Sustainable Development

News : Sustainable Development

The government is seeking donor assistance for the implementation of Phase two evictions of the Mau Forest. (AllAfrica)

A report by Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) on the economics of climate change in Rwanda has revealed that climate change has had a significant setback on the economy, especially in the past four years. (AllAfrica)

The clean, ultra-modern chrome and glass lines of the Bella Centre, in the Danish capital Copenhagen, is a world away from the thronging canopy suspended over the tropical forests of Uganda, or the Democratic Republic of Congo, or Cameroon. (AllAfrica)

Former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and Sylvester J.K. Parker-Allotey, consular-general of Ghana have agreed there should be massive inter-African trade and called on both Nigeria and Ghana to do everything in their power to make such a continental market a reality. (AllAfrica)

As Kenya contemplates a policy shift from rain-fed agriculture to irrigation, some women in North Eastern Province are ahead of the game: they have turned to rain water harvesting for food production and their efforts are bearing fruit. (AllAfrica)

THE European Commission is to provide N203 million to the Enugu State Government for the execution of rural water projects in the state. (AllAfrica)

EXECUTIVE Director of the Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth, Nigeria (ERA/FoN), Mr. Nnimmo Bassey has called on the Federal Government and stakeholders in the oil industry to realise that the time had come for the nation to plan ahead in the event of the country's crude oil resource being exhausted. (AllAfrica)

The government's plan to invest Sh15 billion in a project to supply the southern regions of Lindi and Mtwara with reliable electricity should be immediately followed up with action. (AllAfrica)

Home Affairs Minister Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma is expected to hand over a house to the family of the late S'khumbuzo Mhlongo later today. (AllAfrica)

The Senate, the Conference of Nigerian Political Parties and the Academic Staff Union of Universities were unanimous that the proposed 2010 budget fell short of the people's expectations. (AllAfrica)

Every November 19, the world celebrates the World Toilet Day (WTD) as it is a day set aside to inform governments all over the world of the dangers that the sanitation sector is witnessing. (AllAfrica)

AFRICAN countries should step up regional integration as one of the measures to reduce the high cost of infrastructure development, a study has suggested. (AllAfrica)

PRESIDENT Rupiah Banda has warned of stern action against Government officers who will be found deliberately withholding farming inputs from beneficiary farmers. (AllAfrica)

WARNINGS of the current rains continuing and causing floods should be taken seriously by those in areas prone to flooding. (AllAfrica)

Wednesday evening's fundraising in aid of those evicted from the Mau Forest was a major political statement, interpreted as an alliance against Prime Minister Raila Odinga. (AllAfrica)

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said today it is ramping up efforts to feed tens of thousand of Congolese who fled a recent outbreak of tribal violence in north-western Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). (AllAfrica)

A seven-year jail sentence is the penalty that will be handed down to landlords or any individual who attempts to evict, evicts or participates in the eviction of tenants. (AllAfrica)

Bothered by the incessant conflicts between Fulani herdsmen and Tiv farmers, the Benue State government and the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources have set in motion a process to put an end to the perennial conflict that has claimed several lives in the past. (AllAfrica)

A new report by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has revealed that poor women especially in Africa will be hardest hit by climate change because they are the poorest but also adds that they hold the key to climate change solutions. (AllAfrica)

The imminent signing of a new bilateral investment protection treaty (BIPPA) between Zimbabwe and South Africa could be halted, if an application in the Pretoria High Court on behalf of more than 200 farmers proves successful on Thursday. (AllAfrica)

Ministers at a World Trade Organisation gathering in Geneva next week seeking new ways of alleviating poverty and generating growth are being called upon by faith groups to respect the right to food as enshrined in human rights declarations. Activists opposed to greedy capitalism are to protest in the streets of Geneva on 28 November but the organizers have said the demonstrations will be peaceful and not a repeat of riots that took place in the U.S. city of Seattle 10 years ago. Disagreements about rules on trading in agricultural and industrial goods led to the collapse of talks in Geneva in 2008. (AllAfrica)

Farmers have been told to take advantage of early rains to start planting. Director of Crop Production, Molatlhegi Modise said in Gaborone yesterday that in some areas the recent rains were enough for farmers to start planting. (AllAfrica)

Rural Development and Land Reform Minister, Gugile Nkwinti, will on Friday visit the Mokgalwaneng informal settlement and nearby villages to inspect the progress of the Comprehensive Rural Development Programme (CRDP) being piloted there. (AllAfrica)

THE Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) yesterday commenced the South West version of first admiralty seminar for judges with a view to updating the knowledge of the Nigerian judges on admiralty matters. (AllAfrica)

THE Niger Delta Women's Movement for Peace and Development, a non-governmental organisation, has suggested that global climate change could be addressed through human security lens and said it requires immediate global action to mitigate and adapt to the climate changes. (AllAfrica)

An article appeared recently titled "The Changing Face of Kaduna" by Emeka Nwosu who claimed that Kaduna was a place where his umbilical cord was buried many decades ago. Mr Nwosu tried to convince readers that his write-up was instigated by his love for Kaduna his birthplace. (AllAfrica)

The Tanzania Horticultural Association (TAHA) will set up a processing and packaging facility at the Kilimanjaro International Airport (KIA). (AllAfrica)

The Parliamentary Committee on Land, Environment, Natural Resources and Tourism, has started probing the controversial eviction of pastoralists from Loliondo Game Controlled area early this year. (AllAfrica)

One hundred and four farmers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have benefited from N14. 9 billion disbursed by the Agriculture and Rural Development Secretariat (ARDS) of the FCT, the Secretary of the Secretariat Alhaji Bala Batsari has said. (AllAfrica)

Contracts worth N70.99 billion were yesterday awarded for 20 different highway projects by the Federal Government.The Minister of Information and Communications, Prof. Dora Akunyili made the announcement while briefing newsmen after yesterday's Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by Vice- President Goodluck Jonathan. (AllAfrica)

Pirates suspected to come from Nigeria have attacked an oil tanker off the coast of west Africa, killing a Ukrainian seaman, the commander of Benin's naval forces says. (AllAfrica)