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A Namibian charity has sterilised 30,000 pets for owners who cannot pay
Have a Heart has no paid staff and works with local vets. In September alone it treated more than 800 feral cats, including 300 in Oshana.
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Energy, land, water and the frontline communities shaping Africa's response to a changing planet.
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Durban finishes R232.6m of flood defences for its industrial south
A rebuilt canal, a new sea outfall and a sports field that doubles as a flood basin are meant to protect Prospecton, one of the country's manufacturing hubs.
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South Africa wants waste treated as a business, not a burden
Recyclers could get licences in 90 days, and producers' recycling bodies may have to put 40% of their fees into infrastructure. Fifty-six recycling firms have already had R200m of support.
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South Africa wants its old earphones and chargers back
On International E-Waste Day, the government urged households to recycle small electronics. The country produces more than 360,000 tonnes of e-waste a year and recycles about a tenth.
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Seven million trees in six months: South Africa's planting drive
The government says 7.1 million trees have gone into the ground since April, against a goal of one billion. The Western Cape has planted the most.
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Africa is getting ready for disasters faster than anywhere else
A worldwide survey finds every African region has improved its resilience score since 2023, more than any other part of the world. Warnings that reach people in time are the next task.
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The dam that ended a village's dry-season quarrels
In Torla, in northern Côte d'Ivoire, a herder and his partner, a vegetable grower, used to compete for the same water. A rebuilt dam changed that.
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South Africa to demand money, not more paperwork, at nature summit
Nearly half the country's ecosystem types are threatened. Its delegation heads to Armenia arguing that poor countries should not borrow to protect wildlife.
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Families moved for a coal mine got 5% of what they lost
A study of 115 households near Somkhele, in KwaZulu-Natal, counts R80 million in lost land, crops and livestock against R3.6 million paid. The mine disputes the research.
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West Africa agrees to ban the trade in donkey skins
Ministers meeting in Lomé adopted three regional plans: to protect donkeys by 2030, and to control foot-and-mouth disease and bird flu from 2027.
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West Africa goes digital to track livestock disease
Vets from across the region have adopted a shared online system for reporting outbreaks of diseases that cross borders with the herds.
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East Africa agrees one voice for the climate summit
The bloc will ask for adaptation money to be tripled by 2035 and for countries to draw directly on the loss and damage fund.
Climate
Floods and storms wreck homes and farms across Taraba
The state emergency agency reports damage in seven local government areas after prolonged heavy rain and is telling riverside communities to move.
Climate
Maps show where a forgotten African bean will grow
Researchers simulated 49 seasons across South Africa and Eswatini to find where bambara groundnut gives a reliable harvest. October planting came out best.
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Hunters lose court bid against animal wellbeing law
South Africa's Constitutional Court has upheld rules that make the wellbeing of wild animals part of how they are managed and used.
Climate
Africa's first seed summit backs a continental gene bank
Governments meeting in Eswatini agreed to link national seed banks, breed climate-hardy varieties and make it easier to trade seed across borders.
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The Ugandan lab turning seized ivory into convictions
Poachers now strip carcasses of anything that identifies them. In Entebbe, scientists use DNA to tell a court exactly which animal a piece of meat or tusk came from.
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The fish that feed the world's fish farms are being taken from African plates, investigation finds
From South Africa's anchovy boats to fishmeal factories in Senegal, Gambia and Mauritania, an Outlaw Ocean Project report traces what farmed seafood costs the coasts that supply it.
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Kruger's former 'crown prince' ranger is convicted of killing a rhino, ten years on
Rodney Landela was once seen as a future leader of the park's rangers. A court has found that he and a state veterinary technician shot a white rhino in 2016.
Climate
Eight northern Nigerian states back a $500 million top-up for drylands project
The ACReSAL programme, which restores degraded land in the semi-arid north, counts 4.4 million direct beneficiaries. Supporters want additional financing to extend it.
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Africa's monitored wildlife populations have fallen by 80% since 1970, WWF says
Forest elephants are down by more than 60%. The report says the world spends over thirty times more on activities that harm nature than on protecting it.
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Nigerian customs rescue three live pangolins from suspected traffickers in Ogun
Officers found the animals caged and hidden in sacks at a waterside in Abeokuta. The suspects fled, and the pangolins have gone to a conservation group for release.
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Kruger National Park to get a quarter of its power from renewables without building on park land
Under a sponsorship deal, clean electricity generated elsewhere will be delivered through South Africa's national grid. SANParks calls it a pilot that could extend to other parks.
Climate
El Niño could be the strongest since 1950 and will peak in December, UN weather agency warns
The World Meteorological Organization expects wetter conditions across the Greater Horn of Africa and says the event is almost certain to last until February.
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Zimbabwe declares a disaster after hailstorm tears the roofs off 8,500 homes in Masvingo
A university campus, a maternity ward, the airport and government offices were also damaged. Power cuts have knocked out water and sewage systems as the rains begin.
Climate
Southern Madagascar braces for what may be the strongest El Niño on record
Farmers say the rains no longer arrive when they should. With parts of the south already hit by famine, aid agencies warn that drought could deepen hunger.
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Senegal delays the school year after deadly floods
At least five people have died after four days of torrential rain. Schools will now open on 12 October, and more rain is forecast.
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