Tag: Africa
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Google sponsors first tablet cybercafé in Dakar
Could offering tablet computers at cybercafés improve internet access in Africa, while also saving money and electricity?
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Swedish architects design stove for Kenya
Claesson Koivisto Rune are architects of everything from prefabs to lamps. Can they solve a huge problem in Africa?
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Poacher trampled to death by the elephant he was trying to shoot
As their numbers continue to slip lower despite efforts to curb illegal hunting, the elephants themselves may soon prove to be a poacher's greatest deterrent.
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Batik teddy bears raise money for clean water in Mali
These irresistible little batik bears will help Malian villagers build a well.
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Poachers have now killed all the rhinos in Mozambique
No one can say for certain how many millions of years African rhinos roamed within the borders of Mozambique -- but now there are none.
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How climate change helped spark Syrian Revolution, Arab Spring
Is it simply a coincidence that the Syrian revolution was sparked at the same time the country was still reeling from its worst drought ever recorded? Unsurprisingly, a new study finds evidence it is not.
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86 elephants, 33 pregnant, slaughtered in one night
Horrific news coming out of Chad, as we learn that 86 elephants, 33 of which were pregnant females, have been slaughtered by poachers on horseback.
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Poachers have killed two-thirds of Africa's forest elephants in ten years
If decline trends from the first decade of this century continue, scientists say that this iconic African species will not live to see the next.
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Hans Rosling debunks myths of child birth and the "developing world"
The brilliant Hans Rosling has a data visualization video that helps debunk the myths of the birth and child mortality rates of the so-called developed and developing countries.
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How the Rural Poor Are Becoming a Market for Solar Power
A new generation of succesful for-profit, mission-driven businesses are serving energy-hungry communities across the globe.
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Drones Watch Out for Rhino Poachers in Kenya
The Ol Pejeta Conservancy has raised enough money to buy their first drone to keep an eye out for poachers and protect the park's 110 endangered rhinos.
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10,000 Escaped Crocodiles on the Loose in South Africa
If there were ever a time to avoid swimming in the Limpopo River, it's now!
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Water Treatment System Uses Salt and Electricity to Provide Clean Drinking Water to Thousands
Providing clean water in areas with minimal local resources may be as simple as implementing this ingenious DIY water treatment system.
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350,000 Trees Planted in Uganda by Earth Day Network Project!
We wouldn't be called TreeHugger if we didn't have a certain fondness for trees!
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Africans Donate Heaters to Fight Cold in Norway
A viral video campaign is taking aim at one-dimensional media reporting and charity messaging, with a fictional charity sending aid to the North.
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Small Charity Beats Oil Giant, Becomes Largest Seller of Solar Lights in Africa
They make unlikely competitors, but a small UK-based charity just overtook a French oil giant as the largest seller of portable solar lights in Africa. We should be grateful that both are on the case.
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Weird! Leopard Briefly Adopts Baby Baboon After Killing its Mother (Video)
Sometimes animals don't behave the way we expect them too, and sometimes there's a camera to capture the special moment.
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Africa's Biggest Solar Farm to be Built in Ghana (155 Megawatts)
If all goes well, it should add about 6% to Ghana's total electricity generation capacity.
