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Climate change hits fishing ec...
Climate change hits fishing economies
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Eight countries - four in Africa and four in Asia - have been identified as those most economically vulnerable to the effects of climate change on...
SOUTH AFRICA: Desmond Doshane,...
SOUTH AFRICA: Desmond Doshane, "I want a president who can unite everyone"
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Desmond Doshane, 19, is one of 1.6 million newly registered South African voters. He will be casting a ballot for the first time in elections due in...
Greenpeace opens African Offic...
Greenpeace opens African Office - focusing on climate change, deforestation and overfishing
Friday, November 14, 2008
Greenpeace Africa opened its first office in Johannesburg today, announcing a long-term commitment to building a strong presence in Africa dedicated...
DRC: What will stop the fighti...
DRC: What will stop the fighting?
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
A pledge by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to complement UN peacekeeping forces in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) with...
Miriam Makeba remembered
Miriam Makeba remembered
Monday, November 10, 2008
Singer decried hunger, violence and poverty The sudden death of South African singer and human rights activist Miriam Makeba, 76, has claimed the...
SOUTHERN AFRICA: The elephant ...
SOUTHERN AFRICA: The elephant in the room
Sunday, November 9, 2008
South African National Parks (SANParks) controversially auctioned off 47 metric tonnes (mt) of stockpiled ivory on 6 November, earning the government...
GREAT LAKES: Trying not to rep...
GREAT LAKES: Trying not to repeat history
Sunday, November 9, 2008
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is on the brink of slipping back into the kind of devastating international war that raged from 1998 to 2003,...
SOUTH AFRICA: Thousands of liv...
SOUTH AFRICA: Thousands of lives lost in treatment delays
Saturday, November 8, 2008
A new study estimates that more than 330,000 HIV-positive South Africans lost their lives between 2000 and 2005 as a direct result of government...
SOUTH AFRICA: Country needs fr...
SOUTH AFRICA: Country needs free universal education
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
The South African government should aim for free universal education, backed up by teacher training so as to make a significant impact on the quality...
GLOBAL: Climate change may dro...
GLOBAL: Climate change may drown cities
Saturday, November 1, 2008
People in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, prefer to commute in three-wheeled autorickshaws, taxis and buses that run on compressed natural gas...
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