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afrol News, 26 October - Villagers around Tanzania’s Lake Natron have vowed to protect the lake and its treasure of Lesser Flamingos Phoeniconaias minor from industrial development, pointing out that their own future depends on the sustainable use of the lake.

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Ghana and Burkina Faso urged to develop strategies on use of Volta River

afrol News, 21 October - Ghana’s Minister for Water Resources, Works and Housing Albert Abongo has urged Ghana and Burkina Faso to lay out clear strategies on the utilisation of the Volta River, saying the river is critical for socio-economic development.

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Chad | West Africa
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Shrinking of Lake Chad could spell regional catastrophe

afrol News, 16 October - Lake Chad, once one of the world’s largest water bodies, could disappear in 20 years due to climate change and population pressures, resulting in a humanitarian disaster in central Africa, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has warned.

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Kenya
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Lake Nakuru becomes Africa's first IBA-branded National Park

afrol News, 12 October - Lake Nakuru National Park, famous for its population of up to 1.5 million non-breeding Lesser Flamingo Phoenicopterus minor, has become the first National Park in Africa to be branded as an Important Bird Area (IBA).

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Mozambique | Southern Africa
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Environmentalists condemn Mozambique's planned damming of Zambezi

afrol News, 8 October - The International Rivers Network has released a new report damning the Mozambican project to dam the Zambezi river and build a huge hydro-power station at Mphanda Nkuwa.

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» 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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