Positive news from Kenya
Ban on Ivory Proposed in AfricaNairobi, Kenya - The hope is a 20-year ban would protect the continent's elephants from extinction. |
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Kenyans Plant Trees To Coax Back FlamingosNakuru, Kenya - Five years ago, dead flamingos littered the drying shores of Lake Nakuru in Kenya's scenic Rift Valley. |
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Lions Making a Comeback on Kenya RanchesKenya - In a place where rites of passage include spearing lions, new conservation efforts have found success by entrusting local herders with the safety of big cats they once sought to kill. |
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U.S. Urges Tougher Policing of Wildlife Black MarketNairobi, Kenya, Africa - A senior U.S. official called on Saturday for better consumer education and tougher policing to combat a multi-billion dollar global black market in wildlife. |
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Africa’s Farmers Will Have Room To GrowNairobi, Kenya - A vital research program that has already had significant impact on the lives of African farmers will accelerate its work for their benefit, thanks to new funding from one of the world's most important philanthropic organizations, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. |
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Congo Rebels Agree To Stop Killing Rare Mountain GorillasNairobi, Kenya - Rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have vowed to stop killing rare mountain gorillas after sparking outrage by slaughtering two this month, conservationists said Wednesday. |
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Canada funds state-of-art infectious disease lab in KenyaHealth Minister Tony Clement cut a ribbon to open an ultra-modern, $4 million infectious disease laboratory in Nairobi on Friday, almost all of which was paid for by the Canadian government. |
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Campaign launched to plant 1 billion trees in 2007NAIROBI, Kenya - Kenyan environmentalist and Nobel Peace Prize winner called on people around the world to plant 1 billion trees in the next year, saying Wednesday the effort is a way ordinary citizens can fight global warming. |
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Hopes over new malaria treatmentNairobi, Kenya - British and Kenyan scientists have developed a new treatment for the killer disease malaria. |
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World Bank to Help East African Power CrisisArusha, Tanzania - The World Bank is preparing funding for Tanzania and Uganda to help the east African countries cope with a power crisis triggered by a three-year drought, bank officials said on Thursday. |
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News from Africa
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- Fighting cancer with cell phones
- New monkey species discovered in Africa
- Madagascar Gets Biggest Lemur Park
- Libya election: High turnout in historic vote
- 10,000 sq mi of Congo rainforest declared World Heritage site
- Cashing in the American dream to help AIDS orphans, those who raise them
- Ten African nations pledge to transform their economies to take nature into account
- A small human rights victory as Egypt’s state of emergency ends
- Egyptians vote in landmark presidential election