Africa: Environmental threat worries sub-Saharan SMEs

23 june 2021 - 18:24:39 BBA

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Nearly two-thirds of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in sub-Saharan Africa are concerned about the environmental threat, the International Trade [...] Full text...

WBG ups support for Climate Action in developing countries

23 june 2021 - 12:59:50 AR

Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The World Bank Group has announced its new Climate Change Action Plan aiming to deliver record levels of climate finance [...] Full text...

Libya elected to UNESCO Oceanographic Commission Executive Board

23 june 2021 - 10:06:17 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya was on Tuesday elected as a member of the Executive Council of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO. The election took [...] Full text...

Sudan appeals to UN Security Council to intervene in controversial Ethiopian Dam construction

23 june 2021 - 06:16:24 MA

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan has appealed to the UN Security Council to hold a special session, as quickly as possible, to intervene in the [...] Full text...

Mauritius to introduce new penalties for littering

22 june 2021 - 07:48:19 NA

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Minister of Environment, Solid Waste Management and Climate Change, Mr Kavydass Ramano, on Monday announced the introduction of new [...] Full text...

Guinean gov't cracks down on logging, timber trafficking

21 june 2021 - 19:56:15 BBA

Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The Guinean government says it banned the logging and transport of wood before July 2, the start of the three-month reforestation [...] Full text...

Burkina Faso to restore 5.16 million hectares of degraded land by 2030

17 june 2021 - 15:03:02 MTA

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso is committed to rehabilitating 5.16 million hectares of degraded land by 2030, as part of the Neutrality in [...] Full text...

Guterres: Desertification and drought destabilising well-being of 3.2 billion people

17 june 2021 - 06:21:52 MA

New York, US (PANA) - Land degradation from climate change and the expansion of agriculture, cities and infrastructure  “undermines the well-being of 3.2 billion people”, [...] Full text...

Restoring nature ‘the test of our generation’: UN General Assembly President

15 june 2021 - 05:34:18 MA

New York, US (PANA) - Stepping up global efforts to combat land degradation is the only way to safeguard food and water security, reduce greenhouse [...] Full text...

Rainfall in Mauritius down by 6,4% in 2020

14 june 2021 - 07:04:44 NA

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius in 2020 recorded a total of 3,717 million cubic metres (Mm3) of rainfall, down by 6.4% compared to 3,972 [...] Full text...

Ghana begins ambitious project to plant five million trees

11 june 2021 - 10:31:18 MA

Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Ghanaians are on Friday planting some five million trees in an ambitious project to recover its depleting forest cover. Dubbed Green Ghana [...] Full text...

Ensure ocean health, UN chief says in message for World Oceans Day

09 june 2021 - 05:59:25 MA

New York, US (PANA) - Ending the “war on nature” must be part of global recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said [...] Full text...

Libyan Prime Minister signs Paris Agreement on Climate Change

07 june 2021 - 10:48:18 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Prime Minister Abdelhamid al-Dbaiba on Sunday signed the procedures of the Ministry of Environment on the approval of the referral [...] Full text...

Gov'ts must commit to unconditionally phase out all fossil fuels by 2030, says Amnesty International

07 june 2021 - 06:08:22 MA

London, UK (PANA) - A human rights advocate said on Monday that the world’s richest governments are effectively condemning millions of people to starvation, drought [...] Full text...

EU ambassadors take part in local cleaning campaign on environment day

05 june 2021 - 15:12:58 MO

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A group of European ambassadors on Saturday joined the inhabitants of Tuti Island, on the confluence of the White and Blue [...] Full text...

UN launches Decade on Ecosystem Restoration to counter ‘triple environmental emergency’

05 june 2021 - 10:06:06 MA

New York, US (PANA) - Heads of government, religious leaders, activists and artists joined the United Nations on Friday in a rallying cry to heal [...] Full text...

Still time to reverse damage to ‘ravaged’ ecosystems, declares UN chief, marking Environment Day

04 june 2021 - 19:08:34 MA

New York, US (PANA) - Amidst the triple environmental threat of biodiversity loss, climate disruption and escalating pollution, Secretary-General António Guterres launched “an unprecedented effort [...] Full text...

