Botswana’s army kills five poachers
DRW Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s army has killed four poachers in a shooting incident in the north-western corner of the country’s Chobe National Park, on [...] Full text...
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Lightning kills at least two people in Rwanda
TWA Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - At least two people were killed by lightning in Rwanda's North Western district of Rubavu on Monday, local media reported on [...] Full text...
Seychelles bolsters marine economy conservation with foreign debt fundraising
AO Victoria, Seychelles (PANA) – Nearly a third of Seychelles’ ocean will be shielded from climate change and unregulated economic exploitation with new Marine Protection Areas [...] Full text...
Torrential rain destroys 17 houses in northwestern Rwanda
TWA Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - A heavy rain which hit several parts of Rubavu district in northwestern Rwanda late Tuesday has destroyed some 17 residential homes, [...] Full text...
Coronavirus and Climate Change: Observing World Water Day
VAO Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - As the world celebrates World Water Day, an estimated 400 million people in Africa still lack access to safe water, while [...] Full text...
Guterres stresses link between climate and water
MA Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said that climate and water are “inextricably linked" as both lie at the heart of global [...] Full text...
Turn around deforestation in 2020, urges Guterres
MA New York, US (PANA) - On the International Day of Forests, which falls on Saturday, UN chief António Guterres is calling for 2020, which has [...] Full text...
Mali government exempts renewable energy equipment from VAT, import duties
MTA Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian government on Wednesday adopted a draft ordinance exempting renewable energy equipment from VAT, import duties and taxes, PANA learned [...] Full text...
Russia donates US$200,000 to Congo flood victims
BBA Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Russia has donated US$200,000 to flood victims in Congo, PANA learned on Wednesday from the Ministry of Social Affairs and Humanitarian [...] Full text...
AfDB debars two Nigerian companies for fraudulent practices
VAO Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group on Tuesday, 17 March 2020, announced the debarment of Beulah Universal Link Resources Limited [...] Full text...
Class 2 cyclone warning is in force in Mauritius
MTA Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius Meteorological Services on Monday issued a Class II cyclone warning for the island nation as well as for Rodrigues [...] Full text...
Brainforest, FRMI enter partnership for management of the Congo Basin
KND Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - A non-governmental organization (NGO), Brainforest, and Forest Resources Management Engineering (FRMI) have signed a partnership agreement to contribute to better forest [...] Full text...
Mozambicans still struggle to get back on their feet a year after Cyclone Idai
AR Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - Many of the people who lost everything when Cyclone Idai swept through central Mozambique a year ago, continue to face devastating [...] Full text...
Botswana’s human-wildlife conflict challenges escalate
DRW Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) – Over thirty elephants have been spotted in a village in Botswana's central district as human/wildlife conflict challenges escalate.
Authorities of the department [...] Full text...
Causalities occur in an army/poachers' shooting incident in Botswana
DRW Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) – Botswana has recorded causalities between the army and poachers in a shootout on Wednesday morning.
Botswana Defence Force (BDF) on Wednesday announced [...] Full text...
Flagship UN study shows accelerating climate change on land, sea, atmosphere
MA New York, US Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A wide-ranging UN climate report, released on Tuesday, shows that climate change is having a major effect on [...] Full text...
Germany committed to project facilitation in the Congo Basin
MTA Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Federal Republic of Germany has agreed to resume technical and financial assistance under the Congo Basin Forest Partnership (CBFP) by [...] Full text...
Landslide kills two people in Western Rwanda
TWA Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Two people have died while six others are injured after being buried in a landslide that struck their homes in Rugabano, [...] Full text...
Record rainfall leaves 53 dead in Rwanda in last three months
TWA Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Record rainfall that hit several parts of Rwanda in the last three months has killed at least 53 people and left [...] Full text...
Rwanda, DR Congo agree to co-operate in exploitation of methane gas from Lake Kivu
TWA Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Officials of Rwanda and DR Congo on Thursday agreed to start concrete action on a joint exploitation of methane gas deposits [...] Full text...
Death toll from Rwanda downpour reaches six
TWA Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Heavy rain which flooded several parts of Rwanda in the last two days have killed at least six people, including two [...] Full text...
'Vulnerability to climate change, climate variability are Gambia's main challenges’ says President Barrow
MSS Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - “The main challenges facing the Gambia in the context of climate change, is its high vulnerability to climate change and climate [...] Full text...
Central African water issues raised in Libreville
KND Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - In preparation for the preparatory meeting of the Council of African Ministers in charge of Water (Amcow), the Gabonese Minister for [...] Full text...
Downpour claims 4 lives in Rwanda
TWA Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - A rainstorm that swept across Rwanda late Monday caused landslides and killed at least 4 people, leaving 13 others seriously wounded, [...] Full text...
UN chief urges ‘more caring’ relationship with nature on World Wildlife Day
MA New York, US (PANA) - People everywhere need to remember that we depend on Mother Earth to survive, the UN chief said in his message [...] Full text...
