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Floods, Mudslides Kill Dozens in Kenya
At least 20 people have been confirmed dead and 26 others remain missing following raging floods and mudslides in Kenya's North Rift region (file photo).
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Africa: Climate Conversations 2012 and Beyond
Solar panels in Tunisia: Bloomberg New Energy Finance reports that global investment in renewable energy was around $250 billion in 2012.
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Liberian President Takes on Illegal Logging
Following mounting reports of 'secret logging contracts' being awarded in Liberia, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has begun to take action against those accused of engaging in dubious land deals.
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UN Probes Rebels After Poaching Reports
The United Nation Security Council has called for an investigation into reports that rebels from the Lord's Resistance Army are illegally trafficking ivory.
Activist Urges Govts to Accept Climate Science
Activists attending the United Nations climate change conference, or COP18, in Doha are calling for governments to get serious about reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Fight to Save Africa's Richest Rainforest
Palm nuts: Activists say protests against a palm oil plantation in southwest Cameroon will continue despite arrests and intimidation by local authorities. More
Tobacco Farms Drive Deforestation in Tanzania
Experts say the cutting of trees for firewood to cure tobacco has been a major driver of deforestation in Tanzania. More
Renewable Energy - the Answer to Africa's Power Deficit?
Installing solar panels in the DR-Congo: Africa is home to 15 percent of the world's population yet its per capita energy consumption is one-sixth of the global average. More
New Dam a Disaster for East Africa?
Ethiopia's plans for a massive new hydropower dam to be built on the river has been met with concern by environmental experts and political commentators. More
Top Headlines
- Central Africa: Poaching Fuels Ugandan, Sudanese Militia (African Arguments)
- Kenya: 14-Year-Old Inventor Tapped For TED Talks (The Star)
- Liberia: Rights Group Urges Sirleaf to Heed Forest Report (New Dawn)
- Kenya: Poaching Hurting Business - Tour Operators (The Star)
- Uganda: Tourism Numbers Growing (EA Business)
- Kenya: Company Counts Losses After Paraffin Spill (The Star)
- Liberia: Stop the Unwarranted Act (Heritage)
- Liberia: Govt Stay Order Contravenes Senate Resolution, Constitution (Heritage)
- Africa: Forest Carbon Partnership Facility to Get Extra U.S.$180 Million Funding (Ghanaian Chronicle)
- Ghana: MP Calls for Proper Management of E-Waste (Ghanaian Chronicle)
- Ghana: Cabinet Approves U.S.$940 Million Sanitation Investment Plan (Ghanaian Chronicle)
- Nigeria: Arepo - NEMA Recovers Three Bodies, Six Vandals' Boats (This Day)
- Zimbabwe: Beware of Dangers of Current Good Rains, Save Lives (The Herald)
- Zimbabwe: High Density Suburbs Without Water for Months (SW Radio)
- Liberia: In Vahun, Lofa County - 'Illegal' Sawing Placed On Hold (Heritage)
- Liberia: U.S.$180 Million to Fight Climate Change - As Liberia Faces Serious Threats (Informer)
- Kenya: Internal Security Minister to Meet Tana Elders (The Star)
- Egypt: Water Resources and Irrigation Minister - Egypt's Quota of Nile Water Is Not Enough (Egypt Online)
- Zimbabwe: Food Security Under Pressure (The Herald)
- Rwanda: Dry Taps in Rwamagana Worry Residents (New Times)
- Eritrea: Farmers in Metkel-Abet Call For Renovation of Water Canal (Shabait)
- Ethiopia: Collateral Damage (Addis Fortune)
- Kenya: Kenya Power Blamed Water Shortage (The Star)
- Kenya: Kiambere Girl Killed By Crocodile Buried (The Star)
- Kenya: Nema in Pokot Tree Campaign (The Star)
- Uganda: Oil, Energy on National Agenda (EA Business)
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