Tag: Africa - Page 8
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Kenya Puts Its Faith in Fish Farming
In Kenya, where there's poor soil, there may soon be a fish farm.
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Dog Discovered Living Alone Atop Mount Kilimanjaro
Every year, over a thousand hikers make the grueling trek up to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest peak, for a chance to gaze over its stunning vistas -- but at least one such traveller has apparently decided to
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Solarcentury Donates Solar Panels for 50 Schools in Zambia
Yesterday I posted 5 reasons why going solar is about more than money. Besides the obvious moral imperative of ensuring a clean, stable environment, I noted that solar can provide security and resilience. Nowhere is this more
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Mosquitos In Senegal Develop Resistance to Anti-Malarial Bed Netting
Some potential discouraging news in the worldwide battle against malaria: A report from Senegal shows that mosquitos can rapidly develop resistance to insecticide used to impregnate bed nets. BBC News explains, In this study researchers looked at one
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Vibrant Tanzanian Prints Meet Jersey Wear in Chichia for Made by Africa (Photos)
From an Ethical Fashion Forum 2011 Innovation Award-winner Chichia London, comes a bright and bold collection of casual wear that merges vibrant, locally made traditional printed fabrics,
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For Women, a Bicycle Can Be a Tool of Liberation
April's views on why the world needs more girls on bikes was decried as sexism by some. Yet from personal safety concerns for female cyclists to the controversial topic of "podium girls" in professional cycling, gender issues and cycling seem to go
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29,000 Children Dead Due to East African Famine in Past Three Months (Video)
The drought and accompanying famine in East Africa continues to get worse: Three more regions of Somalia have been declared famine zones--defined as places where at least 20% of households face severe shortages and when more than 2 people in 10,000 die
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Kenyan Refugee Camp For Victims of Record-Breaking Drought Now As Big As Kansas City
Some updates on the ongoing situation in the Horn of Africa, where thousands of people are being forced to flee fromrecord-breaking drought and, in certain places, outright famine--all of which is, at least in part,
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Six Gorillas Orphaned by Poachers Get Airlifted Home
In their few short years of life, six young mountain gorillas from the Congo have experienced humanity at both its worst and at its best. When these threatened animals were just infants, poachers killed their parents and
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Human-Powered Drill Strikes Water in Tanzania, Offers Hope for Cheaper Wells (Video)
When it comes to drilling new wells for water, the cost can be prohibitive as heavy machinery needs to be brought in to do the digging. However, a team of students from Brigham Young University came up with a
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Epic Drought Along Horn of Africa Mapped Out
An epic drought is taking place on the Horn of Africa. As Mat reported last week, "Overall at least 10 million people in Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia are affected," and things are only getting worse.
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UN Moves Forward with Ambitious Plan to Clean Up Lake Victoria
Lake Victoria is vital to the livelihood of about 30 million people in East Africa. But as the region urbanizes, pollution levels in the lake have increased and access to clean water for disadvantaged
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Thousands Climate Refugees Per Day Pushing Into Kenya & Ethiopia As Epic Drought Continues
The epic drought conditions in the Horn of Africa and East Africa that first began coming to light about ten days ago continue to intensify, with what are in effect climate refugees streaming into parts of Somalia and Kenya.
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Tunisia Commits $2bn to Sell Solar Power to Europe
We've already seen evidence that a relatively small amount of land in North Africa and a few other choice locations could power the entire world with solar, which is why Matthew asked
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Profit for Good: Carbon Credits Bring Clean Water to Rural Kenya
I spent part of last month walking from home to home in Kagamega, Kenya, a mostly-rural region known for one of the last remaining tracts of the Congolese forest belt. It is not dissimilar to so much of the developing world,
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U.S.-Made Pesticide Continues to Kill Off Lions in Kenya
Despite people knowing for years that carbofuran, a pesticide also known as furadan, has been devastating the lion population in Kenya, and despite continued calls to ban the pesticide, it continues to be used—or more
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Solar-Powered Irrigation on the Rise in Kenya
Image: Benjamin Chun via flickr Solar-powered irrigation isn't necessarily new to Africa, but especially as the price of oil (and the cost of running a diesel engine) continues to rise, so does the use of this emissions-free technology. Reuters AlertNet
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In Africa Ivy League Universities Involved In Land Grabs - In India Its A War On Farmers
Two stories coming through on land grabs in the name of 'development' that are worth paying attention to. Al Jazeera has a good opinion piece from the ever prolific Vandana Shiva where she describes land grabs in
