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ENERGY-TANZANIA: Charcoal a Dirty Trade-Off By Jessie Boylan DAR ES SALAAM - The sun is setting slowly over Dar es Salaam's Tabata Changombe neighbourhood. Ameenah and Skukulu Juma lean against the corrugated iron walls of their makeshift charcoal shop. MORE >>
CLIMATE CHANGE: Women Central to Adaptation, Mitigation By Nastasya Tay PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa - Poor women will bear the greatest ‘climate burden’, says the United Nations Population Fund in its 2009 State of the World Population report, released today. MORE >>
DEVELOPMENT: Climate Change Likely to Increase African Hunger Woes By Julio Godoy BERLIN - Africa, the continent already most affected by hunger and food scarcity, is likely to see its woes increased due to climate change and the changing rain patterns it provokes, experts and scientists say. MORE >>
HEALTH-EGYPT: Over the Top With Anti-Swine Flu Steps By Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa al-Omrani CAIRO - As authorities consider suspending a whole academic year to check the spread of swine flu among school children there is a feeling that measures to contain the H1N1 virus - known to be less dangerous than the one responsible for seasonal flu - are going over the top. MORE >>
WATER-ZAMBIA: Worries Ahead of Flood Season By Lloyd Himaambo SHANGOMBO DISTRICT, Zambia - The Zambezi is home to the fishing community on Mbeta Island. But after the river rose and swallowed their homes last year, they have learned to fear it as well. MORE >>
UGANDA: "Mount Elgon Eviction Has Reduced Us to Beggars"* By Wambi Michael MOUNT ELGON, Uganda - "We have been reduced to begging from relatives and to migrate to urban areas where life is not safe. We were living in the mountain for more than 200 years. Transferring us means burying us, completely. We want to stay in our area and develop." MORE >>
CLIMATE CHANGE: Africa Told 'Stop Playing the Victim' By Kristin Palitza CAPE TOWN - Critics of carbon trading, a strategy meant to combat global warming, say the buying and selling of carbon credits is being exploited. MORE >>
CLIMATE CHANGE: Africa In the Global Carbon Trade By Kristin Palitza CAPE TOWN - Carbon trading, as promoted by the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), has become a key global strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. MORE >>
WEST AFRICA: Helping Pirates to Plunder the Oceans By Hilaire Avril PARIS - West Africa is one of the world’s regions most affected by pirate fishers. Illegal, unreported or unregulated fishing has been devastating local livelihoods and ecosystems for decades. National fisheries management authorities are often helpless to protect their maritime resources. MORE >>
AFRICA: We Are the Government By Jessie Boylan LAGO DISTRICT, Mozambique - As if they were going to the races, Emma Musako and Monica Mhango showed up in their finest outfits to attend a meeting on the health, social and environmental impacts of uranium mining. They came because they, like the other attendees, no longer want to remain uninformed citizens. MORE >>
ZIMBABWE: Numerous Challenges For Harare Water Supply By Vusumuzi Sifile HARARE - Harare mayor Muchadeyi Masunda is a troubled man. When he took office in July 2008, one of his most immediate tasks was to resolve the water crisis in the capital. MORE >>
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