Warmer months ahead for many parts of the planet, says UN weather agency
MA New York, US (PANA) - Many parts of the world can expect above average temperatures in the coming months even without the presence of an [...] Full text...
Countries express concern about climate threats to Africa
MTA Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Participants in the Sixth African Regional Forum for Sustainable Development (ARFSD) have expressed concern about the threats of climate change [...] Full text...
Above normal rains expected over next three months in Rwanda
TWA Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rainfall between March and May this year will be above normal ranging between 500 and 600 millimeters over several parts of [...] Full text...
Botswana pleads with UK over hunting trophies
DRW Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana has pleaded with authorities in the United Kingdom not to ban import of her hunting trophies into the country.
Philda Kereng, [...] Full text...
Brace for more rains, weatherman tells Kenyans
DJ Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenya Meteorological Department late Sunday warned of more rains in March, in four parts of the country.
In its March forecast, [...] Full text...
Burundi: 461 people killed, more than 65,000 ha of fields damaged by flood
KND Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Burundian ministry of public security and disaster prevention drew up, on Friday, a death toll of 461 people, 700 others [...] Full text...
International community mobilizes US$ 11 million to fight the Congo floods
KND Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Humanitarian, technical and financial partners have been able to mobilize nearly US$ 11 million or 26 percent of estimated needs to [...] Full text...
Africa urged to accelerate climate commitments
KND Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Africa will need to accelerate climate commitments to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), according to the 2019 United Nations [...] Full text...
Climate change takes toll on Zimbabwe’s natural habitat, UN deputy chief observes
MA Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Alongside the human population, Africa’s animals are suffering greatly from the effects of climate change, which United Nations Deputy Secretary General [...] Full text...
Ten new migratory species protected under global wildlife agreement
MA New Delhi, India (PANA) - Asian elephants, jaguars and great Indian bustards were among 10 new species added to a global wildlife agreement on Saturday.
The [...] Full text...
Private companies help community fight human-wildlife conflict
DRW Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - As human wildlife conflict persists in Botswana, private companies are joining hands with government to ease the challenge.
Wilderness Safaris, one of [...] Full text...
Benin in campaign to reduce global warming
KND Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin is committed to working to limit global warming, through the launch in Cotonou of the Global Warming Initiative limited to [...] Full text...
Climate change in sub-Saharan Africa at heart of reflections of the geographical days in Côte d'Ivoire
KND Abidjan, Cote Ivoire (PANA) - The 12th edition of the Geographical Days of Cote Ivoire (JGCI 2020), which is under the theme "Climate change in [...] Full text...
Mauritania: MP worried over possible harmful effects of gas exploitation on fishery resources
KND Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - As president Macky Sall of Senegal prepares to visit Mauritania, the leader of the Opposition Union of Forces for Progress (UFP), [...] Full text...
Two earthquakes hit central Morocco without causing damage
KND Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Two earthquakes of 5.3 and 4.2 degrees on the Richter scale were recorded Sunday evening in central Morocco, the Moroccan institute [...] Full text...
Elephants spotted near Botswana’s capital
DRW Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s Department of Wildlife and National Parks has issued a warning that elephants have been spotted in the Southern District close [...] Full text...
Benin sets aside more than 10 billion CFAF for drinking water in 3 municipalities
KND Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Beninese government will release 10,194,600,000 CFA francs to the National Water Company of Benin (SONEB) for the supply of drinking [...] Full text...
Moderate tropical storm approaching Mauritius - Meteorological Services
NA Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritius Meteorological Services (MMS) on Saturday announced that a moderate tropical storm, named Gabekile, is approaching the islands of [...] Full text...
UNDP gives 286,000 US dollars to fund 9 environmental projects in Togo
MSA Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The UN Development Programme (UNDP) has given nine Togolese civil society organizations an amount of 286,000 US dollars, or about 168 [...] Full text...
Congo: Appeal for governmental dialogue on climate change
MSA Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Prime Minister Clément Mouamba Wednesday called for governmental dialogue on climate change to facilitate the formulation and monitoring of an inter-sectoral [...] Full text...
Burundi facing relentless climate change
MTA Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Burundi Geographical Institute (IGEBU) warned on Wednesday of above-seasonal rainfall for the coming months in a country where there is [...] Full text...
Flash flooding hits western Zimbabwe
T Z Binga, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Flash flooding has hit parts of Zimbabwe’s western province, Matabeleland North, prompting a response from the southern African nation’s air force [...] Full text...
Brazzaville to host Conference on ban of hazardous waste from 12-14 February
BBA Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The third meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Bamako Convention (COP3) on the Ban of the Import into Africa [...] Full text...
ECOWAS ministers for hydrocarbons take measures for environmental protection
MTA Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Ministers in charge of Hydrocarbons, Environment, Energy and Mines in the ECOWAS Member States as well as the ECOWAS Commission [...] Full text...
Nigeria: Meteorological agency warns Nigeria to prepare for high intensity rainfall in 2020 season
MON Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) Saturday warned disaster management agencies in the country to be fully prepared for possible high-intensity rainfall [...] Full text...