Land & Environment

Most people will associate renewable energy targets with wind turbines and solar panels – yet at least in the EU and US, a power station smokestack might be a more representative image.

Angola is best known for its contrasts - less so for the old and recent history that explains them and holds them together.

The proposed steep increases in utility tariffs have been dominating the headlines in Ghana as the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) recently concluded its consultations with stakeholders, including the Trades Unions Congress and the Association of Ghana Industries.

28 October 2015

A High Court ruling, handed down today, against a Maasai community from Northern Tanzania, is deeply disappointing, says Minority Rights Group International (MRG).

"Each generation must, out of relative obscurity, discover its mission, fulfill it, or betray it."- Frantz Fanon

Femi, do you know that sometimes you are not fair at all?

Me? To what, specifically, do you refer, my comrade?

Environmental impact assessments (EIAs) have served as recognized project planning tools for more than forty years. Kenya and many other African nations have passed legislation making such assessments mandatory, especially for large and what may be termed “environmentally sensitive” projects.

Turkana County, in the extreme north-west of Kenya, is a semi-arid area that suffers from low rainfall, high temperatures and frequent droughts.

Fertiliser companies are among the world's top climate villains, a new report from GRAIN asserts. Their products could be responsible for up to 10% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, not to mention the damage wreaked on waterways, soils and the ozone layer.

Dear Friend,

It’s time to send a clear message to investors, citizens and politicians across Africa and the Arab world — the age of fossil fuels is coming to an end.

LAGOS, NIGERIA, September 14, 2015 -- Friends of the Earth Nigeria / Environmental Rights Action (ERA/FoEN) has demanded a Nigerian Federal Government probe into of explosions caused by Nigerian Agip Oil Company [NAOC] operations in several communities in Bayelsa State where the company has facil