UN News/Vibhu Mishra: A tiger cools off in a stream on a hot day in Chitwan National Park, Nepal. Thanks to efforts by local communities and the government, the park’s tiger population has rebounded but the species remains critically endangered.…
Haiti: Displaced Children Face Sexual Violence Risk
© IOM/Antoine Lemonnier : Haitians displaced by violence find refuge on the streets of the capital, Port-au-Prince. Armed violence and insecurity in Haiti have exposed already vulnerable children to sexual violence and exploitation, the UN Office for the Coordination…
Clean Your Surroundings Or Lose Your Property – Lawma Boss Warns Property Owners
To Roll out CNG Trucks, Drone Surveillance, Community Recycling Centres, Others The Managing Director/CEO of the Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), Dr. Muyiwa Gbadegesin, has issued a strong warning to property owners and residents across the state to keep…
NNPC/FIRST E&P Funds Eco-Shoes for 2,000 Students via FREEE Foundation
Grant to fund repurposing of recycled tyres into school sandals for 2,000 public school pupils through the Elevate Programme FREEE Impact Foundation, the nonprofit arm of Nigeria’s foremost tire recycling company, FREEE Recycle Limited, has been awarded a ₦25m…
USAID’s Demise Threatens a Vital Health and Climate Solution in Africa
A funding stoppage hurts efforts to phase out polluting home cookstoves and replace them with cleaner alternatives. The Trump administration’s gutting of the US Agency for International Development, with 80% of its programs now canceled, is a blow for clean…
New Report Exposes Global Financing of Unjust Industrial Agriculture Practices – Seeks Investment for Agroecology in Africa
Follow the money, find the injustice: Industrial agriculture is bankrolled, agroecology is starved. In March 2025, AFSA convened over 100 food systems actors from across Africa in Nairobi to expose how industrial agriculture is bankrolled by global financial systems…
NGO Wants More Awareness on Improved Cassava Seeds
The Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA), a non-governmental organisation, has called on social media influencers in Benue and Nasarawa States to create more awareness on the availability of improved disease-free cassava seeds. SAA made the call in Makurdi at the Building…
NCS Refutes Claims of Distributing Contaminated Rice Seized in Seme
By Raji Rasak The Seme Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), has dismissed the allegation of releasing poisoned rice seized from smugglers, which had reportedly resulted in multiple deaths in the town. The spokesman for the command,…
Guardians of the Green: Indigenous Environmental Stewardship in Africa
By Christopher Burke Indigenous communities across Africa have long shaped and preserved ecosystems, applying deep ecological understanding built through generations of observation and adaptation. In the African context, Indigenous Peoples are self-identified communities with distinct cultural identities, ancestral ties…
NSIPA To Launch GEEP, N-POWER, GVG, NHGSFP Following Payment To Over 1.8 Million Beneficiaries By NASSCO and NCTO – Badamasi
The National Coordinator and CEO of the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA), Associate Professor Badamasi Lawal, PhD, has announced that the Agency is set to kick-start several key social investment Programmes, including the Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme (GEEP),…
