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Ethiopia: Children Threatened by Drought
Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:31:05 GMT
Thousands of vulnerable civilians who left their homes in north-eastern Ethiopia in June because of drought are living in poor conditions in an urban area in Afar region, residents and local officials said on 24 November.
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Nigeria: Climate Change May Sink Lagos
Wed, 03 Dec 2008 11:00:27 GMT
A substantial part of the highbrow area of Lagos State may go under in the next fifty years if the predictions of experts in oceanography are anything to go by.
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Rwanda: Forestry Activists Meet to Review Progress
Wed, 03 Dec 2008 09:45:51 GMT
Local forestry conservation bodies subscribed to the Central African Regional Program for Environment (CARPE), yesterday met to assess the progress that has been made in the previous term and chart a way forward.
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Nigeria: South East Govs Parley Legislators On Ecology, Security
Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:26:59 GMT
The five South-east Governors have engaged Federal legislators and their state counterparts in the zone in an interactive session to find a lasting solution to the ecological and security problems of the region.
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Uganda: Manage Lake Well - Fisheries Boss
Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:02:21 GMT
THE Commissioner for fisheries, Dr. Wilson Waiswa Mwanja, has called for the proper management of Lake Victoria to stop it from drying up.
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South Africa: Van Schalkwyk Urges Focus On Climate Despite Financial Crisis
Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:26:47 GMT
The financial crisis should not be allowed to interfere with the drive to deal with climate change, Environmental Affairs and Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk said yesterday.
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Nigeria: Gas Supply - Sng Signs Mou With Ogun State
Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:09:37 GMT
SHELL Nigeria Gas (SNG) Limited has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Gateway City Development Company Limited for the supply of natural gas to more industries in Ogun State.
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Nigeria: Erosion - Senate to Intervene in Anambra
Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:51:48 GMT
HOPE rose yesterday for solving the problem of gully erosion devastating most parts of Anambra State as the Senate Committee on Environment and Ecology made a firm promise to influence Federal Government's quick intervention in the matter which, it observed calls for a state of emergency.
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Nigeria: FG Signs N34.8 Billion River Niger Dredging Contract
Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:20:29 GMT
The Federal Government yesterday signed a N34.8bn contract for the dredging of the Lower Niger. The project, which covers about 572km stretches from Warri in Delta State to Baro in Niger State.
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Botswana: A-Cap Denies Connection to Nuclear Waste Project
Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:24:12 GMT
Developers of uranium mines in Serule and Letlhakane, A-Cap Resources of Australia have distanced themselves from the nuclear waste facility that will be built at Pilikwe in Tswapong soon.
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