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Cholera Claims 23 Lives in Tanzania

By: 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

  By: 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

Western 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

By: 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

By: 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

By: 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

Five 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

  More 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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Somaliland Cancels Independence Day Celebration On Account Of Drought

  Somalia’s breakaway Somaliland declared that it has canceled this year’s celebrations of the day the region declared independence from the rest of Somalia, Somaliland Information Minister said. According to.

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Somalia Children may Suffer Acute Malnutrition due to Drought

Some 1.4 million children in drought-hit Somalia are projected to suffer acute malnutrition this year, 50 percent more than estimated in January, the U.N. Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said in.

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