Kenyan Conservancies Unable to Pay Leased Land amid COVID-19 Linked Drop in Tourism Revenue
So far Kenya has lost 80 per cent in revenues from tourism and 90 per cent from international arrivals since March this year
February 15, 2021
Uganda’s Musambwa Island, the World’s Largest Breeding Colony for Grey-headed Gulls, Devastated by Floods amid Coronavirus Pandemic
Musambwa Island, the World’s Largest Breeding Colony for Grey-headed Gulls Devastated by Floods amid Coronavirus Pandemic.
February 9, 2021
Tanzania’s Manyara Lake is drying up. Here’s why
Over the last 20 years, Lake Manyara has shrunk by over 90%.
February 5, 2021
War, Climate Change and COVID-19 Cripple South Sudan’s Wildlife Conservation Efforts
Climate change is forcing wild animals to migrate to find safer places to live.
Such migration is bringing these wild animals closer to people’s settlements and is encourage poaching.
Read about the civil war, climate change and the effects of COVID-19 that is threatening South Sudan
February 3, 2021
Uganda’s First Oil: What is at Stake?
French oil multinational Total, its partner investors, and the Ugandan and Tanzanian governments will soon finalize their decision on the Lake Albert Development Project, Uganda’s first oil development
The effects of potential oil spills and infrastructure development would cause irreversible damage in the ecologically sensitive Albertine Region, which contributes 30% of Uganda’s fish stocks
February 1, 2021
Restoring Lake Nakivale; A Refugees’ Idea
Lake Nakivale in Isingiro District, Uganda is under threat due to massive pollution.
Now, refugees in Nakivale refugee camp in Isingiro district have taken the lead role in the conservation and protection of the lake, the biggest water source to the camp
January 27, 2021
Poachers’ Den Turns Wildlife Haven: the story of Ajai
A wildlife reserve is recovering from the heavy poaching of the 1970s and 80s. A community’s efforts to reduce poaching by beekeeping. Reports show a modest increase in the number of the top nine dominant animal species in the reserve: baboons, bushpigs, bushbucks, black and white colobus monkeys, vervet monkeys, Duikers, Kobs, the orbi and warthogs.
January 25, 2021
Saving the Rothschild Giraffe in Kenya
The Rothschild Giraffe, only found in Kenya and Uganda, is alarmingly decreasing in population and faces risk of extinction.
January 21, 2021
Narrow escape for reporters in Bugoma forest
While bulldozers from Hoima Sugar are advancing to convert the Bugoma Forest landscape into an expansive sugarcane plantation, charcoal burners are converting the big rain catchers into charcoal.
January 19, 2021
NILE OUTBREAK: WHO IS MOST AT RISK?
Mapping vulnerability to COVID-19 in Africa’s Nile River Basin
January 15, 2021
Top InfoNile Stories of 2020: Water, Climate Change and COVID-19 in the Nile Basin
The top InfoNile projects and stories of 2020, highlighting important stories in the Nile Basin around water access, climate change, wildlife and Covid-19.
December 26, 2020
Kenya: Warning Kibera residents of floods using flags, Whatsapp and Facebook forecasts
A community group in Kibera informal settlement, Nairobi, is warning residents of flood conditions using SMS, Whatsapp, Facebook and radio.
December 14, 2020