thursday announced the delivery of 11,400 bamboo plants to Rwanda as part of efforts to assist the [...] Full text...

World Economic Forum, partner launch global trillion trees project

27 august 2020 - 11:22:02 DJ

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - World Economic Forum and partners has launched the first regional chapter of 1t.org, supporting the global effort to conserve, restore, and [...] Full text...

Malian Transport Ministry assures no cause for alarm in moving ammonium nitrate by mining companies

26 august 2020 - 15:19:24 MTA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - For the past few days, information circulating on the social networks and in some national media have reported the storage of [...] Full text...

Mauritius: UN Recovery Fund launched to minimise impact of oil spill from MV Wakashio

26 august 2020 - 14:33:57 NA

Le Reduit, Mauritius (PANA) - A United Nations Recovery Fund (UNRF) to the tune of US$ 2.5 million, has been launched in a bid to [...] Full text...

Mauritius to set up Court of investigation on oil spill from Panama-flagged MV Wakashio

26 august 2020 - 14:29:36 NA

​Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Attorney-General, Maneesh Gobin, on Tuesday said that a Court of investigation, to be headed by a judicial official, will be [...] Full text...

World Water Week: IFAD focuses on building climate resilience, incentivising African farmers

25 august 2020 - 07:40:49 AR

Stockholm, Sweden (PANA) - With a rich and unique history spanning 29 years, World Water Week has developed into the world’s most influential, innovative and [...] Full text...

UNCTAD says Mauritius oil spill highlights importance of global maritime laws

20 august 2020 - 18:24:29 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The devastating oil spill off the east coast of Mauritius has highlighted the need for global adoption of international legislation that governs the seas and protects small [...] Full text...

Scientists continue plan to create test tube northern white rhino

20 august 2020 - 12:07:25 AO

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The international team of scientists and conservationists working to conserve the northern white rhino has made progress in their plan to [...] Full text...

Beninese Interior ministry warns against rise in water levels

19 august 2020 - 21:03:16 MSA

Cotonou, Benin(PANA) - The Beninese ministry of Interior and Public Safety Wednesday called for vigilance against frequent accidents following the rise in water levels in [...] Full text...

Botswana government dismisses claims of poisoning of elephants

18 august 2020 - 11:54:53 DRW

Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The authorities in Botswana have dismissed claims that the recent elephant mortalities are due to deliberate poisoning by government to protect [...] Full text...

Elephants continue to roam around in Botswana villages

17 august 2020 - 15:04:29 DRW

Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Sighting of elephants within villages continues to be noticed in Botswana, despite authorities’ efforts to curb human wildlife conflict. The Department of [...] Full text...

Niger authorities urge Nigeriens living near the Niger River to relocate because of floods

17 august 2020 - 14:45:36 KND

Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Faced with the risk of flooding, the governor of the Niamey region, Issaka Hassane Karanta, on Monday alerted the populations of [...] Full text...