DR Congo: Goma volcano eruption displaces 415,700 people as IOM prepares response

01 june 2021 - 16:00:41 AR

Goma, DR Congo (PANA)  – The eruption of Mount Nyiragongo volcano, in eastern DR Congo,  has forced more than 415,000 people, nearly half of whom are children, to [...] Full text...

Key national parks in Sudan to benefit from initiative to increase protection

30 may 2021 - 16:43:55 MO

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Ahead of World Environment Day on 5 June, a US$23.6 million initiative to improve protection for three national parks in Sudan [...] Full text...

UN chief calls for global partnership to address climate change, COVID-19

30 may 2021 - 12:57:32 MA

New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has said that if governments embrace together the goals of phasing out coal, enhancing climate commitments, [...] Full text...

Africa Road Builders: Buhari wins 2021 Super Builder Award - Babacar Ndiaye Trophy

29 may 2021 - 07:28:47 VAO

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, has been named winner of the 2021 Great Builder Super Prize, the Babacar Ndiaye Trophy, "for [...] Full text...

Ghana: President Akufo-Addo stokes illegal mining debate, describing it as evil activity.

27 may 2021 - 23:36:54 WA

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has reaffirmed his resolve to  stop illegal mining dubbed 'galamsey', describing it as an 'evil [...] Full text...

Sudanese FM tours African states to solicit support on GERD dam

27 may 2021 - 19:09:10 MO

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese Foreign Affairs Minister, Ms. Mariam Al-Sadiq Al-Mahdi, left Khartoum on Thursday, leading a high-level delegation on a three-leg tour that [...] Full text...

World now likely to hit watershed 1.5 °C rise in next five years, warns UN weather agency

27 may 2021 - 05:22:19 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Odds are increasing that the annual average global temperature will rise beyond 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, in at least one of [...] Full text...

UNU-INRA starts series of events on global warming

26 may 2021 - 11:01:32 BBA

Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The United Nations University Institute for Natural Resources in Africa (UNU-INRA), based in Accra, Ghana, will on Wednesday begin a series [...] Full text...

Lack of clean water far deadlier than violence in war-torn countries, says UNICEF

25 may 2021 - 06:38:14 MA

New York, US (PANA) - Attacks on water and sanitation facilities in conflict zones around the world are putting the lives of millions of children [...] Full text...

More than 170 children feared missing following volcanic eruption in DRC's Goma district

23 may 2021 - 20:16:32 AR

Goma, DR Congo (PANA) - The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Sunday that hundreds of children and families in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) Goma [...] Full text...

Pope prays for Goma citizens threatened by volcano in eastern DR Congo

23 may 2021 - 20:06:07 AR

Vatican City, Italy (PANA) - Pope Francis on Sunday asked for prayers for citizens of Goma, a populous city in the Democratic Republic of Congo [...] Full text...

Guterres urges humanity to make ‘peace with the planet’

22 may 2021 - 06:46:19 MA

New York, US (PANA) - Humanity is “waging a war on nature”, threatening biodiversity loss, climate disruption and escalating pollution, the UN chief said on [...] Full text...

AfDB Board approves new water policy

21 may 2021 - 19:44:58 VAO

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved a new policy on water, prioritizing water [...] Full text...

ECA holds virtual climate talks

17 may 2021 - 10:05:30 BBA

Cotonou, Benin ( PANA) - The Economic Commission for Africa  (ECA) and the University of Cabo Verde are organising the second session of the Third [...] Full text...

Cut methane emissions to avert global temperature rise, UN-backed study urges

07 may 2021 - 05:14:20 MA

New York, US (PANA) - Methane emissions caused by human activity can be reduced by up to 45 per cent this decade, thus helping to [...] Full text...

UN Chief renews zero-emissions appeal to avoid falling into climate abyss

06 may 2021 - 19:02:00 VAO

Petersberg, Germany (PANA) - All countries should commit to zero carbon emissions by 2050 if the world is to avoid a disastrous 2.4 degree Celsius [...] Full text...

