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Kenya | Africa
Economy | Energy | Infrastructure | Pollution

Africa advised against coal power

afrol News, 19 March - As coal power stations are demolished, due to environmental damages, in many countries, they are being offered as a "cheap energy supply" for Africa. But specialists warn this will be expensive in the long run, especially as fresh funds are available for renewable energies.

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Africa
Development | People | Poverty

Africa still home to two-thirds of world’s slum population

afrol News, 18 March - The overall population of slums has swelled by nearly 60 million, even though more than 200 million slum dwellers worldwide have escaped their conditions in the past decade, a new United Nations report finds.

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South Africa
Affairs | Affairs | Cooperation | Development | Economy | Energy | Finance | Infrastructure | Policy | Policy | Pollution

Sweden to help SA develop clean energy

afrol News, 17 March - The Swedish government has promised to help South Africa develop more renewable energy sources as the two countries vow to fight the devastating effects of climate change.

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Crime | Management | Trade | Wildlife

Central African ivory main problem

afrol News, 17 March - According to a new analysis by leading environmentalists, the main problem areas of illicit ivory trade are West and in particular Central Africa, not Zambia and Tanzania, which are struggling to obtain a one-time permit to legally sell ivory stocks.

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Tanzania | Zambia
Affairs | Management | Trade | Wildlife

Tanzania, Zambia "too corrupt to trade ivory"

afrol News, 12 March - British and US environmentalists have angered Tanzanians and Zambians with a new report strongly advising against legalising the sale of local ivory stocks, saying "official corruption" would lead to further illegal ivory trade.

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Madagascar
Affairs | Conservation | Management

Illegal logging "funding Madagascar coup govt"

afrol News, 12 March - Since the 2008 coup, forest conservation efforts in Madagascar have been reversed and illegal logging has grown into a major revenue source. The current government is said to be licensing exports of illegally logged wood to compensate its revenue shortfalls after donors pulled out.

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East Africa | Indian Ocean
Fisheries | Management | Oceans - Fisheries

Indian Ocean fisheries deal disappoints East Africa

afrol News, 5 March - Attempts to achieve a more environmentally sustainable regulation of fisheries in the Indian Ocean, in particular tuna catches off the East African coast, mostly failed during the annual meeting of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) in Busan, Korea today.

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Ethiopia
Affairs | Conservation | Development | Economy | Events | Finance | Management | Nature | People | Policy | Pollution | Poverty | Social Services

Ethiopian project sets world climate change example

afrol News, 4 March - A new initiative to bring environmental and financial benefits to local communities in the impoverished highlands of Ethiopia was announced in Ethiopia yesterday.

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Africa | World
Affairs | Development | Development | Economy | Energy | Infrastructure | Management | Policy | Policy | Policy | Pollution | Science

Africa’s green energy under-exploited

afrol News, 4 March - Africa is lagging behind the rest of the world in developing renewable energy projects with initiatives aimed at producing clean and ‘green’ energy remaining largely under-exploited, a new report released by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has warmed.

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Egypt
Development | History | History | People | Policy | Policy | Science | Tourism

Massive Pharaoh’s head unearthed

afrol News, 1 March - Archaeologists have made a discovery of a massive stone head depicting one of Egypt's most famous Pharaohs who ruled nearly 3,400 years ago in the city of Luxor, government officials have announced in the statement.

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Rwanda
Affairs | Affairs | Conservation | Cooperation | Development | Economy | Events | Management | People | Policy | Policy | Social Services | Wildlife

Rwanda hosts 2010 global environment day

afrol News, 18 February - Rwanda will play global host to celebrations for the 2010 World Environment Day, observed annually on 5 June, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has announced.

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Nigeria
Affairs | Cooperation | Development | Economy | Finance | Management | Policy | Policy | Pollution

Devise local strategies to fight climate change

afrol News, 16 February - The World Bank country Director for Nigeria Onno Ruhl has urged the country to device strategies on how best it would utilise the $200 billion at its disposal from clean technology fund. The fund has not yet been spent because the World Bank could not find any project available.

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Affairs | Affairs | Conservation | Cooperation | Development | Economy | Finance | Management | People | Policy | Policy | Social Services

Ethiopia and UK leaders to head climate change team

afrol News, 15 February - The leaders of the United Kingdom and Ethiopia will head up a new high-level group launched by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, intended to mobilise financing swiftly to help developing countries combat climate change.

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Kenya
Conservation | Food Security | Livestock | Management | Policy | Policy | Wildlife

Kenya ferries park herbivores to feed starving lions

afrol News, 11 February - Kenyan wildlife authorities have begun moving thousands of zebras and wildebeest across the country to feed lions in the areas devastated by drought.

