The Director-General, National Agency for the Great Green Wall, Ahmed Goni, has said that 43 per cent of Nigeria's land mass is threatened by desertification.

THE African Development Bank has approved the release of $33 million to improve water and sanitation in Bulawayo. The bank confirmed the development in a statement yesterday.

Nairobi — The government has issued a 21-day amnesty for the surrender of ivory and any wildlife trophies held without a permit issued by the Kenya Wildlife Service.

At least 216 people have died and close to 13,000 others admitted following a cholera outbreak that has affected more than half of the country.

The Rural Electrification Authority has approved a Sh12.8 billion, 55-megawatt solar power plant in Garissa County.

Kampala — At least four million Ugandans are food insecure and even those who have food, don't eat in a balanced manner, a report released by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (F

Maputo — Over 300,000 people are affected by food insecurity as a result of the drought in southern and central Mozambique, the government spokesperson, Deputy Health Minister Mouzinho Saide, annou

Twenty one people have been admitted to various hospitals in Mombasa over the past few days following a new outbreak of hepatitis A, county health officials have said.

A recent aerial survey of Zambia’s elephant population shows that anti-poaching efforts are having a positive impact on the country’s national parks.

Maputo — Water shortages in the drought-stricken southern Mozambican province of Gaza have become critical, and the southern regional water board (ARA-Sul) has been forced to halt discharges from t