News from category: Environment
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Puntland officials say the most common game in the area is gazelle (such as this one above) and ostrich (file photo)
NAIROBI, 22 October 2009 (IRIN) – Authorities in the self-declared autonomous region …
Photo: Anna Jefferys/IRIN
Members of ICRC-supported market garden association in Three Kilometre village, just north of San Domingos
SAN DOMINGOS, 22 October 2009 (IRIN) – Aid agencies are encouraging communities to diversify their agricultural production …
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An areial view of a flooded area in Somalia: Experts of disaster risk reduction are meeting in Kenya to develop strategies for reducing the negative impact of the evolving El Niño phenomenon …
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People fill buckets from a street tap in Bissau, the Guinea-Bissau capital. Health experts say even if a water source is safe, improper storage can trigger disease (file photo)
DAKAR, 15 October 2009 …
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Only one cloud in sight for these farmers in central Mali, Segou
BAMAKO, 14 October 2009 (IRIN) – The same technology that ski resorts in rich countries have used for decades to …
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A southern Sudanese woman in a hospital: Poor infrastructure prevents access to timely healthcare in the region
JUBA, 12 October 2009 (IRIN) – Efforts to identify a haemorrhagic disease that has killed …
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Fishermen on Lake Tanganyika bring in their catch
MPULUNGU, 13 October 2009 (IRIN) – Frederick Sinjela, a fisherman in Mpulungu district in Northern Province, Zambia, cannot imagine how his actions could affect something as …
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Kuyasa residents turn towards the sun for their energy needs
JOHANNESBURG, 9 October 2009 (IRIN) – As South Africans grapple with huge hikes in their electricity bills, the residents of an informal settlement on …
Photo: Noor Ali/IRIN
A drought reserve borehole in northeastern Kenya (file photo): Water scarcity has worsened a cholera outbreak in the north
LAISAMIS, 9 October 2009 (IRIN) – At least 29 people have died of …
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Watering camels (file photo): Pastoral communities are struggling with persistent drought
GARBATULLA/WAJIR SOUTH, 5 October 2009 (IRIN) – Contingency planning is needed to avoid the effects of perennial drought in the northeastern …
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Until recently, Constance Okollet Ocham thought God was responsible for climate change
CAPE TOWN, 5 October 2009 (IRIN) – The “climate witnesses” – all poor farmers – told a special …
Photo: Manoocher Deghati/IRIN
Even less food over the next few years
JOHANNESBURG, 30 September 2009 (IRIN) – Ongoing extreme changes in Zambia’s climate could bring losses of more than US$4 billion in agricultural income in the …
Photo: Martina Fuchs/IRIN
With about 5 million inhabitants, Alexandria is Egypt’s second biggest city. A rise in sea levels of 50cm could lead to the loss of about 194,000 jobs and the displacement of about …
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Over the past two decades, the Mau complex has lost at least 107,000ha of forest cover due to irregular and unplanned settlements, logging and charcoal burning, as well as increased agriculture (file …
Photo: Mohamed Amin Jibril/IRIN A dead cow (file photo): Severe drought has made food increasingly scarce for the poor because of reduced livestock products and the lack of saleable animals HARGEISA, 24 September 2009 (IRIN) …
Photo: Omar Hassan/IRIN Shelters built by drought-affected pastoralist families in Djiboutiville (file photo) NAIROBI, 24 September 2009 (IRIN) – Recent rains in Djibouti have replenished pasture and water resources, improving the food security situation in …
