Category: Africa

Nine dead as fierce floods hit Algeria

Eight people were swept away by flash floods and a ninth was killed by lightning as more thunderstorms lashed

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South Africa won’t sign emission cut targets if they hurt growth

South Africa, a major polluter due to its dependence on coal-fired electricity, will not agree to any emission-cutting targets

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Nigeria: ‘Floods Render 150,000 Homeless’

Abuja — About one hundred and fifty thousand Nigerians have been displaced by floods due to recent torrential rain-falls

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Heavy Rains, Fierce Floods displace 350,000 in West Africa

Some 350,000 people in West Africa have been affected by serious flooding, the United Nations said Friday, noting that

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Africa to abandon climate talks if demands not met: Ethiopian PM

African nations will walk out of climate change talks in Copenhagen if their demands, including hefty compensations from the

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Banana diseases threaten African crop

Two banana diseases spreading in Africa could hurt food supply for 30 million people on the continent who largely

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New cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe

Cases in rural east of country raise fears of repeat of recent epidemic that killed more than 4,000 people.

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5 million Zimbabweans face starvation

HARARE, Zimbabwe (CNN) -- The "humanitarian situation remains serious" in Zimbabwe amid cholera, starvation and a continuing economic crisis,

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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

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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

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