Earthquake again hits Guinea

05 may 2021 - 15:33:53 MTA

Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The earth shook again on Tuesday, very early in the morning, in the sub-prefecture of Bangouya, located in the district of [...] Full text...

Guinea implements sanitation strategies in Conakry

05 may 2021 - 15:24:27 BBA

Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The Guinean government will launch, from May 26, a national awareness campaign for the implementation of its "My clean neighbourhood" project, [...] Full text...

Sudan FM tours African states to rally support for Khartoum's stands on the Renaissance Dam

03 may 2021 - 19:47:46 MO

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – Sudan on Monday quoted the current chair of the African Union, President Félix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) [...] Full text...

Troops destroy 127 excavators, other mining equipment in fight against illegal mining

30 april 2021 - 23:05:16 WA

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The contingent of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) deployed to stop illegal mining in forest reserves and water bodies Friday destroyed [...] Full text...

Akufo-Addo deploys 200 soldiers to fight illegal mining

29 april 2021 - 00:03:24 WA

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - In furtherance of his pledge to end illegal mining, popularly called 'Galamsey', Ghana's President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Wednesday ordered the [...] Full text...

Somali Gov't declares drought conditions after poor rains, warmer weather

28 april 2021 - 11:39:53 MA

Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - The Somali Federal Government, in consultation with the United Nations has declared drought conditions in the country following delayed and poor successive [...] Full text...

Ramaphosa salutes South African Oscar winners

26 april 2021 - 15:21:09 CU

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa has saluted the directors of South Africa's documentary, My Octopus Teacher, which won an Oscar on [...] Full text...

Climate change link to displacement of most vulnerable is clear: UNHCR

23 april 2021 - 05:24:24 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Weather-related crises have triggered more than twice as much displacement as conflict and violence in the last decade, the UN refugee [...] Full text...

EBRD Green Cities welcomes Egypt’s 6th of October City to its programme

22 april 2021 - 13:16:05 AR

Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Egypt is signing up to a vision of green and sustainable cities. Under the guidance of the New Urban Communities Authority [...] Full text...

Ocean benefits increasingly undermined by human activity, UN assessment reveals

22 april 2021 - 06:28:48 MA

New York, US (PANA) - Greater understanding of the ocean is essential if the world is to recover better from the COVID-19 pandemic and achieve [...] Full text...

UN chief calls for commitment to restore the planet

22 april 2021 - 06:12:34 MA

New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for commitment to restoring the planet, and to making peace with nature, in his [...] Full text...

Somalia drought leads to new population displacements

21 april 2021 - 16:46:15 AO

Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - Somalia is bracing for record levels of population displacement due to drought, which is affecting parts of the Horn of Africa [...] Full text...

World on verge of climate ‘abyss’, as temperature rise continues: UN chief

20 april 2021 - 05:20:42 MA

New York, US  (PANA) -  The Earth’s temperature continues to rise unabated, with 2020 being one of the three warmest years on record, as extreme [...] Full text...

US wildlife conservationists evacuate nine giraffes from rising tides in Kenya

14 april 2021 - 09:42:55 AO

Baringo, Kenya (PANA) - An international rescue of nine critically endangered Rothschild’s giraffe has been completed from an Island in Kenya's Baringo County, a consortium [...] Full text...

Sudan, Ethiopia continue war of words on controversial Ethiopian Dam

13 april 2021 - 09:35:14 MA

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – Sudan and Ethiopia are continuing their war of words on the construction the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Blue [...] Full text...

Paris goals still ‘long way off’ – President of UN climate conference

09 april 2021 - 07:12:57 AR

Washington, US (PANA) - The world is “a long way off” from meeting the goals of the landmark Paris Agreement on Climate Change, the President [...] Full text...

New projects to help 30 developing countries tackle marine litter scourge

09 april 2021 - 06:10:51 AR

Rome, Italy (PANA) - A UN-backed initiative aims to turn the tide on marine litter, in line with the global development goal on conserving and [...] Full text...