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Chinese Feed Illegal Ivory Trade By Cam McGrath CAIRO - The illegal trade in ivory continues in Egypt, with ivory products sold openly in local tourist markets by traders who operate with impunity, a new study by the conservation group Traffic has found. MORE >>
WEST AFRICA Water Shortage Threatens Wildlife By Brahima Ouédraogo OUAGADOUGOU - The story of a pair of buffalo aggressively prowling the edges of a village in eastern Burkina Faso is a warning sign of severe water stress in the region which threatens humans and wild animals alike. MORE >>
AFRICA Miracle Tree is Like a Supermarket By Kristin Palitza CAPE TOWN - When a food crisis hits the continent, African countries tend to look to the international donor community to mobilise aid. But a fast-growing, drought- resistant tree with extremely nutritious leaves could help poor, arid nations to fight food insecurity and malnutrition on their own. MORE >>
KENYA Key Lakes Succumb to Human Activities By Peter Kahare RIFT VALLEY, Kenya - Several years ago, Lakes Kamnarok and Ol Bollosat in Kenya were vibrant water bodies that supported and shaped the ecosystems around them. But today they are shells of their former selves, due to heavy siltation caused by human activities. MORE >>
Brown Revolution Brings New Hope By Busani Bafana VICTORIA FALLS - Picking spots for cattle to graze could reverse desertification and even do its bit to retard climate change, new experiments in Zimbabwe have shown. It’s what is coming to be called the Brown Revolution. MORE >>
CAMEROON Stepping Naturally Away from Plastic By Ngala Killian Chimtom YAOUNDÉ - Maya Stella, a restaurant manager in the capital of Cameroon, no longer uses plastic to wrap the corn-fufu that she sells to her customers. She now uses banana or plantain leaves instead, because these are "natural and it is our African culture to use leaves in wrapping food." MORE >>
SUDAN No Clear Studies on Impacts of Merowe Dam By Reem Abbas KHARTOUM - The multi-billion dollar Merowe Dam on the Nile River more than doubled Sudan's electricity supply, but its environmental impacts are still unknown to the public, and communities whose villages were flooded have not yet received compensation. MORE >>
KENYA Medical Waste Poses Serious Threat to Scavengers By David Njagi NAIROBI - For Collins Otieno, the onset of a new day ushers in mixed fortunes that can either earn him some money or expose him to infection, as he struggles to make ends meet by scavenging for waste. MORE >>
SWAZILAND Processing Plant Threatens Water in Capital By Mantoe Phakathi MBABANE - A multi-million dollar iron-ore reprocessing plant in the northern part of Swaziland, owned by Indian mining company Salgaocar, is threatening the water security of local communities and even the country’s capital city, Mbabane. MORE >>
SIERRA LEONE Local Communities Divided Over Mining in Rainforest By Meena Bhandari FREETOWN - Sierra Leone’s Gola Rainforest remains a centre of contention as the local community here plan to take their chief to court next week over a controversial 50-year land lease to a mining company. MORE >>
CLIMATE CHANGE Waiting for the "Heavens to Weep" By Ignatius Banda BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe - Duduzile Sibanda takes a break from preparing her long stretch of land for her maize crop in rural Mberengwa, in Zimbabwe’s Midlands province. She wipes her brow under the scorching sun and looks upwards. The sparse clouds are a cause of concern as she studies the sky and wonders aloud when the "heavens will weep." MORE >>
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