Fredrick Mugira , September 30, 2021 In addition to struggling with the second Covid19 wave challenges, like most urban dwellers in Uganda who rushed to villages
By Denis Morris Mimbugbe Closure of Sudan borders has stopped fishermen from exporting fresh fish to their neighboring states. The lake and its fishing industry
By Denis Morris Mimbugbe An entire village drinks water from the river ponds in South Sudan 83 percent of assessed settlements not using latrines 11
By Denis Morris South Sudan faces a lack of water during the dry season and too much water during the wet season that sometimes causes
By Rawnaa Al-Masry Village water purification stations built to reduce waterborne diseases provide an existing solution for communities in Menoufia governorate in the fight against
By Nuru Saadun There were times when most lakes and rivers in Kenya were flowing with clean water that was sustainably taken for domestic use.
Oluseyi Abdulmalik Abuja, Nigeria. July 14, 2021 Developing country economies would be boosted by trillions of dollars over the next two decades if clean water, toilets
George Mhango, Blantyre. July 14,2021 Malawi has become the latest African country to adopt growth of genetically modified cotton seed varieties under BT Cotton. Others
Covid-19 threatens to reverse fragile gains in wildlife conservation in East Africa
During dry spells, the rivers and streams in Karamoja region dry and valley dams including Kobebe go silent as communities seek alternative water sources. All that remains of the one-time flooded areas is sand.
Water is becoming scarcer for the half a billion people living in Africa’s Nile River basin. Will Nile countries come together to find solutions –
or will the shared waterway tear them apart?
The effects of potential oil spills and infrastructure development in the ecologically sensitive Albertine Region, which contributes 30% of Uganda’s fish stocks.
On the shores of Lake Victoria, a Norwegian timber plantation sells carbon credits on the international market, but the community that has lived on the land for generations is struggling to survive.
A 3-year project by Ecofinder Kenya, an NGO working in the Winam Gulf wetlands around Kisumu, offered families living in these Lake Victoria swamps incentives in exchange for them to conserve the wetlands
Special Project exploring how urbanization destroyed a critical Kampala wetland and why it matters. By Annika McGinnis and Fredrick Mugira.
