Asia-Pacific Disaster Report 2017
Asia and the Pacific is the region most affected by natural disasters which hit hardest at the poorest countries and communities. And on present trends, as more migrants crowd into slums and shanty towns
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Sooty birds' reveal hidden US air pollution
Soot trapped in the feathers of songbirds over the past 100 years is causing scientists to revise their records of air pollution. US researchers measured the black carbon found on 1,300 larks, woodpeckers
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Network to share £2m funding to tackle household fuel air pollution in Africa
A Network of partnerships established to look into and find solutions to air pollution in sub-Saharan Africa has received a £2 million funding. According to a press release from the University of Portsmouth
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Low quality solar products dominate market
According to the report funded by WB’s International Finance Corporation (IFC), the market is largely dominated by low quality solar products. IFC’s Resident Representative in Tanzania, Uganda and South
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Seychelles Embraces More Clean Energy, Announces Plans for Led Street Lights, Solar Panels At Schools
A new programme in Seychelles focusing on energy efficiency in state buildings and street lighting will soon launch. Called 'Smart Energy in Public Spaces,' the new programme will include the installation
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World Bank-IFC initiative promotes solar off-grid lighting in Tanzania
A joint World Bank-IFC programme and innovation, Lighting Africa, has announced the launch of a two-year consumer education campaign in Tanzania to promote solar off-grid lighting and energy products in
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Kenya: Drought Puts Millions of Kenyans At Risk of Starvation
Up to 3.4 million Kenyans are facing hunger as a result of prolonged drought, which has affected food production. Millions of animals, both domestic and wild, are also suffering devastating effects
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Somalia seeks long-term solutions to recurrent drought
The Somali government has kicked off a Drought Impact Needs Assessment (DINA), which will identify the drivers and impact of recurrent drought, and outline long-term solutions that can prevent famine as
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At least 3 dead, 18 injured during severe storms
Johannesburg - Severe thunderstorms that hit various parts of the country on Monday afternoon left at least three people dead and eighteen injured. Several homes and buildings were also destroyed and roads
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South Africa to restock Chad with black rhinos
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa will relocate six endangered black rhinos to Chad where the animal was hunted to local extinction decades ago, the environment ministry in Pretoria said. If the
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Tanzania suspends aerial wildlife census over reduced visibility
DAR ES SALAAM Tanzania (Xinhua) -- Tanzanian authorities said Friday they have halted field work for a new aerial wildlife census in the Selous-Mikumi ecosystem due to unusual field conditions. “Unusually
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Rising number of children prey to deadly malnutrition in conflict-hit Mali: UN
Tens of thousands of children in Mali are prey to life-threatening malnutrition as violence and displacement fuel a deepening nutrition crisis in the West African nation, the United Nations children's
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Tensions flare as food rations to refugees slashed by half in Uganda
The flood of people fleeing South Sudan, coupled with delays and constraints on funding, has lead to food rations to refugees being slashed by half. According to agencies working on the ground in Uganda,
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FAO calls for new food systems to conquer malnutrition in all its forms
Companies and consumers must step up their efforts to overhaul the world's food systems at a time when the twin spectres of hunger and obesity are both on the rise, FAO Director-General Jose Graziano da
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Younger farmers and more tractors: Africa needs to scale up, says report
African farming must modernise and replace its ageing workforce if the continent is going to be able to feed its rising population, a report by leading economists has warned. A transformation from small-scale
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Ethnic land dispute forces thousands to flee in Ivory Coast cocoa belt
An ethnic-fuelled land dispute has driven thousands of farmers off illegal plantations in Ivory Coast's main cocoa belt, threatening the start of the harvest in the world's top producer. Humanitarian
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Government to phase out importation of seeds
With effect from 2018, the Government will not buy soya seeds from outside the country and will, by the end of the next year, completely halt importation of wheat. The development was revealed by the
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World Bank sets aside 150 mln USD to support Zambia's agriculture sector
The World Bank has set aside 150 million U.S. dollars as budget support to Zambia's agriculture sector, a senior government official said on Monday. Ministry of Finance Permanent Secretary Mukuli Chikuba
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Protests test tribal authority on South Africa's platinum belt
A new power struggle is unfolding in South Africa’s old homelands between global mining giants, traditional leaders and an impoverished rural populace. Parts of an industry long used to labour unrest
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Morocco prepares to test 'fastest train in Africa'
RABAT – Engineers in Morocco are preparing to test the Arab world's first high-speed railway this week with trains reaching 320 kilometres (200 miles) per hour, the country's rail office said Monday.