Category: Africa

Alarming 25 Countries Go Hungry

WASHINGTON - Poverty, conflict and political instability mean some one billion people went hungry this year, many of them

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High level of toxic metals in water

Alarmingly high levels of deadly toxic metals in Grahamstown’s tap water has scientists worried about the future health of

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Kenya’s famous elephants die of drought, poaching

NAIROBI, Kenya -- Poaching and drought-related hunger have killed more than 100 of Kenya's famous elephants in the north

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Storm Irina Killed 72 In Madagascar

ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) - At least 72 people were killed when the tropical storm Irina hit northern Madagascar in late

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Food Aid Suspended In Somalia

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Thursday it had suspended food distribution to 1.1 million

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Tanzania Drought Turns To Floods

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AlertNet) – Pius Yanda, one of the authors of a recent report on extreme weather

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Climate Kills 1000’s African Trees

Trees are dying in the Sahel, a region in Africa south of the Sahara Desert, and human-caused climate change

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Activists Unhappy At Climate Deal

European ministers say they have made a significant step in securing a deal to draw up a new international

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Permafrost Loss Gets Worse

The threat to climate change posed by thawing permafrost, which could release stocks of stored carbon, is greater than

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Toxic Timebomb In South Africa

We meet Mariette Lieferink in a McDonalds near Gauteng, on the edge of Johannesburg, buying a dozen sickly sweet

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