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» Sudan ready for biofuels
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» Elephant rescue resumes in Malawi
» Water shortages could frustrate efforts to control cholera – Minister
» Conservationists call for action against illegal logging
» Rescue operation of Malawi elephants on good start
» Epic rescue for endangered elephants in Malawi resumes
» Mahale Ecosystem research project launched
» European bank withdraws funding from Ethiopia’s dam
» Madagascar selected to benefit from conservation fund
» Sierra Leone smallholder farmers get WFP boost
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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Kenya
Diseases | Outbreaks | People | Water

Water shortages could frustrate efforts to control cholera – Minister

afrol News, 17 June - The dry water stand pipes in Kenya’s capital Nairobi threatens to reverse efforts by the government to contain the spread of cholera, Public Health and Sanitation Minister Beth Mugo has said in a statement.

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Madagascar
Conservation | Nature | People

Conservationists call for action against illegal logging

afrol News, 8 June - The Malagasy international community and major conservation group have called for urgent action against an increase in illegal logging saying this puts a major risk on one of the world's richest biodiversity hotspots.

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Malawi
Conservation | Wildlife

Rescue operation of Malawi elephants on good start

afrol News, 8 June - Rescuers began evacuating endangered elephants persecuted in the human-elephant conflict in the southern African country of Malawi yesterday morning the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) has announced.

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Malawi | Southern Africa
Affairs | Affairs | Conservation | Development | Economy | Food Security | Management | People | Policy | Poverty | Social Services | Wildlife

Epic rescue for endangered elephants in Malawi resumes

afrol News, 5 June - More than 60 endangered elephants categorised as under threat will be evacuated to safety in an epic rescue effort that begins in the southern African country of Malawi early next week.

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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.

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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.

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Madagascar | World
Conservation | Development | Finance | Management | Policy | Wildlife

Madagascar selected to benefit from conservation fund

afrol News, 27 May - Madagascar will be one of the ten beneficiaries of the new fund aimed at assisting professional and organisational development of selected national conservation NGOs within the BirdLife network in key biodiversity countries around the world.

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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.

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Southern Africa
Affairs | Affairs | Conservation | Cooperation | Development | Economy | Events | Management | People | Policy | Policy | Poverty | Social Services | Water

SADC discuss strategies of enhancing ground water resources to fight poverty

afrol News, 26 May - The Southern African Development Community (SADC) multi-stakeholders are convening in Johannesburg, South Africa, to discuss issues of groundwater use and how it could be enhanced to to fight poverty.

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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.

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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.

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Congo Kinshasa
Disasters | Nature | People | Refugees - Displaced

DRC in the face of another volcanic eruption

afrol News, 8 May - The Democratic Republic of Congo could have another volcanic eruption in the eastern part of the country, scientists in the country have reported.

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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.

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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.

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Southern Africa | Zambia
Development | Development | Disasters | Diseases | Management | Outbreaks | People | Science

Climate change increases Zambia cholera numbers

afrol News, 30 April - According to a new study, the ongoing climate change already has led to the spread of some diseases in Southern Africa. In Zambia, a longer heat period has raised cholera infections by 5 percent.

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Conservation | Events | Finance | Management | People | Policy | Policy | Pollution | Poverty

Two African projects named winners of climate grants

afrol News, 29 April - A Mozambican green community project and a Kenyan forest project have today been named as winners in the climate grants awards.

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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.

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Kenya | Tanzania
Crime | Law | People | Policy | Wildlife

Kenya's Ivory smugglers makes guilty plea

afrol News, 27 April - Two East African men arrested on Saturday for being in possession of about 700kg of Elephant Tusks have pleaded guilty in a Kenyan court today.

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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.

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West Africa
Food Security | Natural sciences | Science | Science

Century of drought again to haunt West Africa

afrol News, 17 April - Scientist have identified hitherto unknown climate characteristics of West Africa; returning "megadroughts" that last for a century. The last one ended 250 years ago, and the next is sure to come, they conclude.

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» 16.04.2009 - Kigali to improve water treatment and management
» 15.04.2009 - Congo spirits win environmental battle
» 07.04.2009 - Kenyan fisherman arrested in disputed Migingo island
» 06.04.2009 - Tunisia launches energy saving programme
» 30.03.2009 - Two new sea rescue centres opened in SADC region

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