Tagged With Africa
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Study warns warming may outstrip Africa’s ability to feed itself 1
Posted 2 weeks, 5 days ago
By mid-century, climate change may have outrun the ability of Africa's farmers to adapt to rising temperatures, threatening the continent's precarious food security, warns a new study.
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German firms plan huge African solar project: report 1
Posted 2 weeks, 6 days ago
German firms plan to club together next month to turn into reality a dream to generate electricity for Europe in the deserts of north Africa using solar power, a newspaper report said Tuesday.
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How Much Does a Guilty Corporation Owe?
The Unsettling Case of Shell Nigeria 0
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Meat or nothing
While the West will have to eat less meat, Africa might have to eat more 0
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Insanitation
Reports highlight need to support clean water projects in poor countries 0
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago
The failure of governments in both rich and poor countries to prioritize basic sanitation is killing thousands of children every day, according to two reports released today by international aid agencies WaterAid and PATH. And a third report released yesterday suggests that the global economic crisis may increase the death rate, at least in Africa.
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Looking for work?
African ethanol producers accepting employment applications 0
Posted 3 months, 3 weeks agoWanted: Young cane cutters for part time seasonal work. Must be willing to work ten hours a day swinging a machete in tropical sun while wearing gloves, long sleeved shirt, and hat -- no retirement benefits (because you won't live that long). Apply within.
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Chad's Char Challenge
Chad fights charcoal in battle against creeping desert 10
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Big Ethanol descends on Africa for land, water, and sympathetic governments 6
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David Rieff on the Gates Foundation’s ‘Green Revolution in Africa’ 7
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Thought for Food
Gates Foundation wants to boost local agriculture in developing nations 12
Posted 9 months, 2 weeks ago -
Victoria Falling
Climate change, deforestation, erosion take toll on African landscape 5
Posted 1 year ago -
Hard to Stomach
Federal food-aid package promotes GMOs 7
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Do the Congo?
Gigantic hydropower dam planned for Congo River 9
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Oil and the status of women in the Middle East 11
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Deep thought of the day 1
Posted 1 year, 4 months ago -
They're Coming 'Round on Mountain Gorillas
Nations launch new combined effort to save mountain gorillas 0
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High fashion around the globe 0
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There’s a large human cost to subsidizing European fishing fleets in West Africa 16
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Mirror, Mirror, on the Sand
Solar project in African desert could supply clean energy to Europe 4
Posted 1 year, 7 months ago -
A Jolly Good Rockefeller 1
Posted 1 year, 11 months ago