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Chad
Affairs | Development | Development | Economy | Finance | Livestock | Management | People | Policy | Policy | Poverty | Social Services | Socio-economic | Water

Herders receive support to improve pastoral resources

afrol News, 9 February - Chadian nomadic herders in the arid sub-Saharan Sahel region, will benefit from a grant of $19.5 million to help secure water sources. The project will be funded through the United Nations agency dedicated to eradicating rural poverty.

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Africa | World
Affairs | Conservation | Cooperation | Development | Economy | Energy | Finance | Management | Nature | Policy | Policy

$700 million secured for Climate Action

afrol News, 8 February - Programmes for Climate Change Action have received a huge boost with almost US700 million secured to kick-start forest and renewables projects.

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Nigeria
Affairs | Development | Economy | Energy | Finance | Industry | Infrastructure | Management | Pollution | Water

Nigeria approves hydro power plant

afrol News, 8 February - The Nigerian government has approved a multi-billion hydro electricity dam project in Kubau Local Government Area of Kaduna State, the state governor, Namadi Sambo has said.

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Lesotho | South Africa
Infrastructure | Infrastructure | Management | Tourism

Tarring scenic Lesotho-SA mountain pass causes protest

afrol News, 4 February - Over the Sani Pass, a spectacular dirt road connects South Africa and eastern Lesotho attracting a growing number of tourists driven in 4x4 vehicles. Tarring the pass would alienate tourists, the industry, locals and environmentalists hold.

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Africa | World
Affairs | Affairs | Conservation | Cooperation | Development | Economy | Events | Finance | Macroeconomy | Management | People | Policy | Policy | Social Services

"Green Fund" for climate change financing

afrol News, 2 February - The world must adopt a low-carbon model for growth as it rebuilds from the global economic crisis, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, said at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

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Africa | World
Affairs | Conservation | Cooperation | Development | Events | Food Security | Management | Nature | People | Policy | Policy | Policy | Pollution | Poverty | Social Services | Water

BirdLife cares for wetlands

afrol News, 2 February - Today is World Wetlands Day and this year’s theme – Caring for wetlands: an answer to climate change – highlights the bonds between wetlands, biodiversity and climate change. “Caring for wetlands is part of the solution to climate change”, said Melanie Heath – Senior Advisor on Climate Change at BirdLife. “If we manage them well, wetland ecosystems and their biodiversity have a vital role to play in mitigating against, and adapting to, climate change”.

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Africa | World
Affairs | Cooperation | Development | Development | Development | Economy | Energy | Management | Policy | Policy | Policy | Policy | Science

Online consultations to help poor nations’ energy strategy

afrol News, 19 January - The World Bank Group launched online consultations today to gather input for a new energy sector strategy, which is expected to be completed in early 2011.

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Development | Diseases | People | Science | Wildlife

Killer malaria found in gorillas

afrol News, 19 January - Researchers have found the parasite which causes malignant malaria in humans from the faeces of the wild gorillas in Cameroon and blood from a captive gorilla in Gabon.

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Ethiopia
Affairs | Affairs | Cooperation | Development | Economy | Energy | Events | Finance | Infrastructure | Management | People | Pollution | Social Services | Trade | Water

Ethiopia launches hydro-power plant

afrol News, 14 January - The largest hydro-power scheme in Ethiopia has been launched raising hopes of the country's aim of self-sufficiency and exporting power in the near future.

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Africa
Development | Energy | Finance | Infrastructure | Management | People | Policy | Pollution | Social Services | Trade

Rising electricity demand boosts the African wind turbine market, study

afrol News, 14 January - A study on African Large-Scale Wind Turbine Market, has found that the market earned revenues of over $148.4 million in 2008 and estimates this to reach $424.3 million in 2015, according to a new analysis from Frost & Sullivan.

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World
Affairs | Conservation | Cooperation | Development | Development | Land rights | Livestock | Management | Nature | Policy | Policy | Policy | Pollution

Grasslands alternative to fighting climate change

afrol News, 14 January - Grasslands have vast untapped potential to mitigate climate change by absorbing and storing CO2, according to a new report by FAO. Pastures and rangelands represent a carbon sink that could be greater than forests if properly managed.

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» 08.01.2010 - World celebrities climb Kilimanjaro to raise funds
» 07.01.2010 - UN strikes biodiversity deal with African soccer giants
» 04.01.2010 - DRC population still unharmed by volcano
» 04.01.2010 - Rhino poachers arrested in Kenya

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