Some 18 million people from seven southern Africa countries require emergency food aid, according to the latest report by World Food Programme.

Angola is stepping up efforts to fight against poaching and ivory trade in the country.

Kenyan policy makers and experts are rooting for the use of space technology to enhance wildlife and ecosystems management in the country.

Victims of a toxic waste spill scandal in Ivory Coast won a High Court case on Thursday against their British law firm.

The Senegalese government on Sunday said it will take “strong action” against excessive cutting of wood in Casamance, in the south of the country.

In Mozambique, at least 1.5 million people are in need of help because of an El Niño-induced drought, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has said.

Health departments in Haiti have issued alerts on a looming cholera outbreak in the troubled Caribbean nation.

Environment degradation is affecting Katanga’s ecosystem, a Southern Province of Democratic Republic of Congo, experts say.

In Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, locals are inhaling a breath of fresh air as a result of a major face-lift of its sanitation services.

A forest campaigner with Greenpeace Africa, has stated that Cameroon must team up with the European Union if the country is keen on combating the incidence of illegal logging and timber export.