[This Day] Abuja -- Women leaders from 16 communities in Kundu Ward of Kwali Area Council, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have launched a community-driven campaign aimed at ending open defecation and improving hygiene practices across the ward.
Droughts, heat and falling water levels in the Danube are hitting central and southeastern Europe hard. Hungary and Romania are experiencing an energy crisis — whereas countries like Bulgaria are better prepared.
Droughts, heat and falling water levels in the Danube are hitting central and southeastern Europe hard. Hungary and Romania are experiencing an energy crisis — whereas countries like Bulgaria are better prepared.
More frequent weather extremes are leading to water shortages during droughts and flooding during heavy rain. But groundwater storage can help secure water for dry seasons while mitigating extreme rain.
[GroundUp] A project to build hundreds of toilets near Mthatha has been stalled since 2023
Germans save an ancient woodland from coal mining, Australia gives away surplus solar power, and how one city became the world's best place for cyclists?
[Premium Times] PREMIUM TIMES had earlier reported that the crisis, believed to have stemmed from a longstanding land dispute between two communities in Godoro village, claimed two lives.
[Ghanaian Times] President John Dramani Mahama has called on Ghanaians to remain united, grateful and prayerful despite the recent floods that claimed lives and destroyed property in parts of Accra.
[Ghanaian Times] The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has criticised the government's handling of the flooding that hit parts of Accra and surrounding communities on Monday, urging it to move beyond what it described as public relations activities and take decisive action to address the country's flood challenges.
[GroundUp] Makhado municipality insists families will have water soon
[The Conversation Africa] Built in the 1950s to generate electricity, Lake Kariba in Zambia and Zimbabwe has since supported activities such as tourism, fishing and conservation. All of these are affected by changes in water levels.
With binding cut targets scrapped, the EU's pledge to halve pesticide use is stalling. Even as controversial chemicals like glyphosate remain on sale across the bloc.
[Namibian] National Council members this week criticised the government's water supply budget, saying many rural communities continue to face severe shortages despite repeated promises and funding allocations.
From petro-masculinity to electric trucks: why men disengage from climate action and what might bring them back.
The answer is complex — and says a lot about how masculinity works in the modern world.
...[T]he promise of a digital future may come at the same heavy cost to human rights and environmental justice as the floral exports that preceded it.
The world's largest inland body of water is retreating at an alarming speed. From stranded buildings to vanishing habitats, scientists warn the Caspian Sea may be approaching a tipping point.
[Ghanaian Times] PRESIDENT John Dramani Mahama has assured residents of Fuveme and Blekusu in the Anloga District and Ketu South Municipality respectively that funds for the construction of their sea defence systems were intact.
Empirical knowledge of the territory, refined over centuries and passed down through generations by traditional communities, is summarily discarded as obsolete.
[GroundUp] These boats are an essential mode of transport, ferrying people across the Senqu River in Qacha's Nek
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