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Kenya: Mombasa Leaders Reject Garbage Collector
Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:31:06 GMT
[Nairobi Star]
A MAJOR row is brewing between an NGO and Mombasa leaders after it was claimed that the organisation has looted millions of shillings from a garbage collection project.
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Kenya: NEMA Orders Lake Naivasha Cleared
Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:23:51 GMT
[Nairobi Star]
Structures on the riparian land around Lake Naivasha will be demolished. The National Environmental Management Authority has directed that all structures on the nearby Lake Oloidien be destroyed with immediate effect.
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Kenya: Water Shortage Hits Amagoro
Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:47:27 GMT
[Nairobi Star]
An acute water shortage has hit Amagoro and its environs forcing residents to fetch the commodity from streams and boreholes.
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Sudan: High Prices Expected to Cause Famine
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:40:27 GMT
[Radio Dabanga]
Hilversum -
An economist at the American University in Cairo, Dr Hamid Tijani Ali has said he expects Sudan to face famine conditions in the near future, due to restrictions on the availability of consumer goods and subsequent high prices.
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Southern Africa: Cleaner Energy Sources Grow
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:17:56 GMT
[SANF]
Southern Africa will in the next few years experience a gradual increase in the uptake of cleaner energy sources that could result in reduced carbon emissions.
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Mauritania: Ravaged By Drought - the Number of Malnourished Children Rises
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:43:27 GMT
[IPS]
Nouakchott -
Mariem Mint Ahmedou sits cross-legged on a worn-out carpet in a basic tent built with mud bricks and layers of sewn-together fabric. Her eight-month-old twins, Hussein and Hassan, lie weakly against her body. Both of them have been malnourished since birth, because Beydar, undernourished herself, cannot produce enough breast milk to feed them.
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East Africa: Fears of a New Drought As La Niña Returns
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:41:19 GMT
[IRIN]
Johannesburg -
The climatic conditions linked to the drought in the Horn in 2011 have persisted, and some early warning officials say the aid community should brace themselves for a possible re-run of last year's food crisis.
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West Africa: Increase in Electronic Waste Threatens Environment
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:38:33 GMT
[UN News]
West Africa is facing a significant increase in waste generated by electronic equipment which poses mounting health and environmental risks, according to a United Nations report released today.
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Somalia: Smugglers Force 22 Overboard in Boat Tradedy
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:16:51 GMT
[UN News]
At least 11 people have drowned and another 34 are missing in the latest boat tragedy in the Gulf of Aden, the United Nations refugee agency reported today.
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Uganda: 'Probe Mutukula Water Project'
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:17:25 GMT
[Observer]
The minister of state for Environment, Flavia Munaba, has called for an investigation in the water department of the ministry of Water and Environment after reports emerged that the UN Habitat-funded water project for Mutukula border town in Rakai district has flopped.
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