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200,000 at risk of starvation as drought ravages Somalia: UN
South Africa has a new traditional courts bill. But it doesn’t protect indigenous practices
A Decade Of Progress In Agriculture Wiped Out, UN Says
Oil not charcoal the biggest threat to Congo rainforest, top researcher warns
Angola has potential as a future agriculture powerhouse – World Bank
Angola has an abundance of arable land and a diversity of climatic conditions that are suitable for producing a variety of agricultural products.
According to World Bank analysts, the country was once a major producer and exporter of agricultural products, including coffee, cotton, and bananas.
However, exports of these had virtually ceased by the 1990s as a result of the civil war (1975–2002), which led to the collapse of commercial agricultural production, and Angola’s agricultural potential has remained untapped since then.
Namibia donates land at Walvis Bay port to Botswana
This was revealed by president Hage Geingob on Friday while delivering his speech at the inaugural session of the Botswana-Namibia bi-national commission in Gaborone, Botswana.
Geingob said Namibia continues to make good progress in cross-border trade.
He added that the donation was not only a gesture of goodwill, but also meant to facilitate the import and export of goods and services.
South Africa: Mining firm must account for the dam burst disaster resulting in loss of lives and destruction
The mining executives responsible for the Jagersfontein mine dam wall burst, which has claimed lives and caused major destruction to the community, must be held accountable for the loss of lives, homes and people livelihoods, Amnesty International South Africa said today.
According to reports three people were killed and more than 40 people injured when the banks of the mining dam burst in the Free State town on Sunday.
Human pressures strain Lake Tanganyika’s biodiversity and water quality
BUJUMBURA — The squeal of passing bikes fills the air in the center of a newly created wetland on the outskirts of Burundi’s main city and largest urban settlement on Lake Tanganyika, the resources of which the country shares with Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Zambia.
A step away from this landscape of houses submerged by the lake, and with palm trees shooting high into the sky, a boy stands on a perch with a fishing rod. Despite the scorching sun overhead, he slowly fills a plastic bucket with small fish.