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 in Africa — as a top danger that the governments on the continent need to resolve. Experts and organizations working for cleaner air in Africa have recently met in Cameroon’s […]
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Addis Ababa: Morocco Takes Part in 19th African Ministerial Conference on the Environment
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 cooperation to counter environmental challenges in the continent. The four-day gathering is opportunity to strengthen Africa’s collective engagement in the global environmental agenda, including in the various conference of the […]
Nigerians lose UK Supreme Court’s case over Shell oil spill
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 spill off the coast of Nigeria’s Niger Delta. The legal case, launched by residents of Nigeria’s oil-producing Niger Delta, is one of a series of legal battles Shell has been […]
World Bank grants Egypt $9.13 M to expand the greater cairo air pollution management and climate change project
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 project, the country’s Ministry of International Cooperation said in a statement. The grant would reinforce the original project’s environmental benefits, both locally and publicly, by improving e-waste and healthcare waste […]
Environmental conference in Senegal calls for pan-African response to plastic waste crisis
Environmental disasters, food insecurity and the issue of plastic pollution and the burning of waste — these are the main topics discussed by the more than 50 African environment ministers who have gathered in Senegal this week The African Ministerial Conference on the Environment is taking place in the wake of major flooding and drought […]
Mauritania: government submits $17 billion-plan to reduce pollution
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 CO2 pollution. The submitted plan focuses on the reduction of GES production by 22.3% by 2030 and it also lays focus on the CO2, le CH4 and N2O. The government’s […]





