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Angola: Wastes Management Plan Submitted to Govt Soon
[ANGOP] Luanda - The Urban Wastes Strategic Management Plan (PERGRU), comprising three essential axes, with measures to eliminate garbage from urban centres, will soon be submitted to the Government for analysis and approval.
AllAfrica | 18-May-2012 10:08

Angola: Country, UK Share Experience in Energy, Water Sector
[ANGOP] Luanda - The Angolan minister of Energy and Water, João Baptista Borges, met in Luanda with his British counterpart, Lord Jonathan Marland, with whom he discussed the possibility of cooperation in the sector.
AllAfrica | 18-May-2012 10:08

Namibia: Company Cleans Up Mining Areas
[Namibian] NAMDEB has partnered up with SA Metal Namibia (SAMN) to embark on a scrap metal removal programme from its mining areas to ensure the minimal impact of the waste on the environment.
AllAfrica | 18-May-2012 09:51

Rwanda: Gakenke - Rema Urges Leaders to Protect Environment
[News of Rwanda] The local leaders have been asked to protect the environment by putting in consideration the government's program so as to reduce effects of climate changes that has caused many kinds of disasters in different places.
AllAfrica | 18-May-2012 09:35

Africa: Cassava Comes to the Table
[AlertNet] It might be an abuse of artistic license, but 2012 might well be remembered as the first International Year of Cassava - in all but name.
AllAfrica | 18-May-2012 09:27

Ghana: VRA Cuts Power to Wenchi Water Works - 0ver Gh¢200,000 Debt
[Ghanaian Chronicle] Wenchi - Water has become scarce for people within the Wenchi township, following a decision by the Volta River Authority (VRA) to disconnect power to the Wenchi Community Water Supply Project, for the nonpayment of a GH¢200,000 debt.
AllAfrica | 18-May-2012 09:18

Sudan: Lakes State Governor Calls for Increased Agricultural Production
[Sudan Tribune] Juba - The governor of Lakes state, Chol Tong Mayay, has declared every Friday during this rain season as a half working day at all level in state government institutions, in order for employees to join their respective families in cultivating the land.
AllAfrica | 18-May-2012 09:04

Gabon: President Bongo Presents Strategy for Development
[Office of the President of Gabon] London, 17th of May 2012 - The President of the Gabonese Republic, Ali Bongo Ondimba delivered a speech entitled 'Investing for the Future' at the world-renowned foreign policy think tank, Chatham House. Over the course of an hour, he presented his vision for economic development for Gabon to an audience of researchers and business leaders.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 22:32

Southern Africa: Business Leaders Join Forces to Meet Global Health Goals
[SciDev.Net] Business leaders from India, Sub-Saharan Africa and the United States have joined forces to tackle a wide range of global health issues in the developing world and accelerate the translation of research into life-saving products.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 19:56

Flash Floods Sweep Away Livestock, Property in Gilgil
[The Star] Several houses, crops and livestock have been swept away by floods in Gilgil town. Tens of residents of Mbegi Estate in the outskirts of Gilgil had to sleep in the cold on Tuesday night after a heavy downpour left a trail of destruction. During the three hour downpour, over 30 sheep and goats, tens of chicken and household goods were washed away. And hours after the heavy rains, some of the homes were not accessible.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 19:20

North Africa: Joint Maritime Exercise Commences
[U.S. Africa Command] Souda Bay, Crete - Service members from European, North African and U.S. Naval forces participated in a pre-sail conference kickoff for Exercise Phoenix Express 2012 (PE12) at the NATO Maritime Interdiction Operational Training Center (NMIOTC) in Souda Bay, May 16.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 19:17

Burangi Residents Want Bridge
[The Star] Residents of Burangi in Magarini district want the government to build a bridge at River Sabaki. "Currently, we are risking our lives crossing the flooded river with small canoes to transport products to Malindi and access our houses and schools. This is dangerous and could lead to loss of lives," said Timothy Koe, who spoke for them. Koe said a seasonal river sprouts up in the area during the rainy season, making it completely inaccessible.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 19:16

Kenya: Charcoal Burners and Loggers Deface Kijabe
[The Star] Kijabe's beautiful valleys and water springs could soon be no more if the current wanton felling of trees for charcoal is not stopped. The estimated 110,000 people in the area could continue living in fear of landslides as the trees that have covered the undulating valleys for years are ferried at night as timber while some are converted into charcoal.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 18:58

100 Displaced in Gucha Amidst Fears of Landslides From Floods
[The Star] Hundreds of villagers have been evacuated in Nyamache district after fears that a landslide might occur in the area. The more than 100 people were moved after huge cracks developed in their land at Riontweka village. More than 25 families are affected according to area DC Stanley Too. The affected people are camping at Emanga PAG church.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 18:57

