Air pollution

Industrial Impacts

OLÉODUC EACOP: Standard Bank makes its loan conditional on an environmental audit.

Industrial Impacts

ZAMBIA: Vedanta compensates more than 2,500 victims of mining pollution

Air pollution

SOUTH AFRICA: Pretoria cancels Thabametsi coal-fired power plant project

Industrial Impacts

GHANA: Ezekiel Chibeze wins prestigious Goldman Environmental Award

Air pollution

NIGER: the country remains at the top of the African air pollution ladder

Sustainable development and CSR

SENEGAL: Dangote Cement rehabilitates the Ngomène mining site and plants 5,000 trees

Industrial risks

EGYPT: Geocycle to dispose of 34.9 tonnes of obsolete pesticides in three ports

Climate Finance

AFRICA: Deforestation threatens the growth of the forest carbon market

Air pollution

EGYPT: Government launches green bonds to finance its green projects

Industrial Impacts

UGANDA: a new report points the environmental risks of Total’s oil project

Air pollution

AFRICA: UNEP assesses air pollution and climate change

Sustainable development and CSR

AFRICA: 5 Africans among finalists for the “Young Champions of the Earth” prize

Air pollution

EGYPT: World Bank to lend $200 million to combat pollution in Cairo

Air pollution

MOZAMBIQUE: UK, host country of COP26, still sponsors polluting energy

Waste & Recycling

AFRICA: 34 traffickers arrested for importing electronic waste

Air pollution

MOROCCO: Coal burning kills about 5000 people per year, according to Greenpeace

Air pollution

BENIN: Police arrest 4 people for environmental pollution

Climate Finance

AFRICA: UK, COP26 host, reportedly still financing oil and gas projects

Protection of aquatic environments

TUNISIA: MedFund releases €900,000 for improved marine protection

Transport & Logistics

ALGERIA: Algerian President aims for electric cars

Air pollution

AFRICA: Tropical forests’ capacity to absorb CO2 is declining