AllAfrica News: Environment

[Premium Times] As devastating floods expose glaring preparedness gaps, a youth coalition has asked the Akwa Ibom government to replace its reactive disaster response with a risk-based management framework, following questions over unimplemented flood-control measures despite early warnings and billions of naira in budgetary provisions.

[Ghanaian Times] The government has officially revoked the controversial executive orders that sought to rezone the Achimota Forest.

[ENA] Addis Ababa -- Ethiopia's quest for sea access is firmly grounded in established legal principles, international law and regional agreements that guarantee landlocked states the right of access to the sea, the Libyan Professor Saad Salama, said.

[Daily News] Mwanza -- ACCESS to clean and safe water in rural areas has increased from 64 per cent to 85.2 per cent under the first phase of the Sustainable Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Programme (SRWSSP), benefiting more than 10.2 million Tanzanians, the government has said.

[SAnews.gov.za] Deputy Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Bernice Swarts has called on South Africans to participate in the celebration of International Nelson Mandela Day by taking action and donating time, knowledge or resources to a community organisation.