Liberia
Conservation | Cooperation | Development | Finance | Management | Nature | People | Social Services
WB approves $3.5 million climate change fund for Liberia
afrol News, 26 June - The World Bank has approved US$3.5 million for Liberia for its Costal Defense programme which will target three cities including Monrovia, the capital City of Liberia and two other major cities in the country, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) communiqué has said. Read more
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Sudan
Development | Energy | Finance | Management | Policy | Policy | Pollution | Poverty | Science | Science
Sudan ready for biofuels
afrol News, 26 June - The Sudanese government has unveiled the country's first biofuel plant, joining other African countries like Egypt in the fight against global warming. Read more
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Uganda
Conservation | Management | Natural sciences | Nature | People | Policy
Uganda could be a dessert in 40 years
afrol News, 19 June - A new global report on Environment has warned that Uganda could be a total dessert in 40 years if the government fails to protect the country’s forests. Uganda has reportedly lost more than 30 percent of its forest between 1990 and 2005. Read more
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Malawi
Nature | Wildlife
Elephant rescue resumes in Malawi
afrol News, 18 June - The rescue operation of endangered Elephants has resumed today with a further nine elephants evacuated to safety in Malawi this morning after the courts threw out a challenge to have their relocation stopped. Read more
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Tanzania | World
Conservation | Cooperation | Development | Development | Events | Finance | Management | Natural sciences | People | Policy | Poverty | Social Services | Tourism
Mahale Ecosystem research project launched
afrol News, 5 June - A unique bio-diversity research centre opens at the Mahale National Park, in Tanzania, and is expected to play host to both national and international researchers. Read more
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Affairs | Economy | Energy | Finance | Infrastructure | Law | People | Policy | Social Services | Water
European bank withdraws funding from Ethiopia’s dam
afrol News, 4 June - The European Investment Bank has decided to pull back its funding for Ethiopia’s hydropower dam following pressure calls by environmentalists that the Gibe 3 Dam threatens the food security and local economies that support more than half a million people in Southwest Ethiopia. Read more
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Sierra Leone
Conservation | Development | Finance | Food Security | People | Policy | Poverty | Social Services
Sierra Leone smallholder farmers get WFP boost
afrol News, 26 May - Small-scale farmers in Sierra Leone, will jointly benefit with those in Bangladesh and Pakistan in a World Food Programme (WFP) funded programme aimed at boosting the food production capacities of poor farmers in the developing countries. Read more
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Management | Policy
Congo Basin forest management "successful"
afrol News, 21 May - Environmentalists celebrate the "rapid progress" made in saving the precious rainforests of the Congo Basin, second only to the Amazon. Vast areas are now effectively protected and sustainably and responsibly managed.
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Africa | World
Affairs | Affairs | Conservation | Cooperation | Economy | Finance | Food Security | Management | People | Policy | Policy | Policy | Poverty | Social Services | Trade
UN report urges for reforms to avert food crisis in Africa
afrol News, 14 May - A new United Nations report has called for urgent agricultural reform to avert the looming African food crisis amidst the challenges of the financial crisis, climate change and other local and global impacts. Read more
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Affairs | Affairs | Conservation | Cooperation | Development | Economy | Management | Nature | People | Pollution | Poverty | Social Services
Kenya villagers join global greenhouse project
afrol News, 11 May - The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) today launched the Carbon Benefits Project in communities in and around Lake Victoria in Kenya. Read more
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Africa | World
Development | Development | Food Security | Management | People | Policy | Policy | Poverty | Social Services
Green revolution must empower farmers, Migiro asserts
afrol News, 5 May - The United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, Asha-Rose Migiro, has called for an African Green Revolution, urging the international community to double food yields across the continent through sustainable agriculture. Read more
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Kenya
Conservation | Management | Policy | Wildlife
Kenya wildlife on rapid decrease
afrol News, 30 April - Populations of major wild grazing animals that are the heart and soul of Kenya's cherished and heavily visited Masai Mara National Reserve - including giraffes, hartebeest, impala, and warthogs - have "decreased substantially," a new study shows. Read more
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Guinea
Democracy - Dictatorship | Economy | Industry | Law | Management | Mining | Policy
Guinea to relieve pressures in mining sector
afrol News, 28 April - The Guinean government has decided to end harsh rules on environment imposed on gold mining industry following the proposed submission of environmental action plan next Friday, the Guinea Minister of Mines, Mahmood Thiam, has announced. Read more
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Uganda
Conservation | Development | Ecotourism | Events | Management | Nature | Policy | Tourism | Tourism | Wildlife
Uganda celebrates big earnings from gorilla tourism
afrol News, 20 April - Uganda has marked 2009 “the year of the gorilla” with mass celebrations following the earnings of more than $220 million in 2008 from the endangered mountain gorillas tourism, the Uganda Wildlife Authority has said. Read more
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