Uganda: Government Attributes Low Economy Performance to Drought
01/06/2017Uganda’s growth rate has dropped to 3.9% as a result of the drought that damaged the country’s agricultural sector and has caused it to yield a low output to the.
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Sudan: Diarrhea Outbreak Claims 75 Lives
31/05/2017Cases of cholera and watery diarrhea in Sudan have increased in White Nile State with 75 deaths, and 4,188 infections, the state’s governor said Tuesday. “The number of infection cases.
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Cholera Claims 23 Lives in Tanzania
30/05/2017By: Miracle Nwankwo The unfortunate outbreak of cholera in Zanzibar, Tanzania has claimed about 23 people since the beginning of March this year. In a statement, the acting minister of.
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How ‘Water Crisis’ Affects Malawi
25/05/2017By: Pius Nyondo Baseflow, a team of water engineers in the country, has described the reality of access to safe and clean water in the country as unfortunate, saying.
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South Africa: Western Cape Declared Disaster Area
23/05/2017Western Cape premier Helen Zille has recently declared the province a disaster area while urging residents to manage their water supplies more efficiently as the South African region tries to.
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Investors Urged to Support Forest and Landscape Restoration
17/05/2017By: Emmanuel Ntirenganya Investing in forest and landscape restoration as well as ensuring their sustainability will improve livelihoods of African people, experts have said. Speaking at a two-day Forest and.
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West Africa National Forest Investment Plan Validated
16/05/2017By: Samba Jawo Stakeholders in the forestry management recently validated the draft document of the National Forest Investment Plan of the ECOWAS member states in the framework of the Technical.
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ETHIOPIA: Effectively Tackling Drought, Famine
15/05/2017By: Solomon Dibaba Drought-induced food shortage has been a major challenge for Ethiopia over the last fifty years. The 1973, 1984 and cyclic droughts of recent times have all been.
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KENYA: Five Die in Raging Flood
11/05/2017Five people have died in various parts of Kwale County after they were swept away by raging floods as heavy rains continue pounding the Coast region. Kwale Governor Salim Mvurya.
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Over a Million Children Flee South Sudan
08/05/2017More than 1 million children have fled South Sudan’s civil war, two United Nations agencies said Monday, part of the world’s fastest growing refugee crisis. Another 1 million South.
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