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Apr
18
2022
By The African Mirror
Battle to prevent environmental damage

Battle to prevent environmental damage

NEWS
TAREK AMARA TUNISIA will work with other countries that have offered to help it to prevent environmental damage after a merchant ship carrying up to one thousand tonnes of oil sank in Tunisian waters, the defence ministry said. The ship was heading from Equatorial Guinea to Malta when it sank seven miles off the coast of the southern city of Gabes on Friday. The Tunisian navy rescued all seven crew members following a distress call. It was carrying between 750 tonnes and one thousand tonnes of fuel, officials said. The defence ministry did not name the countries that had offered…
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Jul
24
2021
By The African Mirror
Fire caused environmental damage

Fire caused environmental damage

NEWS
SOUTH African authorities have revealed that around 1,600 chemicals were stored at a warehouse of India's UPL Ltd when it was razed during violent looting last week, causing potentially harmful air emissions and a greenish-tinged effluent to seep into a protected lagoon. The warehouse was one of hundreds of businesses attacked and looted in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) and Gauteng provinces in some of the worst violence in the post-apartheid era, sparked by the jailing of former President Jacob Zuma on July 7 for contempt of court. First noticed in the early hours of July 13, the fire was only completely doused…
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Jul
03
2021
By The African Mirror
Kenya’s huge railway project is causing environmental damage. Here’s how

Kenya’s huge railway project is causing environmental damage. Here’s how

ENVIRONMENT
KENYA is constructing a railway line that connects the coastal port of Mombasa and the interior of the country. It is expected to terminate at Malaba, a town on the border with Uganda, and link up with other railways that are being built in East Africa. It’s locally known as the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR). TOBIAS NYUMBA, Post Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Nairobi The passenger and freight railway line is one of the biggest infrastructure investments in Kenya’s history. Construction began in 2014 at an estimated cost of US$3.8 billion, 90% of which is supplied by a loan from…
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