UNEP supports global food systems providing net positive impacts on nutrition, environment

13 july 2020 - 11:17:41 AR

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – While progress on reducing hunger has stagnated in the last five years, evidence suggests that the problem faced globally [...] Full text...

EU funds 13 million euro natural disasters project linking IOM, Oxfam in Burundi

11 july 2020 - 15:29:15 AR

Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and Oxfam have joined forces to launch a European Union (EU) backed multi-million euro Disaster Risk Reduction [...] Full text...

COVID-19: Wildlife crime puts environment and health at risk - UN report

11 july 2020 - 09:52:54 AR

Vienna, Austria (PANA) - The COVID-19 pandemic shows how wildlife crime is a threat not only to the environment but to human health, according to [...] Full text...

Weather data helps authorities respond to deadly floods in Abidjan

10 july 2020 - 18:11:24 VAO

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - When torrential rains and flash floods deluged parts of Côte d’Ivoire’s economic capital, Abidjan, an African Development Bank (AfDB) investment [...] Full text...

Nigeria: NEMA Chief warns against building, farming on waterways to avoid flooding challenges

10 july 2020 - 17:43:49 MON

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Friday advised against building and farming on waterways to avert floods and the negative [...] Full text...

At least 200 km of Tunisian coastline threatened by sea overhang

09 july 2020 - 23:27:55 MSA

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - At least 200 kilometers of the Tunisian coastline are threatened with disappearance by the sea due to climate change, Tunisian minister [...] Full text...

4 poachers arrested in northern Niger

08 july 2020 - 15:59:51 KND

Zinder, Niger (PANA) - Four poachers caught in the act were arrested last week by the Defense and Security Forces (DSF) inside the Termite National [...] Full text...

Mauritius constructs civic amenity centres for waste disposal

08 july 2020 - 11:47:31 NA

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Environment, Solid Waste Management and Climate Change minister, Kavydass Ramano, on Tuesday, told Parliament that the government will construct [...] Full text...

Madagascar receives US$ 2 million from ARC to cover drought risks

05 july 2020 - 07:32:56 VAO

‎Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - The government of Madagascar has received a cheque of US$2.13 million from the Insurance Company of the Pan African Risk Management [...] Full text...

Mauritius: Govt. encourages production and use of organic compost

03 july 2020 - 16:42:10 NA

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Environment Minister, Kavi Ramano, on Friday distributed compost bins and tools to members of Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and Cooperative societies [...] Full text...

Botswana endangered species war heightens

03 july 2020 - 04:40:52 DRW

Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana continues to heighten the anti-poaching bar with more poachers death being recorded.   The Botswana Defence Force (BDF) on Thursday announced three [...] Full text...

Youth activist speaks up for environmental protection at Human Rights Council

02 july 2020 - 06:09:27 AR

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Environmental harm severely affects “the youngest children, indigenous children and those from low-income and marginalized communities,” UN High Commissioner for Human [...] Full text...

“One” WASH program improves well-being of Ethiopia's vulnerable communities - Officials

29 june 2020 - 18:28:35 VAO

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopia’s ‘One’ model, under which the government runs its Water, Sanitation and Hygiene ( WASH ) National Program, has steadily [...] Full text...

Ethiopia says will start filling Grand Renaissance Dam within two weeks

27 june 2020 - 13:27:19 AR

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) -  Ethiopia is set to start filling the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) within the next two weeks, during which the [...] Full text...

Congo to host COP13 in 2021

26 june 2020 - 17:47:14 KND

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese Minister of Tourism and the Environment, Arlette Soudan Nonault, said on Thursday in Brazzaville that the government has confirmed [...] Full text...

Congolese govt. seeking investors to manage its forest

26 june 2020 - 17:43:01 MTA

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese Minister of Tourism and Environment, Arlette Soudan Nonault, on Thursday in Brazzaville, sought the support of investors for the [...] Full text...

Botswana heightens anti-poaching war

26 june 2020 - 15:58:34 DRW

Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Poachers’ death toll in Botswana is rising due to the army’s sharp anti-poaching measures. The anti-poaching Botswana Defence Force (BDF) patrol teams [...] Full text...

