Kenya’s arid regions are recovering from the dry spell following heavy rains, the National Drought Management Authority (NDMA) said in a report released on Friday. Drought has ravaged arid regions for over a year now. The institution said the pasture situation has improved for millions of livestock as grass regenerates and water becomes available. ReadRelated […]
A three-day national conference to address the ongoing human-wildlife conflict (HWC) in Namibia opens on Wednesday in Windhoek, the country’s capital. Opening the conference, Namibia’s Vice President, Nangolo Mbumba, stressed the need to prioritise development needs of local communities while making efforts to manage HWC. Mbumba added the country must also promote biodiversity conservation and […]
Three people died and six others injured, on Thursday, after a three-story building collapsed in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, officials said. The building collapsed in Ramajogi Peta area of Vishakhapatnam, the main city of Andhra Pradesh. Following the building collapse, authorities rushed police and rescue teams to the spot to carry out […]
The Federal Fire Service (FFS) says it would establish fire stations in the markets across the country. The Zonal Controller, FFS in charge of Kano and Jigawa, Assistant Controller General (ACG), Ahmed Garba-Karaye announced this when he visited the singer market to assess the level of damage caused by the inferno on Monday in Kano. […]
African Development Bank (AfDB), has signed a €362,000 (N177,485,927.72) grant agreement with Hadejia Jama’are Komadugu Yobe Basin-Trust Fund. In a statement, the bank said the grant would prepare additional studies under the second-phase of developing a strategic plan for managing water resources in the Komadugu-Yobe Basin in northern Nigeria. “Specifically, the grant will support the […]
At least seven people died in Tanzania’s part of Lake Victoria infested by crocodiles between Jan. 1, and Feb. 9, officials said on Friday. The officials said most of the victims were residents of Kome Islet on the lake, the world’s largest tropical lake shared by Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya. The killings of the seven […]
Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has approved a 2023 budgetary plan to help Private Sector Participant (PSP) operators to recapitalise in the state. By the plan, the state government will inject new waste evacuation trucks into their fleet. The Managing Director/CEO of the Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), Mr Ibrahim Odumboni, announced the governor’s […]
The Federal Ministry of Water Resources has advised State Governments to prioritise water safety plans, so as to reduce contamination from point of production to consumption. Mrs Abosede Orimoloye, Assistant Director, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Collaborations, made the call at a workshop in Asaba, Delta. The workshop is for the Development of Cholera Emergency Preparedness […]
The World Bank and Federal Government have appointed Mr AbdulHamid Umar as the National Project Coordinator for Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACReSAL) in Nigeria. The appointment is in a statement issued by Mr Olusegun Shogbola, Personal Assistant (Media & ICT) to Minister of Environment on Thursday in Abuja. The statement, emailed to The NewsZenith […]
Kenyan conservation organisation, on Friday, launched a campaign to conserve grey crowned cranes and save them from extinction. Joseph Mwangi, country manager at the Crane and Wetlands Conservation Project, said the grey crowned cranes are threatened with extinction. The grey-crowned cranes are a species of birds that flock in large numbers, anywhere between 30 and […]