Addis Ababa faces growing climate change risks like heat, drought and floods, study warns
People living in informal settlements are particularly at risk – that’s about 70% of Addis Ababa’s residents.
September 22, 2023
Biodiversity gains and losses of River Yala
Yala swamp has been left vulnerable for years leading to its degradation and biodiversity loss.
September 18, 2023
Why are wildlife crimes easily committed in South Sudan?
Although South Sudan has a Wildlife Act, as most African countries do, it does not have “elaborate and comprehensive wildlife policies and laws” to enforce this act.
September 14, 2023
The Quest for the Reintroduction of White Rhinos to Ajai Wildlife Reserve
By Richard Drasimaku While growing up as a child, Ben Afidra Amorimvapi, a resident of
September 11, 2023
Goma: The consumption of bushmeat, a public health problem
As Grâce testified, many local people turn to bushmeat because it is cheaper.
September 8, 2023
Underground Ivory Trade Threatens Dwindling Hippo Population in Uganda and DRC
It’s not known how many hippos are left across Africa, but during the past few decades, this animal that has been labelled the continent’s second-most dangerous after the lion
September 4, 2023
How Ogiek community use traditional bylaws to conserve the ecosystem
The Ogiek elders came up with their own traditional bylaws which prevent the cutting of trees in the region.
September 1, 2023
Water-saving irrigation boosts land productivity in Rwanda
The irrigation upgrade on the Nyabarongo River is part of Rwanda’s efforts for water conservation in the agricultural sector.
August 28, 2023
Protect Elephants, Protect the Future
According to wildlife officials, Ethiopia had more than 10,000 elephants in the 1970s but poaching and habitat degradation have reduced the number to about 2,500 to 3,000 in recent years.
August 25, 2023
Burundi’s natural reserves threatened by wildfires that sweep away savannahs and forests
Farmers and breeders set destructive wildfires in Burundi’s wildlife reserves in the summer months, burning thousands of hectares of land.
August 14, 2023
Decentralized management of ivory and other illegal wildlife stocks fuels illicit trade of wildlife in the DRC
Almost every month, the national police, the customs services, and the Congolese Institute for the Conservation of Nature (ICCN) conduct seizures of protected wildlife species and ivory
August 7, 2023
Tall order: Universal water access in Uganda.
26 percent of the world population (2 billion people) did not have access to safe drinking water as of 2020.
August 4, 2023