Congo: Two alleged ivory traffickers arrested in Oyo

25 june 2020 - 23:13:14 MSA

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Two men of Congolese nationality were arrested Tuesday in Oyo, 400 km from here, for illegal movement and trade in two [...] Full text...

'COVID-19 disruptions in ocean observations could threaten weather forecast, climate change predictions'

23 june 2020 - 17:29:15 VAO

Paris, France (PANA) - COVID-19 is threatening to create an ocean data blindspot that could disrupt weather forecasts and hamper understanding of climate change, according [...] Full text...

AfDB to enhance private sector participation in climate change, green investment in Africa

23 june 2020 - 17:20:48 VAO

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Climate Change and Green Growth Department of the African Development Bank (AfDB), with the global infrastructure firm, Stantec, will [...] Full text...

Cote d'Ivoire: At least 10 reported killed in landslide after downpour

18 june 2020 - 14:20:14 KND

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - A landslide left a dozen people dead and a lot of damage on Thursday in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, following heavy [...] Full text...

Rights group, NGOs step up pressure on oil companies to clean up polluted Nigeria's Niger Delta

18 june 2020 - 06:05:18 MA

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Human rights group Amnesty International and NGOs are stepping up pressure on oil companies to clean up the pollution of the [...] Full text...

‘New contract’ needed with nature to keep drought and deserts at bay, says GUterres

18 june 2020 - 05:42:05 MA

New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General has called for "a new contract with nature" to address ongoing global challenges connected to land degradation, [...] Full text...

Congo controls its deforestation rate - official

18 june 2020 - 00:15:20 MTA

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese minister of Tourism and Environment, Arlette Soudan-Nonault, said here Tuesday Congo was controlling its deforestation rate. Peaking on the occasion [...] Full text...

Botswana joins global food security campaign

17 june 2020 - 13:29:25 DRW

Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana has joined the international community to celebrate the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) dubbed Desertification and Drought Day, [...] Full text...

Tunisian Salem Hamdi re-elected head of Arab Atomic Energy Agency

15 june 2020 - 17:22:52 KND

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian Salem Hamdi was re-elected for a second, four-year term (until February 2025) as head of the Arab Atomic Energy Agency [...] Full text...

Benin plans to cover its coastal strip with coconut trees

14 june 2020 - 12:55:02 MTA

Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Beninese government will soon turn its coastal strip green through a campaign of coconut tree planting, according to a decision [...] Full text...

Congo to update the national program of action for the environment

11 june 2020 - 18:43:46 KND

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese Minister of Tourism and the Environment, Arlette Soudan Nonault, said on Wednesday in Brazzaville that updating the National Program [...] Full text...

Met. Dept. predicts higher-than-normal rainfall in Niger

11 june 2020 - 18:04:46 MTA

Niamey, Niger (PANA) - There is a 50 percent probability that this year's rainfall will be higher than normal in Niger, the government daily Le [...] Full text...

Mauritius invests in plans for combating climate change

09 june 2020 - 12:40:42 NA

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Environment, Solid Waste Management and Climate Change minister, Mr Kavydass Ramano, has said the government will invest in the struggle [...] Full text...

Coronavirus crisis demands 'fundamental rethink' of relationship with natural ecosystems

06 june 2020 - 05:43:55 MA

Paris, France (PANA) - The COVID-19 health crisis should be seen as a clarion call to “fundamentally rethink our relationship” with natural ecosystems and shrinking [...] Full text...

FIFA celebrates World Environment Day

05 june 2020 - 19:12:33 VAO

Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - “Our commitment to protecting our climate remains unwavering. We recognise the critical need for everyone to help implement the Paris Agreement [...] Full text...

Protect the planet to build a better post-Covid-19 world (An AfDB feature)

05 june 2020 - 18:57:00 VAO

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The whole world is celebrating June 5, World Environment Day as it has been since 1974, with Côte d'Ivoire again [...] Full text...

