Tag: pollution

World Health Day: tackling urban air pollution top priority for African governments

April 10, 2024

As the world marked World Health Day on 7 April, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has highlighted air pollution — most notably in fast-growing cities ... Read More

Addis Ababa: Morocco Takes Part in 19th African Ministerial Conference on the Environment

August 15, 2023

Morocco is taking part in the 19th African ministerial conference on the environment which opened Tuesday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to discuss ways of enhancing ... Read More

Nigerians lose UK Supreme Court’s case over Shell oil spill

May 11, 2023

The UK’s Supreme Court has ruled that it was too late for a group of Nigerian claimants to sue two Shell subsidiaries over a 2011 ... Read More

World Bank grants Egypt $9.13 M to expand the greater cairo air pollution management and climate change project

March 2, 2023

Egypt has secured $9.13-million grants from the World Bank for the expansion of the management of e-waste and healthcare waste under Greater Cairo pollution reduction ... Read More

Environmental conference in Senegal calls for pan-African response to plastic waste crisis

September 15, 2022

Environmental disasters, food insecurity and the issue of plastic pollution and the burning of waste — these are the main topics discussed by the more ... Read More

Mauritania: government submits $17 billion-plan to reduce pollution

September 30, 2015

UN Climate Change Convention Framework indicated last week that Mauritanian submitted a plan worth $17 billion for the fight against climate change and reduction of ... Read More