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Young girl at 2009 carnival in Mindelo, Cape Verde
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Africa prepares for carnival season

afrol News - Africa's many carnivals are not the most internationally known, but Cape Verde, Angola, Guinea-Bissau and Mozambique carnivals have long traditions. Newcomer Seychelles this year offers a tourism-adapted carnival.

Infrastructure in Bissau is run-down
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Guinea-Bissau gets power aid from neighbours

afrol News - West African neighbours of Guinea-Bissau have decided to sponsor the impoverished country with an emergency power supply worth US$ 10 million. Power supply is extremely erratic in Guinea-Bissau.


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Mangroves in the Casamance (Senegal)
Environment - Nature | Science - Education

The Mangroves
an undervalued ecosystem


afrol News - Historically classified "unhealthy wastelands" or "useless swamps" by development-eager authorities and businesses, the mangrove forests actually are one of the most fascinating resources in tropical Africa. The trees manage to live on the edge between flooding rivers, tidal waves intruding with salt water and the drylands, where they create new land and environs rich in fish, birds, wood and other resources. Finally, their value is being discovered.

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