Ghana
Crime | Development
Ghana con-men sell sand as fertilizer
afrol News, 24 March - Impostors in Ghana are giving new meaning to the expression of "selling sand in the Sahara." The gang managed to sell sacks of sand to poor farmers, telling them it was fertilizer.
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Africa
Development | Land rights | Policy | Socio-economic
How African land deals override locals
afrol News, 9 March - A new study into current land lease and sale contracts in Africa shows how local land users are mostly not even consulted in the process. When consulted, they are often tricked.
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Ethiopia
Affairs | Development | Economy | Policy
African leaders in Ethiopia land grab
afrol News, 28 January - Several African leaders have bought lands in Ethiopia to develop agricultural projects or tourism resorts. They are let to bypass a 2007 ban on export of cereals, still in place for other investors.
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Kenya
Food Security
Kenya drought could create 5 million needy
afrol News, 19 January - Already, 1.6 million Kenyans are receiving food aid to compensate for drought and poor harvests. Government however warns the number could skyrocket to 5 million within a few months, as rains have kept failing.
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Kenya
Development | Economic rights | Livestock
Kenyan women milk fortunes from camel
afrol News, 13 January - Safia Kulow, in the arid centre of Kenya, is in firm control of her economy after she and other traditional Anolei women made big business of camel milk. Now they consider which investments to make to increase revenues from their industry.
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Kenya
Development | Development | Social services
E-payment for a cup of water in Kenya
afrol News, 22 October - In a rural district grossly neglected by Kenyan authorities, private actors have introduced groundbreaking technology to provide basic services. E-payment, microfinance and solar energy secure safe water for villagers.
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Swaziland
Affairs | Food Security | Good governance
Swazi govt tried to underreport hunger
afrol News, 15 October - Swaziland is one of very few African countries where hunger has become more widespread during the last decades, new evidence shows. But Swazi authorities tried to manipulate data to the UN, saying the opposite.
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Benin
Disasters | Food Security
Half of Benin devastated by floods
afrol News, 13 October - Devastating flooding has affected nearly half the communes of Benin. According to the government, 700,000 people have been affected, including more than 200,000 people whose homes have been damaged or destroyed.
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Africa
Development | Development | Food Security
Africa sees successes fighting hunger
afrol News, 12 October - Angola, Ethiopia, Ghana and Mozambique have seen the greatest successes in fighting back hunger during the last 20 years, a new report reveals. At the same time, the situation in Burundi, Chad, the DRC and Eritrea deteriorated severely.
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Africa
Development | Natural sciences
Scientists create African banana Wiki
afrol News, 5 October - Soon all information on bananas in Africa, including the banana growing areas, yield, socio-economic status of the farmers and spread of pests and diseases, will be available on a scientist-driven online dictionary.
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Niger | World
Development | Food Security | Policy | Social sciences
Aid back to basics: Cash handouts in Niger
afrol News, 27 September - Despite countless emergency aid efforts and models, Niger's drought and flood victims still go hungry. Now, several aid agencies will go back to basics, providing families with cash handouts.
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Africa
Development | Natural sciences | Science | Social sciences
Cowpea scientists promise to end African hunger
afrol News, 27 September - Researchers specialising in cowpea production are currently gathered in Dakar, Senegal, trying to forward their "revolution" of African agriculture. Cowpeas are "the perfect crop for Africa," they hold.
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Niger
Famine | Food Security
Again, aid to Niger's hungry comes too late
afrol News, 9 July - It is frustrating. Aid agencies warned of food shortages in Niger already in January. Government issued an international famine warning in March and does its best to feed hungry citizens. But funding for international food aid still is minimal.
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