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Afrobarometer policy expert champions sustainable policy reforms in Africa
GhanaWeb
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December 20, 2024
As African nations face mounting environmental challenges—ranging from pollution to the impacts of resource extraction—policy experts are leveraging data-driven research to transform regional conversations into actionable strategies. Among these...
Afrobarometer top policy expert shapes sustainable policy debates
GhanaWeb
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December 20, 2024
As African nations grapple with a range of environmental challenges—ranging from escalating pollution to the lasting impacts of resource extraction—policy experts are turning to data-driven research to transform regional conversations into...
Environment Minister Jane Mkhonta-Simelane launches Temvelo Awards 2024.
Swaziland News
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By Bongiwe Dlamini MBABANE: Jane Mkhonta-Simelane, the Minister of Tourism and Environmental has launched the 2024 Temvelo Awards. The awards seek to honor those who have turned concern into action including,those who have demonstrated that real...
Let’s make Ashanti clean and welcoming – Dr. Amoakohene
Ghana News Agency
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June 23, 2025
By Charles Tawiah Asuofua-Asamang (Ash), June 23, GNA – Dr. Frank Amoakohene, the Ashanti Regional Minister, has called for collective commitment and action to promote environmental cleanliness in the region, making it more attractive and...
Environmentalists, Taiwanese company clash over mining in Eswatini
Voice of America
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September 20, 2024
MBABANE, ESWATINI — Residents and environmentalists in Eswatini have arrayed against Taiwan’s Michael Lee Enterprises in a battle over mining in the country’s picturesque Malolotja Nature Reserve. The company has been accused of exploiting the...
Meet Nosipho Simelane-Dlamini of the Eswatini Electricity Company
ESI Africa
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December 30, 2024
Nosipho Simelane-Dlamini holds a MEng degree from Stellenbosch University and has 17 years of experience across power distribution, research and renewable energy. She is an award-winning STEM advocate, a board director at an Eswatini farming...
ESWATINI RUNNERS CONQUER SA RACE
Times of Swaziland
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September 23, 2024
MBABANE – Zithande Athletics Club’s Nokuthula Mkhabela was among emaSwati who left a mark in the Emalahleni City Marathon in Middelburg, South Africa, two days ago. Mkhabela was awarded a silver medal after securing the second spot in the females’...
Soil conditions and irrigation affected by a changing climate
Fresh Plaza
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December 24, 2024
DFM Technologies is a soil moisture sensor manufacturer, based in the Western Cape and exporting to over 30 fruit-producing countries worldwide. "Our company's continued growth is directly correlated to changing climate conditions, and the need...
Prime Minister wants Swazi Observer Managing editor Mbongeni Mbingo to take over as Government Spokesperson and replace Alpheous Nxumalo, King’s Spokesperson says he was replaced by his Deputy.
Swaziland News
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By Musa Mdluli MBABANE:Prime Minister(PM) Russell Mmiso Dlamini is allegedly pushing for Eswatini Observer Managing editor Mbongeni Mbingo to take over as Government Spokesperson after the retirement of Alpheous Nxumalo in the next few months. The...
COALITION OF INDIAN INDUSTRY WANTS MORE TRADE WITH ESWATINI, AFRICAN COUNTRIES
Eswatini Observer
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By BONGIWE DLAMINI | 2024-12-23 ESWATINI has an opportunity to yield a great deal from bilateral trade agreements with India. The Coalition of Indian Industry (CII) has expressed its willingness and readiness to work with more African countries in...
Africa Matters: Antivenom campaigner taming Eswatini's snakebite scourge
TRT World
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In Eswatini, humans and snakes coexist in a dangerous environment. Each year, there are around 400 serious snakebite cases, mostly in rural regions. But a survivor of two venomous snakebites is committed to making a difference.
Eswatini activists say park rangers shoot suspected poachers with impunity
Voice of America
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September 16, 2024
Mbabane, Eswatini — Some Eswatini legislators, backed by human rights activists, are calling for an urgent review of the Game Act of 1991, a law they say allows wildlife park rangers to shoot and kill suspected poachers with little or no...
SA’s national bird threatened as numbers crash
South Africa Today
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July 1, 2025
The Blue Crane’s population has been declining since 2010, prompting its official status change from “near threatened” to “vulnerable” in the Regional Red Data Book of Birds 2025. Research shows breeding success in the Western Cape’s Overberg...
South Africa, Eswatini: Adverse weather forecast over parts of eastern South Africa and across Eswatini through at least Dec. 19
Crisis24
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Severe weather is forecast across parts of northeastern Turkiye through at least Dec. 19. Heavy rainfall is expected over coastal areas of Artvin and Rize provinces and heavy snowfall in interior areas of Ardahan, Artvin, and Rize provinces....
Climate change fuels 'disappearance' of traditional African vegetables
Nation Africa Kenya
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A wide range of African vegetable varieties are threatened with extinction, while others have already disappeared, as climate change, urbanisation and poor eating habits take their toll. Speaking at the Africa Food Systems Forum (AFSF) in Kigali...
Climate change wiping out Africa’s traditional vegetables
Zawya
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A wide range of African vegetable varieties are threatened with extinction, while others have already disappeared as climate change, urbanisation and poor eating habits take their toll. Speaking at the Africa Food Systems Forum (AFSF) in Kigali...
Boeing recognises girls team from Ghana with Sustainable Innovation Award
Times Aerospace
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Sunsip Irrigation Systems, a student startup from Archbishop Porter Girls High School in Ghana, has won the Boeing Sustainable Innovation Award at the 14th Junior Achievement (JA) Africa Company of the Year competition in Mauritius. The Boeing...
NO EXCUSE FOR POVERTY IN ESWATINI
Times of Swaziland
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December 21, 2024
With political parties showing symptoms of political regression after being tainted by internal squabbles, disunity and division along party lines, Tinkhundla System of Government is expected to capitalise on this political deficit. It must...
AfDB approves $140m loan for Eswatini regional road infrastructure projects
Engineering News
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Development finance institution (DFI) the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved a loan of $140.6-million to Eswatini for the first stage of a programme to improve road links and mobility at national and regional level in urban and...
Eswatini only African State not participating in Forum on China-Africa Cooperation(FOCAC), Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning says diplomatic relations with Taiwan hindering country’s economic prosperity.
Swaziland News
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By Musa Mdluli MBABANE:Eswatini is the only African country that is not participating in the ongoing Forum on China-Africa Cooperation(FOCAC) amid diplomatic relations with the Taiwan Province. The tiny Kingdom situated in Southern Africa has...