Environment
Botswana investigating mystery deaths of 275 elephants
GABORONE (The Southern African Times) - The number of elephants found dead in Botswana’s Okavango Panhandle...
Read moreDetailsInfrastructure fund Africa50 helps Egypt’s solar power sector take off
A 37-square-kilometer solar park so large that it can be seen from space, with over seven...
Read moreDetailsBotswana investigates 154 elephant deaths, rules out poaching
GABORONE, June 15 (The Southern African Times) - Botswana is investigating the mysterious deaths of at...
Read moreDetailsEthiopia will plant 5 billion trees this year to tackle climate change, but it comes at a steep price
Addis ABBA (Ethiopia) Ethiopia is working on planting five billion trees this year, part of an...
Read moreDetailsSouth Africa dehorns rhinos to prevent surge in lockdown poaching
Pilanesburg, South Africa: South Africa has dehorned dozens of rhinos in three popular game parks, aiming...
Read moreDetailsTanzanian recycling plant starts making face shields from plastic bottles
DAR ES SALAAM (The South African Times) - A recycling plant in Tanzania’s port city of...
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Namibia culls ten ‘dangerous’ elephants to protect farmers, crops
WINDHOEK, May 23 (The Southern African Times) - Wildlife authorities in Namibia culled ten elephants over...
Read moreDetailsAfrican countries get new tool to predict climate-related disasters
WASHINGTON, May 18 (The Southern African Times) - A new weather forecasting system in Africa allows...
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Africa’s energy sector has most opportunities for investing in climate change: Survey
All respondents who see climate change more in terms of market opportunities have private equity investments...
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Climate change and southern Africa’s emerging food crisis
The early rains have failed this year amidst a multi-year drought in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Zambia,...
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