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Yearly Archives: 2016

AMCEN: Africa’s natural reserves, climate pact top agenda

The need to sustainably harness Africa’s vast reserves of natural capital and the implications of the Paris Agreement dominated the opening session of the...

Fresh concern over fatal explosions at Agip oilfields

A trio of blasts occurring within eight months at facilities operated by the Nigerian Agip Oil Company Limited (NAOC) has raised fresh concerns over...

Ghanaian water minister demands ‘strategic repositioning’ in sector

Ghana’s Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing, Dr. Kwaku Agyemang Mensah, has noted that the quantity and quality of water can change lives...

CSOs deliberate on Paris Agreement, SDGs as AMCEN6 kicks-off

Ahead of the sixth special session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) scheduled for the 16th-19th April 2016, civil society consultations...

Madagascar biodiversity offset a landgrab in disguise, says report

On the occasion of the Rio Tinto AGM on Thursday, 14 April 2016 in London, Re:Common and the World Rainforest Movement released a report...

Climate egghead group to prepare special reports

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has decided the strategy and timeline for its next series of reports, the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6),...

Burkina Faso bans Monsanto’s GM cotton

Burkina Faso is phasing out the production of genetically modified cotton introduced by Monsanto Co., the world’s largest seed company, because growers are unhappy...

West African black rhino, nine other animals presumed extinct

The first decade of the 21st century was ripe with discoveries and innovations in the animal kingdom. From 2001 to 2010, new species were...

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Gas supply constraints continue to lower electricity generation – NISO

The Nigerian Independent System Operator (NISO) says the continued decline in electricity generation on the national grid is due...
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Tinubu resolves OPL 245 dispute with ENI, unlocks deepwater investment

President Bola Tinubu on Thursday, March 5, 2026, announced the successful conclusion of a settlement agreement between the Federal...

NERC orders DisCos to adopt SOP to tackle meter bypass

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has directed Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) to adopt a comprehensive Standard Operating Procedure...

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Gas supply constraints continue to lower electricity generation – NISO

The Nigerian Independent System Operator (NISO) says the continued...

Tinubu resolves OPL 245 dispute with ENI, unlocks deepwater investment

President Bola Tinubu on Thursday, March 5, 2026, announced...
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