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Giant sugar companies in Eswatini diversified into biopower cogeneration to keep the lights on, but how long will the strategy last? Phathizwe Zulu investigates
Mpumalanga, the province ‘where the sun rises’, takes centre stage in SA’s Just Energy Transition Plan. Yolandi Groenewald unpicks the details
Mpumalanga, the province ‘where the sun rises’, takes centre stage in SA’s Just Energy Transition Plan. Yolandi Groenewald unpicks the details
Giant sugar companies in Eswatini diversified into biopower cogeneration to keep the lights on, but how long will the strategy last? Phathizwe Zulu investigates
An ambitious public-private biogas project needs to be scaled up if it is to contribute to Botswana’s renewable energy targets by 2030. Sharon Tshipa investigates...
06 Oct, 2022
In response to extreme climate fall-out, Zimbabwe is ramping up its transition to electric vehicles as one of its key mitigation measures. Debra Matabvu investigates...
28 Sep, 2022
Independent producers are already feeding enough power into the grid to replace two coal-fired stations. Thabo Molelekwa investigates the status of SA’s renewable energy roll-out...
22 Sep, 2022
A wind farm hailed as Africa’s largest renewable energy project and the solution to Lesotho’s hefty electricity costs has ground to a halt. Sechaba Mokhethi investigates why...
16 Sep, 2022
Handling of wildlife crimes in Uganda has improved since the establishment in 2017 of a special court to handle related cases, reports Cliff Abenaitwe...
08 Jul, 2022
Data shows intelligence operations have confiscated 160 live Temminck’s pangolins from the illegal trade in South Africa over the past five years, reports Calistus Bosaletswe...
23 Jun, 2022
Tanzania’s elephant population has been rising amid law enforcement successes in dismantling trafficking rings that ferry ivory to Asia, a data investigation by Peter Elias shows...
21 Jun, 2022
Increasing human activities and settlement across wildlife corridors fuel poaching incidents of giraffes for game meat and animal fat in Northern Tanzania. Mussa Juma investigates...
14 Jun, 2022
Southern African countries are grappling with illegal pangolin trade. Calistus Bosaletswe analyses data sources to find out how this trade takes place...
03 Jun, 2022
Moves to stop the domestication and illegal trade of grey crowned cranes have seen the population of these endangered birds grow by more than 105%, reports Aimable Twahirwa...
31 May, 2022
Despite stiff penalties provided by law, Uganda has seen an increase in pangolin trafficking offences, a multimedia investigation by Benjamin Jumbe shows ...
23 May, 2022
International trade in live baby primates is a by-product of the roaring illegal bushmeat trade in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Oscar Nkala investigates...
19 May, 2022
As poaching takes its toll on Kenya's Grevy's zebras, a prolonged drought has now been added to the list of threats against this endangered species. Lenah Bosibori investigates...
13 May, 2022
The EU imported more than €22-million worth of timber from Myanmar in 2021 – and nearly €8-million after sanctions were imposed on the military junta. Guillaume Pajot investigates...
08 Apr, 2022
Italy has become Europe’s top importer of Burmese teak, even after the coup in Myanmar, helping to fund the military regime and encourage deforestation. Rudi Bressa investigates...
31 Mar, 2022
Since the military seized power in Myanmar in 2021 and the European Union imposed sanctions on the junta, the teak trade has been pushed underground. Sarah Tekath investigates...
25 Mar, 2022
India is the world’s third-largest shark catcher. It banned the export of shark fins in 2015, but the illegal trade is still thriving. Shamsheer Yousaf & Monica Jha investigate...
18 Feb, 2022
Online trade and China's ambitious Belt and Road development plans pose new threats to the ‘poster boy’ of ecosystem conservation in Asia, reports Hsiuwen Liu...
31 Jan, 2022
Rafiullah Mandokhail investigates the impact that trappers and traffickers in Pakistan are having on increasingly endangered crane species...
18 Jan, 2022
Oscar Nkala tracks a controversial deal to export 18 reticulated giraffes from Southern Africa to a wildlife zoo and entertainment park in Taiwan...
13 Dec, 2021
Sadiq Naqvi unveils data and routes behind India’s underground trade in snow leopards and their body parts...
03 Dec, 2021
Scattered data is complicating efforts to protect snow leopards against illegal trade, Varsha Singh reports from Uttarakhand in northern India...
26 Nov, 2021
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