Monthly Archives: May, 2016

FRSC to educate motorists on tyres

Following series of road crashes in Nigeria resulting from tyre blow-outs, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) is organising a stakeholders’ forum on tyres...

Group expands smallholder farmer services to Malawi, Uganda

One Acre Foundation, a non-profit agriculture organisation that supplies smallholder farmers with the financing and training they need to increase their incomes and food...

Only three Saharan Addax antelopes alive, survey finds

Regional insecurity and oil industry activities in the Sahara Desert have pushed the Addax – a migratory species of desert-adapted antelope – to the...

Images: Manual flower pollination in China as bees disappear

In parts of rural China, humans are doing the work bees once did. Striking new photos show farm workers in Hanyuan county, in China’s Sichuan...

Water scarcity hits Lagos amid irregular power supply

Water scarcity in parts of Lagos State is worsening, even as accusing fingers are being pointed in the direction of road construction works that...

Tanzania to host 6th Africa Water Week

The African Ministers' Council on Water (AMCOW) has announced that the sixth edition of its flagship water event, the Africa Water Week, will hold...

Activists take up global campaign against fossil fuels

Largest civil disobedience in the history of environmental movement materialises as campaigners commence actions to Break Free from fossil fuels Starting Tuesday, a global wave...

Cattle, bloodshed, hunger and climate change

Violent conflicts have become so pervasive in Nigeria that one could be excused to say that they threaten to become the new normal. Some years...

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17 California State University campuses join statewide wildlife monitoring effort

In response to accelerating climate change and increasing human impacts on California’s landscapes, Cal Poly Humboldt and the U.S....
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Anambra commissioner tasks Nigerians on hydration amid intense heat

The Anambra State Commissioner for Health, Dr Afam Obidike, has urged Nigerians to ensure regular water intake to keep...

Why buildings keep collapsing in Nigeria, by builders

The Nigerian Institute of Building (NIOB) has attributed the recurring building collapse cases across the country to weak construction...

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17 California State University campuses join statewide wildlife monitoring effort

In response to accelerating climate change and increasing human...

Anambra commissioner tasks Nigerians on hydration amid intense heat

The Anambra State Commissioner for Health, Dr Afam Obidike,...