Kenya
Politics | Economy - Development | Agriculture - Nutrition | Society
Locusts threaten Kenya
afrol News, 7 December - The month of December has brought in two threats to Kenya: bloody political crisis and the infestation of large swarms of locusts in the country's North-East district of Mandera. Read more
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Agriculture - Nutrition
Locusts threaten Eritrea, Sudan, Somaliland
afrol News, 23 March - Eritrea, Sudan and Somaliland are strongly advised to carefully monitor "a developing and potentially dangerous situation" arising from second-generation locust infestations that are now developing, according to the latest UN update on of the crop-devouring insects.
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Côte d'Ivoire
Agriculture - Nutrition | Health | Economy - Development
Ivorian poultry producers lose millions over avian flu
afrol News / IRIN, 28 February - Although only two outbreaks of avian influenza among poultry have been reported in Côte d'Ivoire, and no human deaths, the illness has taken a significant financial and humanitarian toll. The country's many poultry producers are losing their domestic and foreign markets, while speculations over a sudden "mysterious" death wave are hindering investments.
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Kenya
Agriculture - Nutrition | Science - Education | Health
Kenya Rift Valley Fever outbreak prompts research
afrol News / SciDev.Net, 8 January - Scientists are carrying out urgent research in order to predict the spread of Rift Valley Fever (RVF), following a fresh outbreak of the disease. The latest outbreak of the haemorrhagic fever, which attacks herdsmen and their livestock, occurred in East Africa over December.
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Africa
Health | Agriculture - Nutrition
Bird flu now Africa's problem
afrol News, 29 November - Now that most Asian countries record significant success in the fight against the deadly bird flu, resources to tackle the virus might shift to Africa, UN officials revealed today. The disease is now discovered in more and more countries in north-eastern Africa.
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