AllAfrica News: Oceans and Rivers

[Nile Post] Leaders and fishing communities in Mpigi District have challenged the government to review new regulations imposed on Lake Victoria, arguing that some of the restrictions have gone beyond fighting illegal fishing and are instead threatening the survival of local fishermen.

[This Day] A top official of one of the International Oil Companies (IOCs) operating in Nigeria has called for urgent conversion of recent oil and gas Executive Orders to legislation, warning that failure to do that will lead to the country losing the next wave of deepwater investment to faster, more competitive West African frontiers.

[ISS] Deep-sea mining is no longer just an environmental or economic issue - it is also an emerging maritime security challenge.

[The Conversation Africa] Hidden beneath the water's surface is a botanical world that is among nature's most innovative and ecologically important.

[allAfrica] Last month, Mombasa made history as the first African city to host the Our Ocean Conference (OOC) - an international convening to protect and conserve the ocean, gathering well over a hundred countries. Yet the significance of the conference went far beyond where it was held. It demonstrated why Africa is increasingly becoming one of the world's most influential voic...