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Kenya
Affairs | Affairs | Democracy - Dictatorship | Economy | Elections | Ethnic | Finance | Food Security | Good governance | People | Poverty | Refugees - Displaced | Socio-economic | Violence | War & Peace

'Embrace green revolution'

afrol News, 9 May - The Chairman of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) has advised Kenyan farmers to embrace green revolution to counter challenges posed by the soaring food prices and post-electoral violence.

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Senegal
Affairs | Affairs | Crime | Democracy - Dictatorship | Law | People | War & Peace

Armed bandits chop off Senegalese villagers' ears

afrol News, 8 May - Senegalese police have opened investigations into an armed attack in the southern province of Cassamance where bandits chop off the left ears of at least 16 villagers in Niaguis, 20 km from the regional capital, Ziguinchor.

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Zimbabwe
Affairs | Affairs | Crime | Diplomacy | Economy | Land rights | Law | People | Violence

'Zimbabwe right to nationalise its properties'

afrol News, 8 May - A High Court in Pretoria was told that the Zimbabwean government has the right to nationalise its properties without the interference of South Africa.

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Zambia | Congo Kinshasa
Affairs | Affairs | Democracy - Dictatorship | Ethnic | People | Refugees - Displaced | Violence | War & Peace

More DRC refugees returned

afrol News, 6 May - The repatriation of hundreds of Congolese refugees in Zambia resumed at the weekend, with International Organization for Migration (IOM) facilitating the return of 800 refugees in Zambia's northern provinces.

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Senegal
Affairs | Affairs | Development | Economy | People | Tourism

"Scrap FAO," Wade urges

afrol News, 5 May - Senegalese President Abdoulaye has called for the scrapping of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAS), describing it as an institution that largely spends amounts of resources on doing very little and effective operations.

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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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Kenya
Affairs | Affairs | Crime | Democracy - Dictatorship | Elections | Ethnic | People | Refugees - Displaced | Violence | War & Peace

Kenyan victims return home

afrol News, 5 May - Thousands of Kenyans displayed by the post-electoral violence on Monday returned home after spending more several months in camps.

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Senegal
Affairs | Affairs | Famine | Food Security | People | Policy

India exports rice to Senegal

afrol News, 28 April - President Abdoulaye of Senegal has assured his citizens that Indian authorities have agreed to supply 600,000 tonnes of rice annually to the west African country for six years. Like many countries in Africa, rice is a key staple food in Senegal.

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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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World
Affairs | Affairs | Economy | Food Security | People

Global food crisis: "silent tsunami"

afrol News, 23 April - The Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has called for urgent action to tackle the "silent tsunami" of rising food prices that threatens the lives of more than 100 million with throughout the world.

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Food crisis alerted in West Africa

afrol News, 22 April - Despite the above-average cereal production across much of West Africa during the 2007/08 agricultural season, localized production deficits and above-normal price increases in some areas clearly signal early increases in food insecurity.

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Kenya
Affairs | Affairs | Democracy - Dictatorship | Economy | Elections | Ethnic | Food Security | Violence | War & Peace

Fungus destroys Kenya rice

afrol News, 22 April - Up to 20% of Kenya's annual rice production has been wiped out by a fungus, raising concerns of food insecurity in a country that has been embroiled in deadly political unrest.

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Ethiopia
Affairs | Disasters | Food Security | People

Locusts storm Ethiopia

afrol News, 18 April - Locust breeding and swarms have been reported near Konso and the Rift Valley in southern Ethiopia, despite the increased rainfall over the last week across the country, Food Emergency Warning System alerted.

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World | Africa
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Food crisis concerns World Bank President

afrol News, 15 April - World Bank President has raised concern about a surge in food prices, fearing it could push 100 million people into deeper poverty.

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Gambia
Affairs | Affairs | Development | Economy | People | Trade

Gambia warns against crossborder trade

afrol News, 15 April - Gambian farmers have been warned to desist from selling their cereals and grains to "traders from the sub-region" instead of the government-controlled company.

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Ethiopia
Affairs | Affairs | Economy | Food Security | Law | People

Ethiopia opens commodity exchange

afrol News, 14 April - Plans to open the first-ever commodity exchange in Africa are underway in Ethiopia. The exchange will trade in six commodities: coffee, sesame, haricot beans, teff, wheat and maize.

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Sudan
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More UN truckers killed

afrol News, 10 April - Two more truckers working for the UN food agency, World Food Programme (WFP) had been added to the list of murdered humanitarian workers murdered in South Sudan.

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Surge in prices worries UN

afrol News, 8 April - A global surge in food prices has become a great concern to the United Nations, fearing that it could lead to further tensions across the world, including Africa.

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Zimbabwe
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Court can rule on Zimbabwe polls

afrol News, 7 April - A High Court judge on Monday maintained that his court has the jurisdiction to preside over a petition filed by the main opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) demanding the immediate release of Zimbabwe's recent election results from an official source.

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Zambia
Affairs | Affairs | Corruption | Crime | Economy | Food Security | Law | People

No pardon for Chiluba

afrol News, 31 March - Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa said he will not bow down to several appeals to pardon his predecessor from facing corruption charges.

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Zimbabwe
Affairs | Affairs | Crime | Democracy - Dictatorship | Economy | Elections | Expression | Food Security | Law | Oppression | People | Violence

Mugabe threatens investors

afrol News, 26 March - Prices of food in Zimbabwe have shot up ahead of the country's combined elections on 29 March. Believing that the act was part of the white investors' plots to endanger his re-election into office for the sixth time, President Mugabe has swiftly reacted, threatening to force businesses to reduce prices.

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Sudan
Affairs | Affairs | Crime | Food Security | Law | People | Refugees - Displaced | Violence

WFP truckers killed in Sudan

afrol News, 26 March - The UN food agency, World Food Programme on Tuesday announced that three of its contracted truck drivers were shot dead in Sudan's Darfur region.

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Ethiopia
Affairs | Affairs | Economy | Famine | People | Violence

Ethiopia battles food scarcity

afrol News, 20 March - Ethiopia is again facing food scarcity that has put the lives of over eight million Ethiopians at risk, particularly those in the South-West Oromia region where 11 people died of hunger and lack of clean water.

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Zimbabwe
Affairs | Affairs | Crime | Democracy - Dictatorship | Elections | Food Security | Law | People | Violence

Serious flaws mar Zim polls

afrol News, 19 March - Zimbabwean government has been accused of undermining any meaningful prospect of free and fair elections on 29 March, Human Rights Watch said, blaming the Mugabe regime of committing "serious electoral flaws and human rights abuses."

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Kenya
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Kenya MPs begin crucial tasks

afrol News, 18 March - Kenyan deputies have began the crucial tasks of debating and approving bills on constitutional amendments and the formation of a coalition government.

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