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Southern Africa
Energy | Policy | Pollution

Slow progress on phasing out leaded petrol in SADC

afrol News/SARDC, 8 July - Southern African still has leaded petrol flowing into tanks and fuming out in exhausts even after expiry of agreed deadline to use more environmentally friendly fuels by the beginning of 2006.

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Kenya
Conservation | Development | Land rights | Wildlife

Tana's wildlife in Kenya at risk

afrol News, 24 June - Kenyan National Environment Management Authority (NEMA)'s decision to turn 20,000 hectares of the pristine Tana Delta into irrigated sugarcane plantations has not bode well with conservationists and residents, who argue the move is detrimental to wildlife in the area.

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Tanzania
Natural sciences | Outbreaks | Science | Wildlife

Tanzania vulture deaths may cause epidemic risks

afrol News, 20 June - An increased death rate in vultures in Tanzania could be explained by the unlicensed sale of diclofenac for veterinary use in the East Africa region, causing fatal kidney failure in the birds. Vultures play an important ecological role as scavengers of carcasses and their loss put human health at risk as rats take over their role.

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Madagascar
Conservation | Cooperation | Debt | Policy

Madagascar gets US$ 20M to protect nature

afrol News, 17 June - Madagascar government has signed largest debt-for-nature swap agreement with France, allocating US$ 20 million to preserve the country’s rich biodiversity.

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Morocco
Development | Development | Energy

Morocco secures wind farm investment

afrol News, 16 June - Morocco has secured a sizeable investment in its wind farm initiative, as part of a response to the country's energy needs, using renewable sources.

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Somalia
Disasters | Food Security | Refugees - Displaced

Floods kill 6 in Somalia

afrol News, 16 June - Deadly torrential rains in Somalia capital, Mogadishu, killed six affecting thousands in refugee camps over the past weekend, adding to worsening humanitarian crisis in the country.

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Western Sahara
Affairs | Fisheries | Oceans - Fisheries

Western Sahara-bound fishing vessel hijacked

afrol News, 12 June - Activists from the environmental group Greenpeace have hijacked a fishing vessel in the Swedish port of Gothenburg, which was to fish off Western Sahara. The Cook Island-registered vessel is accused of "piracy", environmental destruction and violating Swedish embargo on fishing off the occupied territory.

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Réunion and Mayotte
Affairs | Infrastructure | Pollution

Pollution scandal hits holiday island Réunion

afrol News, 4 June - Eight communes on the Indian Ocean island of Réunion are being investigated in what is developing into a pollution scandal on the popular tourist destination. For two of the mayors in charge, criminal prosecutions are being prepared for pollution and non-compliance with European Union standards for sewage treatment plants.

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Liberia
Disasters | Oceans - Fisheries

Coastal erosion displacing Liberians

afrol News / IRIN, 29 May - Coastal erosion has wiped out dozens of homes and left nearly 200 inhabitants homeless in Buchanan, the second largest city in Liberia, and government officials say the whole city of 200,000 people is threatened. Uncontrolled mining is said to be the main cause for erosion.

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Central Africa
Management

"Pygmies" enter Congo Basin timber industry

afrol News, 27 May - New GPS mapping technology could be an answer in balancing the needs of the indigenous so-called "Pygmies" communities, the eco-system and the timber production in the recently awarded certificate in the Congo Basin – the world largest contiguous tropical forest certified.

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Conservation | Ecotourism | Management

Central Africa's "Pygmies" gain from ecotourism

afrol News, 23 May - In three bordering national parks, covering parts of Cameroon, Congo Brazzaville and the Central African Republic, the most marginalised peoples have found new revenue sources as ecotourism projects are becoming successful. BaAka "Pygmies" are finally being paid in cash for having managed their forest livelihoods well for generations.

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Tanzania
Affairs | Affairs | Conservation | Crime | Economy | Industry | Law | Oceans - Fisheries | People | Wildlife

Tata withdraws Natron report

afrol News, 13 May - Tata Chemicals Ltd (TCL) has finally withdrawn the much discredited Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) Report for the proposed Lake Natron soda ash plant in Tanzania.

