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Kenya
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Tana biofuel could be illegal

afrol News, 5 May - Implementation of plans to grow biofuel crops on an idyllic river plain in Kenya could be illegal if implemented in its current form, arguing that its cost has been underestimated while profit overestimated.

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Niger
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Niger River to be rescued

afrol News, 2 May - West African leaders on Wednesday endorsed a 20-year rescue plan to save the Niger River from extinction. The US $8.6 billion project includes reforesting, rehabilitating plains and removing silt from the 4,200 km long river.

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South Africa
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South African mining company banned as "unethic"

afrol News, 11 April - The South African mining company DRD Gold Limited is facing international divestment for its "unethic" involvement in Papua New Guinea. Here, the company is accused of strongly polluting forests and rivers with mercury and other poisonous metals, endangering the life and livelihood of local tribes.

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Africa
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More African nations use DDT to cut malaria death toll

afrol News / SciDev.Net, 15 January - The once-banned insecticide DDT is being reconsidered by many countries in Africa as a means to combat malaria. But concerns remain that use of the chemical will damage agricultural trade with Europe.

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Zambia
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Zambia's Kabwe: world's most polluted place

afrol News, 20 October - Kabwe, the second largest city in Zambia, has found itself on the top-ten of a new list of "the world's worst polluted places" due to very high lead concentrations left over from previous mining operations. Average blood levels of lead among children in some townships are five to ten times the level considered dangerous.

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» 22.06.2005 - Senegal diesel power plant gets support
» 25.04.2005 - Row over DDT use against malaria in Uganda
» 04.04.2005 - Chemical, nuclear alarm in Somalia after tsunami
» 17.12.2004 - All but Southern Africa gets more rain by global warming
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