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Minister Tina Joemat Petersen announced on Sunday that government would lift the ban on abalone fishing while accompanying President Jacob Zuma to a feedback meeting in Hawston with fishing community of the Overberg region. The meeting was a follow up...

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...

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...

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....

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...

On an average, Ethiopia spends over 10 billion birr ($800 million) annually on importing petroleum, consuming about 90 percent of the hard currency earned from foreign trade each year. Praj will provide consultancy for complete development of the 25,000 hectare...

The great climate change swindle: global warming is not manmade Published 07 December, 2009, 10:38 Climate change has always existed and humankind does not have the power to affect it insists a critic of global warming theory, Lord Christopher Monckton,...

Environment and Natural Resources Minister Catherine Namugala has called on developed countries to make available adequate and predictable financial resources to African countries as a contribution to fight against adverse effects of climate change.

Initiatives to reduce Egypt's greenhouse gas emissions could get a big push if world leaders and environment officials meeting in Copenhagen for climate talks that start Monday agree to maintain or enhance the carbon trading framework. "Companies seem to be...