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Kenya
Affairs | Affairs | Conservation | Crime | Economy | Industry | Law | Livestock | People | Pollution | Water | Wildlife

Tana biofuel could be illegal

afrol News, 5 May - Implementation of plans to grow biofuel crops on an idyllic river plain in Kenya could be illegal if implemented in its current form, arguing that its cost has been underestimated while profit overestimated.

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Niger
Affairs | Affairs | Conservation | Crime | Development | Economy | Law | Management | Nature | Oceans - Fisheries | People | Policy | Pollution | Water

Niger River to be rescued

afrol News, 2 May - West African leaders on Wednesday endorsed a 20-year rescue plan to save the Niger River from extinction. The US $8.6 billion project includes reforesting, rehabilitating plains and removing silt from the 4,200 km long river.

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Affairs | Affairs | Development | Economy

Sahel nations lose 1.7m ha land

afrol News, 28 April - On average each year, Sahelian countries lost 1.7 million hectares of arable land to desertification, environmental experts told journalists.

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South Africa
Affairs | Affairs | Conservation | Economy | Finance | People | Poverty | Wildlife

S. Africa avitourism viable

afrol News, 11 April - Tempted by the success of its avitourism [birding's ecotourism] conservation, BirdLife has announced the development of six new birding routes in South Africa's Western Cape and Cape Town areas.

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Affairs | Affairs | Nature | Policy

Climate change threatens Africa

afrol News, 3 April - The development of better meteorological services are crucial for Africa's development and its fight against poverty, considering its vulnerability to climate change, variability and extreme weather events, a conference of finance and economy meeting in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa was told.

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Kenya | Sudan
Conservation | Wildlife

Lapwings tracked to Sudan

afrol News, 28 February - Two Sociable lapwings Vanellus gregarius, satellite tagged in Kazakhstan last summer, have flown more than 5,000 miles to central Sudan, where they have spent the winter, 'BirdLife International' reported.

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South Africa
Affairs | Affairs | Conservation | Crime | Economy | Law | Management | People | Tourism | Wildlife

SA elephant cull condemned

afrol News, 26 February - Animal rights activists have condemned South African government's readiness to legalise culling to control the rising elephant population.

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Africa
Affairs | Cooperation | Disasters | Diseases | People

Global warming affects Africa

afrol News, 5 February - The Tanzanian Minister of Environment has said that many African nations - including Tanzanian - face the major challenges of global warming.

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Africa
Affairs | Affairs | Conservation | Crime | Law | Management | People | Trade | Wildlife

Illegal ivory trade still rampant

afrol News, 31 January - Illegal ivory smuggling continues to take place at an alarming rate, despite seizure of hundreds of kilograms, dismantling of networks and nabbing of smugglers.

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Tanzania
Affairs | Conservation | Diseases | Economy | Industry | People | Water | Wildlife

Communities reject soda plant

afrol News, 29 January - Communities close to Tanzania's Lake Natron had publicly opposed to the proposed plans to erect soda ash plant in the area. The plant will threaten the survival of the world's largest population of Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor.

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Africa
Affairs | Affairs | Conservation | Cooperation | Development | Diplomacy | Oceans - Fisheries | People

Denmark unveils Africa plan

afrol News, 28 January - Ahead of the 2009 United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP 15) to be held in Copenhagen, the Danish government has revealed plans to tackle global climate change with African countries.

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Zambia
Affairs | Crime | Expression | Law | Oppression | Wildlife

Court backs Zambian satirist

afrol News, 24 January - The Supreme Court in Zambia has rejected the government's demands to deport a British satirists, Roy Clarke, for reportedly insulting the Zambian President, Levy Mwanawasa in 2004.

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Africa
Food Security | Natural sciences | Nature

African climate change: Blooming Sahara or hunger and war?

African Future, 21 December - Almost nobody doubts the climate is about to change, also in Africa. But how will it change, and must it be to the negative? There exist two colliding views of what a warmer climate will mean in Africa. One focuses on more droughts, natural disasters, spread of diseases and resource conflicts. Other scientists hold that many of Africa's poorest regions will get more rainfall, with the Sahara desert again becoming as green as it was 6,000 years ago.

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