Kenya: Sh301 Million to End Narok Flooding
[The Star] Ewaso Ng'iro South Development Authority is seeking Sh301 million to control the serious incidents of floods and disasters that has frequently hit Narok Town. Authority managing director Charles Sunkuli said that funds would help them in the construction of check dams and storage reservoirs in the town and Suswa area. Addressing reporters in his office yesterday, Sunkuli said that the authority is currently carrying out a feasibility study on the floods intervention.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 18:57

Kenya: 2.7 Million Girls to Get Free Sanitary Towels
[The Star] MORE than 2. 7 million girls in public schools will benefit from free supply of sanitary towels as part of the government's efforts to reduce drop out rates. Prime Minister Raila Odinga's wife Ida Odinga said the government plans to start supplying sanitary towels to all girls in public schools in the next two weeks. Speaking in Kisumu Ida said the long awaited programme that has been delayed due to financial constraints will start off in all primary schools in two weeks time.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 18:52

Considering Putting Your Security Environment On an IP Platform?
[Biz-Community] The evolution to internet protocol (IP)-based networked cameras and video solutions for security surveillance and remote monitoring offers a number of benefits, not least the ability to integrate with existing systems, like access control and building management systems. In combination, these systems offer exponentially more benefits, but putting it all together smartly requires some expertise and forethought.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 18:42

Floods Cut Off Import Entry At Malaba
[New Vision] Traffic flow on the great northern corridor on Malaba - Tororo high way was Wednesday paralyzed for more than three hours after Nyalakot and Nyamatunga bridges were sub merged by the floods.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 18:08

South Africa: Govt Makes Some Strides in Fight Against Poaching
[BuaNews] Cape Town - South African soldiers, posted on the SA-Mozambican border to conduct border security patrols, seized 22 poachers and confiscated 19 hunting rifles and AK-47s between April last year and March this year.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 18:02

South Africa: View 'Nerve Point' Water Scarcity Issue Holistically
[Biz-Community] South Africa can tackle its ever-increasing ecological footprint by looking at it holistically. According to Independent Online, World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF SA) biodiversity head Deon Nel said at the release of the Living Planet Report in Cape Town that the country needs a more integrated view of its landscapes.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 17:46

Mozambique: Compensation Agreed for Pirate Victims
[AIM] Maputo - The Spanish-Mozambican fishing company Pescamar, which operated the "Vega 5", a vessel seized by Somali pirates in the Mozambique Channel in December 2010, has finally agreed to compensate the 12 survivors of the "Vega 5" crew, reports Thursday's issue of the Maputo daily "Noticias".
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 17:27

Africa: Continent Is Thirsty
[Informer] Liberia's Public Works Minister Samuel Kofi Woods has bounced back from brief illness and told African ministers attending the continent's water summit in Cairo, Egypt, that the continent is "thirsty" despite abundance of water and rainfall.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 17:15

Liberia: LWSC to Pump Six Million Gallons of Water Daily
[Informer] Authorities at the Liberia Water and Sewer Corporation (LWSC) have disclosed that the entity will begin pumping pipe borne water into the capital in about three days, while also dismissing reports that it was using poisonous chemical to treat its water.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 17:13

Gambia: Small Country With a Big Crisis
[IRIN] Serekunda/Johannesburg - In 2011, the rains failed in the Central River region of The Gambia, where Mawdou Danso, a farmer, struggled to raise a crop big enough to tide him over to the next harvest. He invested in an early-maturing, high-yielding rice called Nerica (New Rice for Africa), which had recently became available and promised to fit in well with the erratic rainfall patterns.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 16:47

Gov't Continues to Back Eskom's Investments in Coal
[Greenpeace] It was announced yesterday that Eskom's funding plan to 2017 had been approved. The utility company will spend R201.6 billion over the coming period, with R65 billlion budgeted for this year.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 16:28

Nigeria: From Dirty Diesel to Clean Energy
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AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 15:42

South Sudan: Climate of Fear
[Citizen] I have heard stories of pedestrians being slapped or roughed up by uniformed men at the Dr John Garang mausoleum walkway for violating some unwritten code. And just a couple of days ago a school teacher who taught children at the Dr John Garang school was shot dead because it is alleged that the car she was in had not stopped when the national flag was being lowered at six o'clock that evening.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 15:15

Irrigation Minister - Country Needs More Water Resources
[Egypt Online] Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Hisham Qandeel affirmed that Egypt needs more water resources that must be secured in the coming stage, underlining the necessity to giving more care to the farmers through securing the water required for each feddan of land in the suitable time and through completing the national program for irrigation.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 13:11

Nigeria: Lagos Proprietress Trains Kindergarten Pupils in One-Room Viewing Centre
[Daily Trust] Lagos - Little Bimpe Akande sat precariously on the dirty blue plastic bucket. The bucket served as a makeshift toilet. She is one of 100 other kindergarten pupils at Alfred Missionary School, Apapa in Lagos.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 13:05