Month of May confirmed as warmest on record, CO2 levels hit new high despite COVID economic slowdown

05 june 2020 - 16:55:15 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Last month was the warmest May on record and carbon dioxide levels also hit a new high despite the economic slowdown [...] Full text...

COVID-19: No vaccine will protect populations against climate change - UNCTAD

05 june 2020 - 12:58:59 AR

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - This year has been marked by the threat of a new coronavirus and society’s sacrifice to combat it – [...] Full text...

SADC calls for biodiversity loss prevention

05 june 2020 - 07:59:22 DRW

Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Citizens of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) bloc have been challenged to take shared action in preventing biodiversity loss. “We cannot [...] Full text...

Senegal's director of water, forests says moved and saddened by destruction of country's forests

03 june 2020 - 19:01:09 MTA

Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - Colonel-Major Baïdy Ba, director of Water, Forests, Hunting and Soil Conservation, said here Wednesday he was emotionally  touched, saddened and discouraged [...] Full text...

Mali moves to redevelop Gourma biosphere reserve for elephant survival

28 may 2020 - 14:29:01 KND

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian government has adopted a bill establishing the Gourma Biosphere Reserve, an area located near the Mali-Burkina Faso-Niger border, PANA [...] Full text...

Botswana’s ecotourism company committed to anti-poaching

27 may 2020 - 14:00:00 DRW

Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) – Wilderness Safaris, an ecotourism focused pan-Africa company based in Botswana, has affirmed its commitment to fight poaching on the continent. With eight [...] Full text...

Floods in Kenya claim 285 lives

27 may 2020 - 12:03:14 DJ

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The number of Kenyans who have perished in ravaging floods in different parts of the country rose to 285 by Wednesday, [...] Full text...

Tunisia sees significant drop in air pollution during COVID-19 health containment

27 may 2020 - 09:11:49 BBA

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Air pollution dropped significantly in Tunisia during the general COVID-19 health containment, which lasted about six weeks, the Tunisian National Institute [...] Full text...

African Natural Resources Centre unveils publication to advance critical land policy reforms

26 may 2020 - 16:35:17 VAO

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - In response to challenges across Africa posed by land ownership and use, the African Natural Resources Centre (ANRC) of the [...] Full text...

Cold spell into Botswana from Atlantic Oceans

25 may 2020 - 16:31:51 DRW

Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Cold front from the Atlantic Ocean is expected to pass over the southern half of Africa, including the southern part of [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: Build back better and preserve biodiversity after COVID-19 pandemic: UN chief

23 may 2020 - 06:17:55 AR

New York, US (PANA) - Recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic must lead to countries uniting to preserve the natural world, in line with global commitments [...] Full text...

Shrinking forests need bold action to safeguard their biodiversity

22 may 2020 - 18:53:11 VAO

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Amidst alarming rates of deforestation and land degradation, urgent action is needed to safeguard the biodiversity of the world's forests, according [...] Full text...

UNESCO posts six online debates on measures to restore and preserve biodiversity

22 may 2020 - 18:04:06 VAO

Paris, France (PANA) - On the occasion of the International Day for Biodiversity, celebrated on 22 May and whose theme this year is "Our Solutions [...] Full text...

Human activities, climate change threaten Niger's biodiversity - Minister

22 may 2020 - 14:44:24 KND

Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The rich biodiversity of Niger is threatened by human activities and global climate change that affect its flora, fauna, and the [...] Full text...

Burkinabe minister calls for restoration of ecosystems

22 may 2020 - 14:14:36 MTA

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso's Environment minister, Nestor Bassière, on Friday called for the restoration of ecosystems in a statement issued on the [...] Full text...

Poaching dismissed in mysterious elephant deaths in Botswana

19 may 2020 - 10:14:04 DRW

Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana has ruled out poaching in suspected poisoned elephant carcasses in two villages in the north-west of the country. Dr. Oduetse Koboto, [...] Full text...

Authorities in Botswana warn residents of poisoned elephants

15 may 2020 - 17:30:28 DRW

Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s Department of Wildlife and National Parks has warned residents in the Seronga village in the North-West of poisoned elephant carcasses. Seronga [...] Full text...