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Africa | Tanzania
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Warmer Lake Tanganyika threatens fisheries

afrol News / SciDev.Net, 1 July - The warming of Lake Tanganyika over the past century has made the lake less productive - posing a serious threat to fisheries, according to a new series of studies.


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Nile water resource dispute splits region

afrol News, 14 May - Ethiopia, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda have signed a controversial deal to regulate and share the waters of River Nile, despite protests from downstream nations Sudan and Egypt. Ethiopia at the same time opened its first major dam on the Nile.

Chad
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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.

Nigeria
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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.

Africa | World
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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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» 19.11.2009 - Preserve water sources - report
» 18.11.2009 - Nigerian fishermen flee Bakassi Peninsula
» 26.10.2009 - Natron community vows to protect the lake
» 21.10.2009 - Ghana and Burkina Faso urged to develop strategies on use of Volta River
» 16.10.2009 - Shrinking of Lake Chad could spell regional catastrophe
» 12.10.2009 - Lake Nakuru becomes Africa's first IBA-branded National Park
» 08.10.2009 - Environmentalists condemn Mozambique's planned damming of Zambezi
» 08.10.2009 - Uganda set new sights to reach safe water targets
» 05.10.2009 - Lesotho signs $25 million agreement with WB
» 24.09.2009 - Diageo commits more funding to West Africa's access to clean water
» 22.09.2009 - Local group makes mark at Egypt's Lake Qarun
» 09.09.2009 - Kenya launches appeal to save Mau forest
» 08.09.2009 - More people affected by West African floods
» 26.08.2009 - Lake Natron faces renewed threat from soda-ash mining
» 18.08.2009 - New report offers solutions to water and sanitation service delivery
» 30.07.2009 - Angola gets UN support to boost access to water
» 17.06.2009 - Water shortages could frustrate efforts to control cholera – Minister
» 04.06.2009 - European bank withdraws funding from Ethiopia’s dam
» 26.05.2009 - SADC discuss strategies of enhancing ground water resources to fight poverty
» 16.04.2009 - Kigali to improve water treatment and management
» 30.03.2009 - Two new sea rescue centres opened in SADC region
» 24.03.2009 - Kenya deploys security officers to help fight wild fires
» 23.03.2009 - Wild fire forces animals to flee Kenya forest
» 20.03.2009 - Help farmers grow more food with less water, Diouf
» 16.03.2009 - Coca-Cola commits US$30 million for clean water in Africa
» 23.02.2009 - Burundi calls for protection of Nile River
» 22.01.2009 - Ghana develops policy to conserve river basins
» 18.12.2008 - Africa commits to water development to fight hunger
» 15.12.2008 - Africa summit discuss massive hydro scheme for food and energy security
» 22.10.2008 - SADC groundwater and drought management website launched
» 08.10.2008 - Whales, dolphins and manatees win protection off West Africa waters
» 28.08.2008 - Climate change threatens Africa
» 26.08.2008 - Millions of Africans may face water deficit
» 29.07.2008 - Mozambican women eaten by lions
» 22.07.2008 - Worst floods hit Liberia
» 14.07.2008 - Egypt gives priority to water and sanitary schemes
» 05.05.2008 - Tana biofuel could be illegal
» 02.05.2008 - Niger River to be rescued
» 29.01.2008 - Communities reject soda plant
» 02.11.2007 - All South African industries increase turnover
» 23.08.2007 - Angola: Luanda's residents drink suspect water
» 16.07.2007 - Lake Victorious: weevils defeat water hyacinths
» 11.07.2007 - Togo's costly water project gets funding
» 22.03.2007 - Hot weather declines Ghana water bodies
» 22.01.2007 - Madagascar protects "spectacular" wetlands
» 14.12.2006 - Deadly infection hits Zambezi fish
» 01.11.2005 - Ghana's Songor Lagoon drying up
» 11.03.2005 - Burkina Faso graduates first wetland scientists
» 24.02.2005 - Congo River dam to industrialise Africa, Europe
» 24.01.2005 - Ghana, Burkina Faso to manage Volta Basin
» 20.01.2005 - Disasters increase in numbers in South Africa
» 20.12.2004 - New hope for Algeria's wetlands
» 29.11.2004 - Dam gives way for wetlands in Zambia
» 23.11.2004 - Tunisia committed to wetland protection
» 18.05.2004 - Songwe River sours Malawi, Tanzania environment
» 29.04.2004 - Cameroon orders environmental study of dam project
» 24.03.2004 - Enhanced conservation efforts in flooding Zambezi
» 11.11.2003 - River Niger to be saved from extinction
» 08.07.2003 - Namibian floods subsiding
» 17.06.2003 - New agreement will help restore Zambia's Kafue Flats
» 06.06.2003 - Scandinavians pull out of Uganda's Bujagali project
» 26.05.2003 - Water harvesting promoted in troubled Karamoja Cluster
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