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ETHIOPIA: Dam Critics Won't Go Away By IPS Correspondents ADDIS ABABA - Ethiopia is building a 240-metre high dam on the Omo River that is intended to end the country's electricity shortage and supply power to neighbouring countries. Not everyone's happy. MORE >>
NIGERIA: No Oil Company Will Know Peace in the Creeks By Sam Olukoya YENAGOA, Nigeria - Three flow stations in the oil-rich Niger Delta have had to be closed after a pipeline was sabotaged, according to Royal Dutch Shell. MORE >>
TANZANIA: Addressing Energy Crisis Through Alternatives and Efficiency at Household Level By Jessie Boylan DAR ES SALAAM - Tanzania's electricity grid is fed by a mixture of natural gas, diesel and hydropower; however, over the past few years the country has experienced severe blackouts and power rationing in urban areas due to drought and subsequent low-water levels. MORE >>
CLIMATE CHANGE: From Dirty Fuels to Clean Technology By Servaas van den Bosch WINDHOEK - Tomorrow’s polluters are today’s emerging economies. To develop without retracing the polluting steps of the West, requires green technology, an expensive option for Africa. MORE >>
CLIMATE CHANGE: Poor Vendors in Swaziland Worried by 'Flora Protection Law' By Mantoe Phakathi MBABANE - For close to three decades, Jeremiah Mkhonta has earned a living by selling firewood by the roadside. It's not exactly lucrative: the father of 15 often goes for a fortnight without even selling a single four dollar bundle of firewood. MORE >>
ZAMBIA: Putting Waste to Work By Lewis Mwanangombe NDOLA, Zambia - When Obed Mumba first came to the Zambian copper mining town of Ndola in search of work, it was still known reverently as "Ku kalale" - the land of the white man. In the decades since, he has witnessed his Kabushi township outgrow the limited dreams of its planners. MORE >>
ENERGY-TANZANIA: Charcoal a Dirty Trade-Off By Jessie Boylan DAR ES SALAAM - The sun is setting slowly over Dar es Salaam's Tabata Changombe neighbourhood. Ameenah and Skukulu Juma lean against the corrugated iron walls of their makeshift charcoal shop. MORE >>
CLIMATE CHANGE: Africa Told 'Stop Playing the Victim' By Kristin Palitza CAPE TOWN - Critics of carbon trading, a strategy meant to combat global warming, say the buying and selling of carbon credits is being exploited. MORE >>
TRADE: What Will China’s Legacy in Africa be by 2049? By Stephanie Nieuwoudt CAPE TOWN - With its recent history of tremendous economic growth, China has a few lessons to teach Africans. But African governments should be vigilant in ensuring that their countries also reap benefits from their relations with China. MORE >>
MOZAMBIQUE: Watching the Water Flow Away By Zenaida Machado MAPUTO - Less than 100 kilometres from the second-largest dam in Africa, women walk with their babies strapped on their back, water pails balanced on their heads. MORE >>
AFRICA: "Grasp the Benefits of Trade with BRIC Emerging Markets" By Jedi Ramalapa JOHANNESBURG - While economists at a prominent South African bank are excited about burgeoning investment by Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) in Africa, they are vague on the question of the extent to which it will benefit the majority of Africans. Ensuring this, they believe, is the responsibility of African states themselves. MORE >>
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