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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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. Read more
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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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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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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. Read more
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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. Read more
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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. Read more
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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. Read more
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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. Read more
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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. Read more
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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. Read more
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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. Read more
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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. Read more
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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. Read more
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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”. Read more
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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. Read more
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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. Read more
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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. Read more
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