Ouverture de la Conférence internationale annuelle sur le Karité à Cotonou
mediaterre.org | 30 Apr 2012
Le ministre béninois de l'Industrie, du Commerce, des Petites et Moyennes entreprises, Mme Mandina Séfou, a procédé mercredi à Cotonou à l'ouverture de la 5e édition de la conférence internationale annuelle sur le karité, dont l'objectif est à examiner l'impact considérable du karité sur les moyens...
 Benin | Access to Information | Agriculture | Economics and the Environment

Nigeria: Shell a fourni des informations très inexactes au sujet d'un déversement de pétrole dans le...
fr.allafrica.com | 23 Apr 2012
Selon une évaluation indépendante que se sont procurés Amnesty International et le Centre pour l'environnement, les droits humains et le développement (CEHRD), un déversement de pétrole bien plus grave que Shell ne l'a reconnu a eu lieu dans le delta du Niger. Ce document révèle que le géant...
 Nigeria | Access to Information | Economics and the Environment | Pollution

Countries failing to report cholera outbreaks, says report
SCIDEV.NET | 19 Mar 2012
New estimates of cholera infection rates suggest only around a tenth of all cases are being reported to the World Health Organisation.
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In Brief: Weather data for all
IRIN News | 01 Feb 2012
JOHANNESBURG 01 February 2012 (IRIN) - Disaster risk reduction officials planning emergency responses now have the option to consult a new online international weather, climate and water system operated by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
 Access to Information | Climate Change Impacts | Climate Variability

Farmer who took Mugabe to court dies
The Independent | 11 Apr 2011
MIKE Campbell (78), the commercial farmer who made legal history when he took President Robert Mugabe to the Sadc Tribunal in 2007, challenging the chaotic land reform and won the case a year later, passed away at his temporary home in Harare yesterday.Campbell reportedly never recovered from the abduction and the brutal beatings meted out to him, his wife Angela and son-in-law Ben Freeth by Zanu PF supporters on June 29 2008, two days after the Presidential run-off election.
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South Sudan: Annual Needs and Livelihoods Analysis - January 2011
feedproxy.google.com | 07 Apr 2011
The findings of the 2010/11 Annual Needs and Livelihood Analysis (ANLA) indicate an improvement in food security compared to 2009. About 9.7% of the population will be severely food insecure compared to 21% in 2009. This severely food insecure is the segment of the population that is generally...
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ZIMBABWE: Desperate measures in times of hunger
IRIN News | 05 Apr 2011
A mother of four in Zimbabwes rural Midlands Province gave her husband custody of her children, after divorcing him three years ago, because the failing crops on her two-acre plot meant she would be unable to feed them. "I had no choice but to bring the children to their father [in the capital,...
 Zimbabwe | Access to Information | Agriculture | Drought | Food Security | Health and Environment

Kenya: Weather Outlook for the March-May 2011 'Long-Rains' Season
feedproxy.google.com | 05 Apr 2011
The October-December "Short-Rains" 2010 rainfall was highly depressed over most parts of the country except the western highlands, parts of the central Rift Valley and Nairobi area where near average rainfall was recorded. This was mainly attributed to the prevailing La Nina conditions in the eastern and central equatorial Pacific Ocean which has an influence of weather over Kenya through tele-connections. Rainfall Outlook for the 2011 "Long Rains" (March to May) Season.
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Sudan MP says 150,000 starving in Red Sea state
feedproxy.google.com | 02 Apr 2011
A Sudanese opposition MP said on Saturday that 150,000 people are suffering from hunger in his constituency in an impoverished region of Red Sea state and called on those responsible to resign. "150,000 people living in 40 villages in south Tokar are suffering from hunger," said Hamid Idriss, who represents the region in the Red Sea state assembly.
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Agriculture pillars critical to agric recovery
The Standard | 28 Mar 2011
FARMERS are the backbone of all agricultural systems, without farmers there would be no food and inadequate raw materials. Farmers are facing the following challenges: Inadequate funding, especially long-term loans and capital funds. Low viability due to low producer prices. Inadequate farm equipment and irrigation infrastructure. All our farmers unions should work 24/7 to mobilise farmers and lobby for their various requirements including conducive policies on agriculture.
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