RedskyNews Category: Af – Environment
Mutant Polio Virus Spreads rapidly in Nigeria
124 Children Afflicted This Year By Paralyzing Disease, Believed To Be Caused By Same Vaccine Used To Fight It Polio, the dreaded paralyzing disease stamped out in the industrialized world, is spreading in Nigeria. And health officials say in some
Kenya may lose all its lions in 20 years
Kenya’s lion population could disappear altogether in the next 20 years because of climate change, habitat destruction, disease and conflict with humans, the country’s wildlife authority said on Monday. Lions are one of the so-called Big Five along with elephants,
Drought and Famine: Ethiopia’s deadly Cycle Continues
As Ethiopia remains caught in a deadly cycle of drought and famine, aid agencies warn that erratic rainfall and ever-rising food costs are compounding the problems carried over from last year’s drought to leave 6.2 million people in need of
Wild Winds whip up fierce forest fires on Spain’s Canary Islands
LA PALMA, Canary Islands — Strong winds fanned forest fires for a second day Sunday on the Spanish Canary Island of La Palma, and firefighters were forced to retreat as flames raged out of control near two towns. Prime Minister
Climate change to hit Africa fisheries hard-study
African nations will be the most vulnerable to the impact of climate change on fisheries, ranging from damage to coral reefs to more severe river floods, according to a study of 132 nations on Thursday. Angola and the Democratic Republic
Rabies Plague kills over 50 Angolan children in 3 months
LUANDA – Rabies has killed over 50 children in Angola’s capital Luanda in the past three months, raising alarm in a city with thousands of stray dogs whose infected bite can transmit the virus to humans, a health official said
Pollution trial opens in Ivory Coast
ABIDJAN (AFP) – The trial opened in Ivory Coast on Monday of 12 people charged with involvement in a 2006 toxic waste scandal which killed 17 Ivorians and poisoned thousands. Nine of the 12 were in court to face a
Drought and soaring food prices threaten millions of Somalis
ROME (Reuters) – Soaring food prices, a devalued currency and drought mean millions of people in Somalia cannot feed themselves, the United Nations have said. And the crisis will get much worse if April-June rains fail or are well below
Extreme weather starving Uganda’s pastoralists
The semi-arid region has typically experienced drought since the 1960s, every five to 10 years. But since 2000, the phenomenon has become more frequent and more disastrous. Karamoja, which has no irrigation system, has suffered extreme drought for two years
Arsenic poisoning water wells
OUAGADOUGOU, With signs that people are developing diseases linked to arsenic poisoning, the government said that it had turned off pumps to 11 deep-water wells in areas in the north of Burkina Faso. “People were coming to our health centres
