Africa is much hit by environmental degradation and natural disasters because of instability of its ecological system, Zanzibar President Amani Abeid Karume said yesterday.
A grand initiative to give food production and agricultural development in Africa a shot in the arm got underway last week with experts drawn from all over the world making suggestions on what needs to be given priority to achieve
Environmentalists are concerned about encroachment on Lake Kyoga. The Chairman of Lake Kyoga Integrated Management Organisation (Lakimo) James Wandera Muruli says the number of people settling near the lake is alarming.
Conservationists say that the offer by Indian industrial giant Tata Chemicals to move a proposed soda-ash plant 35 kilometres away from Lake Natron in northern Tanzania will still devastate flamingo numbers on the lake.
Chairman, Senate Committee on Finance, Ahmed Makarfi, has warned against setting monthly targets for female bankers, urging Nigerians to use the relevant laws to protect themselves against any form of abuse.
