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It will work to ensure rational distribution of mineral wealth through lobbying political authorities to ensure that communities benefit from the proceeds of their countries� resources. It is composed of organisations advocating environmental conservation and sustainable utilisation of...

Several tremors hit the Karonga district north of Malawi on Sunday injuring at least two people and forcing many on to the streets, officials said. Enock Levason, a police officer in Karonga said tremors were still being felt there at...

He could guide his guests, mostly Europeans and Americans, through the 11 glaciers to reach the peak of Africa’s second highest mountain. But over the years, he has witnessed four glaciers melt down for reasons he could not comprehend then....

With their rugged glacier summits and heavily forested slopes, Mounts Kenya and Kilimanjaro stand tall as some of the most impressive land masses in Africa. But not quite. The famous ice fields on the two mountains are shrinking fast, and...

Money to help the world’s 49 Least Developed Countries (LDCs) – the poorest and most vulnerable – cope with the impact of climate change will be in the spotlight when the UN climate change conference in Copenhagen (COP15) kicks off...

Ethiopia undertook the construction of an important hydroelectric power project aiming at exporting electricity to neighboring countries. Addis Ababa plans to export electric power supply to Sudan and Djibouti by 2010 and to Kenya by 2011 when the ambitions strategy...

Mauritian experts are helping set up cogeneration systems to feed the hunger for electricity in Tanzania, Zambia and elsewhere. An example of how appropriate technology can be applied to problems common to countries in the global South. 
Cogeneration is the...

Benefits that were to accrue from relocating Kibarani dumpsite to the outskirts of Mombasa Town about two years ago have not been realised. Instead, Mwakirunge village is now bearing the brunt of the mess, and area residents are facing mounting...

Kenya has awarded Mott MacDonald Ltd, a British company the contract to study the viability of building storage and distribution facilities of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in Mombasa. The study, financed with part of the $153 million Energy Sector Recovery...

Potatoes and tomatoes have a vicious side that makes them killers on a par with venus fly traps and pitcher plants. They have been identified as among a host of plants thought to have been overlooked by botanists and explorers...