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Young people create new life and lush urban garden in former Kibera waste dumpKibera, Nairobi, Kenya - It took the Kibera Youth Reform Group just 105 days from the time they started clearing a site that was waist-deep in garbage to the first harvest of vegetables from a lush green garden that is the first of its kind in Africa’s largest slum. |
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Malaria vaccine trials show promiseLondon, England, UK - British researchers, reporting success with malaria vaccine trials, are calling for the next phase of development -- a broader vaccination base. |
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Top UN official upbeat as many Member States commit to emergency relief fundUnited Nations - The United Nations humanitarian chief announced today that around $380 million was pledged to its emergency relief fund that can be quickly accessed by the world body, potentially saving thousands of lives when responding to disasters. |
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Christian the Lion (w/Video)Kenya, East Africa - I’ll bet you’ve never seen a pet like the one in this Video of the Day. In 1969, two friends, John Rendall and Ace Berg, purchased a lion. At the time, Christian the lion was a 35-pound cub. |
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Africa trade bust ‘biggest ever’
Five African countries have worked with Interpol to arrest dozens of illegal traders and seize a tonne of ivory products.
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UN opens first zero emission community power centre in rural Kenya
The first power-generating centre using environmentally friendly hydro and solar power has been inaugurated in a Kenyan village 150 kilometres north east of Nairobi by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).
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Kenya leaders thrash out reforms after power-sharing pact
NAIROBI (AFP) -
Kenya's
rival camps on Friday began to tackle details of reforms
after a power-sharing deal signed by President Mwai Kibaki
and opposition leader Raila Odinga to end a bloody two-month crisis.
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Kenyan rivals agree plan to end turmoil: Annan
NAIROBI (AFP) - The parties of Kenya's feuding leaders agreed a joint roadmap Friday to end unrest that has claimed nearly 1,000 lives since last month's disputed presidential elections, former UN chief Kofi Annan said.
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Boost for Africa’s depleted soils
A $180m five-year project to revive the depleted soils of sub-Saharan Africa is launched in Nairobi.
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Al Gore & IPCC Share Nobel Peace Prize For 2007Oslo, Norway - The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 is to be shared, in two equal parts, between the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr. for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change. |
news from Africa
- South Africa to start wind power project: official
- Renowned Swedish retailer donates proceeds from toy sales to UNICEF projects
- Young people create new life and lush urban garden in former Kibera waste dump
- Malaria vaccine trials show promise
- Top UN official upbeat as many Member States commit to emergency relief fund
- Worm’s demise near
- Measles Deaths Worldwide Fall by 74 Percent
- Surf’s up in Angola now the war years are over
- Local boy, Ont. teen, link up to create safe water chains around world
- Christian the Lion (w/Video)
