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South Africa shuts down Nigeria embassy as xenophobic attacks persist
By Agencies,
2140, September 5, 2019 (EAT)
The South African Government has shut down its embassy in Lagos, Nigeria as xenophobic attacks continued to have ripple effects on the continent. A...
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Qwetu residences developer gets nod for Kenya’s first Ksh.5B green bond
By Kepha Muiruri,
1414, August 15, 2019 (EAT)
Qwetu students’ residences developer Acorn Holdings Africa has received the green light to raise a total of Ksh.5 billion in investing funds by way ...
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Smart gas cooking seeks to break African cities’ dirty charcoal habit
By VOA,
842, August 13, 2019 (EAT)
The widespread use of charcoal for cooking in African cities can cause devastating damage to forests up to 300 kilometers away, scientist Sebastian Ro...
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Citizen TV, Inooro TV journalists feted
By Citizen Reporter,
1306, August 10, 2019 (EAT)
A section of journalists from Royal Media Services were on Friday feted at the 8th Annual Journalism Excellence Awards (AJEA). Citizen TV reporter ...
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Change food production and stop abusing land, major climate report warns
By CNN,
1451, August 8, 2019 (EAT)
Humans have damaged around a quarter of ice-free land on Earth, United Nations scientists warned in a major report Thursday, stressing that further de...
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Millions in Zimbabwe facing starvation after severe droughts
By CNN,
907, August 8, 2019 (EAT)
More than two million people in Zimbabwe are facing starvation after a severe drought that affected food harvests, the World Food Programme said in a ...
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Some skeptical as Trump prepares to visit sites of shootings
By VOA,
1207, August 7, 2019 (EAT)
President Trump is bringing a message aimed at national unity and healing to the sites of the mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton. But the words he o...
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Climate change to cause chaos in Africa, warn scientists
By VOA,
1920, August 5, 2019 (EAT)
Climate change will hit many African countries more severely than previously thought, according to a new report. Researchers warn that rapid populatio...
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Zimbabwe’s food situation moving toward emergency, UN says
By VOA,
1559, July 20, 2019 (EAT)
Zimbabwe's food situation is moving from a crisis to an emergency because of El Nino-induced drought and the ongoing economic meltdown, the United Nat...
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Planning a BBQ? Not if you want to save the planet
By Reuters,
1354, July 17, 2019 (EAT)
Meat sizzling on the barbecue (BBQ) might be synonymous with summer, but consumers should re-think their menus to save the planet, a U.S.-based resear...
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World’s major cities to face ‘unknown’ climate conditions by 2050
By Reuters,
1852, July 11, 2019 (EAT)
A fifth of the world's major cities will face "unknown" climate conditions by 2050, researchers warned on Wednesday, as rising temperatures heighten t...
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As drought stokes urban hunger, Ethiopia dishes up free school meals
By Reuters,
1438, July 11, 2019 (EAT)
Endale Terefe from Addis Ababa,Ethiopia remembers a time when he used to go to school so hungry he had trouble staying awake during lessons. The 14...
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South Sudan marks anniversary with hunger still a pressing issue
By VOA,
2120, July 9, 2019 (EAT)
Eight years after South Sudan's independence, hunger continues to plague the world’s youngest nation. A recent United Nations report shows nearly ha...
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She wrote a poem about a vagina. It landed her in jail
By CNN,
1124, July 8, 2019 (EAT)
How do women get men who are standing in the way of gender equality to listen to them? Grab them by their genitalia. That's the radical suggestion ...
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Save the world with a message from space, says United Nations advocate
By Reuters,
1203, July 3, 2019 (EAT)
Want to grab some headlines for the United Nations' global goals to cure world ills like poverty and inequality? Send them on a rocket into space. ...
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Nigeria has #MeToo moment after popular pastor is accused of rape
By Reuters,
606, July 2, 2019 (EAT)
A rape accusation against a popular pastor in Nigeria has prompted a new #MeToo movement on social media with women sharing stories of sexual assault ...
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School where parents pay fees with plastic bottles
By CNN,
935, June 27, 2019 (EAT)
Oriola Oluwaseyi, 32, makes her way through the busy streets of Ajegunle, a low-income community in Nigeria's commercial center, Lagos. The Nigeria...
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In “climate apartheid”, rich will save themselves while poor suffer – UN report
By Reuters,
1055, June 26, 2019 (EAT)
The world is on course for "climate apartheid", where the rich buy their way out of the worst effects of global warming while the poor bear the brunt,...
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Police arrest 70 climate change protesters outside New York Times
By Reuters,
952, June 23, 2019 (EAT)
Police arrested 70 environmental protesters outside the New York Times headquarters who laid down in the street and climbed onto the building to deman...
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UK politician suspended after grabbing Greenpeace protester
By CNN,
1528, June 21, 2019 (EAT)
UK Prime Minister Theresa May has suspended senior politician Mark Field from office after video emerged of him grabbing and manhandling a protester a...
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