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Environment

Explosives used to put down Australian whale

Authorities in Western Australia have used a large amount of explosives to blow up a live whale.

UN environment agency stresses that Nigerian oil assessment is not yet complete

An assessment of the environmental impact of oil spills across Ogoniland and the Niger Delta regions in Nigeria is not yet complete, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) stressed today as it refuted allegations in the media that it has...

SENEGAL: No mangoes, no money

Families in Senegal’s Casamance region have less to spend and less to eat this lean season because of a drastic drop in mango production, residents and agriculture experts say.

BANGLADESH: Move to stem drowning deaths

An estimated 18,000 children will die this year - 50 a day - in drowning accidents in Bangladesh, one of the most flood-prone parts of the world, according to the International Drowning Research Centre in Bangladesh (IDRC-B).