The circular economy: How Rwanda tries to chart its course in hostile global waters

Wanting to move away from being a dumpyard of used clothings has meant angering Donald Trump's USA. The small east African country is trying to …

How can Africa breathe easy when millions of used cars from the West hit its roads each year?

In absence of any no regional or global agreements to govern the flow of used vehicles, the continent is now getting flooded with polluting vehicles

The Lewa Conservation Way

In East Africa,meat and tusk are livelihood for many. In this milieu, Lewa, Kenya shows how community involvement aids conservation

Plastic-free planet: Third session of Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee begins in Nairobi

Global Coalition for Plastics Sustainability announced; India submits pre-meeting written statement for first time  

Kenya’s environmental regulator ready to reconsider EIA processing fees due to financial crunch

The authority was forced to reduce staff during the pandemic

How wind lures mosquitoes

Spread of malaria depends on the direction of wind

Controversy in Kenya

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GM trial stemmed

Restoring Lake Victoria: CSE, Tanzanian authorities hold multi-nation stakeholder consultation

Kenya, Tanzania, Burundi, Uganda and Rwanda attend meeting to discuss strategies to restore lake

Africa Climate Summit 2023: Renewable energy potential can make the continent energy self-sufficient, says Ruto

Continent’s renewable resources can help other nations achieve their net-zero strategies by 2050

COVID-19 trade restrictions devastating for Africa’s urban poor

Trade enables formal firms to flourish, which is essential for economic recovery; It also also protects the urban poor in informal economy …

How desertification is silently fueling conflicts

More than 100 countries are at the risk of desertification. Left unchecked, this could fuel conflicts and displace 700 million people worldwide …

Kenya fights drought with sand dams, other water conservation ideas

Kenyans are using traditional water conservation methods to ensure water security and grow crops 

Droughts, floods to cyclones: African nations like Kenya brace for new normal of extreme weather

Cyclone Hidaya in May 2024 was the first time Kenya experienced a cyclone

Cost of climate action: Africa needs $2.8 trillion from 2020-2030 to meet goals, says report 

About 90% climate finance is likely to be external

Woeful ignorance

World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz resigns

Kenya at 60: 6 key moments that shaped post-colonial politics

A political scientist brings up often-forgotten moments that shed light on country’s key steps both forwards and backwards

Kenya: Meta, Netflix-subscribed carbon offset project replacing local grazier practices with commercial ranching

Project running on land of Samburu, Borana and Rendille and other indigenous peoples without their consent, claims report  

Kenya’s Rift Valley lakes are rising, putting thousands at risk — we now know why

Surprisingly minor changes in the water balance are enough to explain the lake level rises, finds study

Temperatures in northern Africa likely to rise between February and April despite La Nina

Eastern and southern regions of the continent may be wetter than usual  

Horn of Africa likely to witness failed rainy season for sixth consecutive time: International agencies

Humanitarian crisis brewing; communities will need years to recover from this historically severe drought