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Partnerships for Development
UN, Swiss government new financing model to tackle water and sanitation challenges in Sierra Leone
Project in the capital Freetown blends public and private financing, could be replicated in other African countries. -
Economic Development
Sierra Leone: Innovative water project will improve lives of Freetown residents
Mayor Aki-Sawyerr of Freetown says the newly launched Freetown-Blue Peace water project will significantly improve the living conditions of city dwellers and the socio-economic situation of especially market women. -
Health
South Sudan: Improving access to clean water for communities
In Maridi, clean water frees up women’s time and improves community health. -
Climate Change
Push for renewables: How Africa is building a different energy pathway
Countries accelerate use of renewable energy and are leading energy transition efforts. -
Climate Change
Restoring Sudan’s forest cover, one tree at a time
Refugees and their hosts together plant one million trees in a massive reforestation drive in Sudan’s White Nile State. -
Climate Change
How sea cucumbers are boosting the bioeconomy in Zanzibar
Offering alternative livelihoods, sea cucumbers provide new hope -
News
Our water, our future
How women are pushing national change in one of Africa’s smallest nations. -
Environment
Paris Agreement on climate change: One year later, how is Africa faring?
Several African countries have begun implementing climate resilience activities -
Environment
Paris Agreement on climate change: One year later, how is Africa faring?
Several African countries have begun implementing climate resilience activities -
Water
How South Sudan’s ‘lost boy’ brought water to his village
Salva Dut, a former refugee, has helped drill 300 boreholes in his country -
Also
Slippery justice for victims of oil spills
Nigerian villagers lose lawsuit against an oil giant -
Web Feature
Desertification a threat to Africa’s development
Exclusive interview with Luc Gnacadja, head of UN desertification convention -
‘We need a sustainable path for our future’
Interview with Kumi Naidoo, executive director of Greenpeace International -
Also
‘Green economy’: empty rhetoric or pathway to future?
At Rio summit, African delegates are skeptical of the benefits -
Also
Rio summit keeps African hopes alive
Some gains, plus commitments to future sustainable development talks -
Sustainable development
Full steam ahead to sustainable energy
Tapping geothermal power in Kenya’s Rift Valley -
Sustainable development
Africa’s vanishing Lake Chad
Action needed to counter an “ecological catastrophe” -
Sustainable development
Community radio gives voice to shack dwellers
With new outlet, Korogocho residents push for reforms -
Sustainable development
Towards African cities without slums
Governments set course towards improving poor urban areas -
Sustainable development
For sustainable cities, Africa needs planning
Interview with UN-Habitat’s Joan Clos -
Sustainable development
‘Only our collective voice will be heard’
Interview with Kumi Naidoo, executive director of Greenpeace International -
Cover Story
To Rio and beyond: Africa seeks sustainable solutions
Paving the path to “the future we want” -
Also
Saving Africa’s forests, the ‘lungs of the world’
Forest conservation can help counter climate change -
Cover Story
Climate change: Africa gets ready
Planning how to deal with higher temperatures, shifting weather -
NEPAD in action
Water betters lives in Tanzania
Access to clean water critical to NEPAD development goals -
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Africa starts a fishing ‘revolution’
NEPAD plan promotes poverty reduction, food security and environmental sustainability