Thousands of bottles, cans and other rubbish thrown into the lake caused the shutdown of the Ruzizi dam facilities near the city of Bukavu, thus causing power cuts in several localities.
“The impact is...
La Convention sur le commerce des espèces menacées d'extinction (Cites) a interdit en 2016 le commerce international des pangolins, dont certains types figurent sur la Liste rouge des espèces menacées de l'Union internationale pour la conservation de la nature (UICN). Mais...
Des animaux morts de faim et de soif jonchent le sol près de Godé, un village où la survie et l'économie des habitants tournent autour du bétail. Depuis plus d'un an, il n'y a pas eu une goutte de pluie...
Mozambique has a coastline of three thousand kilometers on the Indian Ocean. Its coasts are currently being eaten away by the onslaught of the ocean, tropical storms, cooking with charcoal or slash-and-burn crops. This is why the...
Le parti Green Congress of Kenya (GCK), dans une résolution de son National Governing Council (NGC), a déclaré samedi qu'il soutiendrait la candidature à la présidence du leader de l'Orange Democratic Movement (ODM)....
This is a historic decision for conservationists. The High Court in Pretoria has delivered its verdict in the so-called deadly air case in a complaint against the South African government filed in 2019 by environmental organizations GroundWork...
In a joint report published on the 6th of June by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations World Food Program (WFP), shows stark warnings of multiple looming food crises...
Due to low purchasing power, most households use charcoal as an energy source for daily cooking. Wood constitutes an important resource for families who have no other sources of energy for cooking.
The...
The Massaha community, located in the northeast of Gabon, is making an urgent appeal to their government to save their biocultural heritage. It is currently threatened with destruction by the Chinese company Transport...
The Nile, the second longest river in the world, is now almost lifeless, too polluted. A concrete example of the challenge represented by access to water for the years to come. The Nile...
Le Kenyan Green Thinking Action Party s'oppose à l'idée d'abroger une section de la loi sur la conservation et la gestion des forêts de 2016. La commission de l'Assemblée nationale sur la procédure et les règles veut réviser la législation qui donne actuellement...
L'industrie pétrolière constitue une véritable menace pour l'environnement et les communautés locales au Nigeria. Plusieurs villes et villages de l'État de Bayelsa ont été secoués par une nouvelle catastrophe liée à l'exploitation pétrolière.
Leaders of Africa's green movements, meeting virtually at the Global Greens Conference on February 5, spoke about the difficulties faced by green parties in the face of the strong predominance of "authoritarian" regimes in most African countries.
The virtual conference organized by Global Greens on Saturday, February 5 was a real framework for discussion and sharing of ideas on the future of greens in the world.
Among...
Bien qu'elle soit l'un des pays les moins polluants, la Gambie est néanmoins très vulnérable au changement climatique.
Selon une étude menée par l'ONG Climate Action Tracker (CAT), la Gambie est l'un des...
In Ghana, these thousands of clothes thrown up by the waves of the Atlantic Ocean, land on the coasts of the country which have been transformed, over time, into veritable open dumps.
A significant...
"I have noticed that the face of the city is changing and that the issue of unsanitary conditions has become a real problem."
President of an NGO which campaigns for the protection of nature...
Rapid deforestation and higher temperatures are melting iconic snow at an alarming rate on Africa's highest peak. This is the bitter observation of a Tanzanian charity which wants to plant 50 million trees for massive greening on...
Benin is a small French-speaking country in West Africa located in the tropical zone between the equator and the Tropic of Cancer.Most cities in Benin are currently facing the problems of air pollution and global warming. At...
Canada has now announced bans on all flights travelling from South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Lesotho, Eswatini, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Malawi, and Egypt. These measures were taken by the Canadian government to mitigate the spread of the...
During an intervention at the perch of the National Assembly, the president of the ecological party AECO-Les Verts, Didace Pembe denounced the substantial increase in the standard of living of the institutions in the budget bill for...
In the DRC, an interministerial decree authorizes the slaughter or sale of certain species protected against a tax. Environmentalists are mobilized and denouncing this decision.
The Congolese Institute for...
The President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Félix Tshisekedi, during a meeting of the Council of Ministers, demanded the suspension of all “dubious” contracts in terms of forest concessions. He asked...
Le président du parti démocratique vert au Rwanda, le Dr Frank Habineza, a proposé, lors d'un dialogue au sein de son parti, que le nombre de députés au parlement soit porté de 80 à 100, soit une augmentation de 20 députés.
Dans une déclaration à la presse, le Parti du mouvement vert uni du Kenya demande à l'Assemblée nationale d'utiliser ses pouvoirs en vertu de la Loi sur les instruments statutaires pour révoquer le règlement qui a soulevé...
Dans une allocution à la presse, le Parti du Mouvement des Verts unis du Kenya appelle l'Assemblée nationale à user de ses pouvoirs en vertu de la Loi sur les instruments statutaires pour révoquer le règlement qui...
Three sites in the discharge basin of the Chinese plant CNMC (China Nonferrous Metal Mining), located in the Panda district in Likasi, in the Haut-Katanga Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo, were...
Since May 6th, 2021, violence in the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict in Gaza has been renewed following the anticipated decision of the supreme court of Israel on the eviction of eight Palestinian families from Sheik Jarrah, a neighborhood of...
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the crisis felt worldwide has not been limited to health. The world economy and social wellbeing of people worldwide have both struggled as billions have been forced to stay home, many...
After yet another a sweeping electoral victory for the National Resistance Movement (NRM), launching President Yoweri Museveni into a sixth term, the Ecological Party of Uganda (EPU) reflects on its campaign, the discrepancies that occurred, and what...
The Congo-Oubangui-Sangha Basion International Commission (CICOS) was recently awarded two 2 million euro grants pledged by the French Global Environment Facility (FFEM) and the French Development Agency (AFD). The funds will be going towards a climate change...
As the 2021 Ugandan elections have come to a close, the country has been left in a state of political disorder and distrust. Leader of the National Resistance Movement (NRM), Yoweri Museveni, has been confirmed by the Electoral...
As the global concern for issues such as climate change, environmental destruction and unsustainable development are at an all-time high, the increased need for Green Parties worldwide has become greater than ever before.
This...
The second most populated country in Africa is on the brink of a devastating civil war after the Nobel Prize winner and Ethiopian Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed declared a military attack on the northern part of the...
As election time approaches in the small, central-African nation of Uganda, civil unrest and displeasure with the status quo has created uncertainty as to who will be the one to take office in 2021. Like many other...
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