“Eine völlig neue Energieversorgung bedeutet auch Investitionen in neue Infrastruktur – zum Beispiel Hochspannungsleitungen”, sagt Bundeskanz-lerin Angela Merkel in ihrem neuen Video-Podcast. Windenergie werde vor allem im Norden Deutschlands erzeugt, viele Industrieanlagen seien im Süden. […]

Professor Mrs Florence Ama Dolphyne, a former Lecturer of the University of Ghana, said most child mortality cases in the country were as a result of overdose of medicines given the children by their 93uneducated” […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria’s governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi predicts that sub-Saharan Africa will remain the second-fastest growing region after Asia, but feels the African region can actually catch up to Asia. He said, “We […]

Germany`s  Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle and his  Norwegian counterpart,  Jonas Gahr Støre will open a German-Norwegian expert workshop on renewable energies in Bonn today. Norway holds 50% of West European oil and gas reserves and […]

The European Investment Bank (EIB) will provide €30 million to design, build, and operate onshore wind farms on four islands in Cape Verde. It was previously announced that the African Development Bank (AfDB) would also […]

Germany has announced that it will give Uganda a $207-million grant to help develop its renewable energy sector, expand regulation for its financial sector, and increase accountability, according to a statement released by the Ministry […]

ENVIRONMENT: An early warning system for droughts Aid agencies will soon be able to learn about the onset of a drought two to three weeks after it starts, giving them a heads-up to plan relief, a […]

CLIMATE CHANGE: Adaptation Fund starts delivering In what is being hailed as a breakthrough for a “collective effort” by developed and developing countries, the Adaptation Fund set up by the UN to help poor countries […]