Nigeria: FG Begins Review of Endangered Species Act
[Daily Trust] The Federal Government has begun the review of the Endangered Species laws so as to facilitate the domestication of related international conventions as well as strengthening of internal regulations
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 13:05

Nigeria: AMCOW Has Made Significant Progress - Molewa
[Daily Trust] As AMCOW marked 10 years of existence, stakeholders said the council had become a burgeoning institution now recognized globally as the highest political platform organ providing leadership for the African continent in policy direction and advocacy in the provision, use and management of water resources.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 13:05

Nigeria: Water Resources Minister Elected AMCOW Vice President
[Daily Trust] The Minister of Water Resources Mrs Sarah Reng Ochekpe has been appointed as the Vice President (West Africa) of the African Ministers Council on Water (AMCOW).
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 13:05

Ghana: Conventional Waste Management Not Best for Africa - Afiyie Ankrah
[Ghanaian Chronicle] A Deputy Minister of Local Government & Rural Development, Elvis Afriyie Ankrah, has said the conventional practice of collecting waste and disposing them at a dumping site was not the best for the African continent, and that the adoption of modern waste management practices should be the sole priority of players in the sanitation industry.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 13:05

Zimbabwe: Typhoid Outbreak - Boreholes to Be Registered
[The Herald] Government is registering all boreholes in Zimbabwe following a typhoid outbreak linked to some unregistered water sources dug up during the water crisis. The Zimbabwe National Water Authority, which is spearheading the programme through the
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 13:02

Zimbabwe: Environment Minister Applauds Media
[The Herald] ENVIRONMENT and Natural Resources Minister Francis Nhema has commended both the public and private media for coverage of environmental issues. He was addressing editors and senior media personnel during the official opening of a one day editor's indaba organised by the Zimbabwe Environmental Journalists Association (ZEJA.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 12:59

Zambia: Pledge for Increased Water Aid
[Times of Zambia] THE Zambian Government's quest to provide clean drinking water and sanitation to citizens has cheered the Australian and Germany governments who have pledged to increase aid for improving safe water provision to Zambians.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 11:21

Nigeria: Reps Seek Enforcement of Fire Safety Standard
[Leadership] The House of Representatives, through its Committee on Interior, yesterday picketed the Federal Fire Service (FFS) over its inability to replicate the International Fire Safety Standard and other adequate fire safety measures, that will enable it forestall unwarranted Fire Disasters in the country.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 08:59

Rwanda: Mutobo Water Project to Cost Rwf120 Billion
[New Times] The Government intends to spend US$200 (approx Rwf 120 billion) on the construction of the Mutobo water project, Infrastructure Minister, Albert Nsengiyumva, told Parliament yesterday.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 08:51

Nigeria: Oyo Signage Agency Commences Demolition of Dilapidated Billboards
[Daily Trust] Ibadan - The newly-established Oyo State Signage and Advertising Agency has commenced the demolition of dilapidated and broken down billboards as well as removal of torn posters on major roads across Ibadan, the state capital.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 08:50

Sudan: Imminent Rains Threaten to Bring Disease to Overcrowded Refugee Camps
[Christian Aid] Seasonal rains due in Sudan and South Sudan will exacerbate already dire conditions in refugee camps, restrict travel and access, and heighten the risk of disease, a group of leading humanitarian agencies warned today.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 08:38

Tanzania: Zanzibar Pushes to Join Island Alliance to Confront Climate Change
[AlertNet] Migombani - The East African archipelago of Zanzibar is attempting to win "environmental independence" from Tanzania by joining an organisation that promotes the sustainable development of islands in the Indian Ocean.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 08:35

Nigeria: Nigeria, Egypt Collaborate On Water Management
[Daily Trust] Nigeria and Egypt have opened discussion on ways to ensure best practices that would bring about efficient water management for sustainable development.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 08:21

Africa: Continent's Water Vision 2025 On Course
[Daily Trust] More than seventy-five percent of the African Ministers' Council on Water (AMCOW) member countries are implementing national water laws with nearly half are executing national plans for integrated water resources management in line with the Africa Water Vision for 2025
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 08:21

Nigeria: Menace of Erosion On Nasarawa Roads
[Daily Trust] Lafia - Bokoko area of Kokona Local Government Area of Nasarawa State has been cut-off from the rest of the state following the collapse of a recently constructed road as a result of erosion.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 08:21

Angola: Environment Ministry Presents Strategic Plan
[ANGOP] Luanda - The Ministry of Environment will hold on Thursday in Luanda a workshop for the presentation of its Strategic Plan for Management of Urban Waste in Angola.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 07:42

Eritrea: New Scheme to Be Introduced As Regards Conservation of Trees and Wild Animals - Ministry
[Shabait] Asmara - The Ministry of Agriculture said that new work scheme would be introduced to back up endeavors as regards conservation of trees and wildlife.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 05:49