http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/images/gnn_logo_rss.gif http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/ 249 31 News of a better world editor@greatnewsnetwork.org great news network en editor@greatnewsnetwork.org Copyright 2013 2013-04-29T16:24:08+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/gorillas_to_be_protected_with_new_congo_national_park/?source=rss The Republic of Congo has declared a new national park that conservationists hope with protect a core population of western lowland gorillas, a critically endangered species, as well as other threatened species, the Wildlife Conservation Society announced. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Environment, Forests, Wildlife, Regions, Africa, Rep. of the Congo 2013-02-02T17:57:47+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/fighting_cancer_with_cell_phones/?source=rss Only innovation can reduce illness and poverty in Africa, according to a program that is funding creative approaches to healthcare in developing countries. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Health Top Stories, Science Top Stories, Science, Technology, Breakthroughs in technology, Health, Regions, Africa, Tanzania 2012-11-25T04:46:46+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/new_monkey_species_discovered_in_africa/?source=rss A new species of monkey has been identified in Africa, the first one in 28 years, say scientists. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Environment, Wildlife, New Species Discoveries, Regions, Africa, Dem. Rep. of the Congo 2012-09-13T01:23:35+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/madagascar_gets_biggest_lemur_park/?source=rss Good news for lemurs: Officials in Madagascar have created the island's biggest protected wildlife park. Named Makira Natural Park, the area is larger than the state of than the state of Rhode Island, and it provides a habitat for the highest diversity of lemurs on the planet, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) announced. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, World Top Stories, Environment, Land, Wildlife, Regions, Africa, Madagascar 2012-08-17T22:45:51+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/libya_election_high_turnout_in_historic_vote/?source=rss Libyans have been voting in their first free national election for 60 years. Top Headlines, Top Stories, World Top Stories, World, Human Rights, Politics, Regions, Africa, Libya 2012-07-07T21:21:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/10000_sq_mi_of_congo_rainforest_declared_world_heritage_site/?source=rss On Tuesday, the United Nations Education, Science, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) declared the Sangha Tri-National Protected Area complex (TNS) as a World Heritage Site for its density and diversity of rainforest wildlife. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, World Top Stories, World, Environment, Forests, Land, Wildlife, Regions, Africa, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Rep. of the Congo 2012-07-02T18:15:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/cashing_in_the_american_dream_to_help_aids_orphans_those_who_raise_them/?source=rss Jackson Kaguri is helping grandmothers who are raising grandchildren left orphaned by AIDS. His Nyaka AIDS Orphans Project provides free education and health care to nearly 600 children in Uganda, and it offers support to nearly 7,000 grandmothers. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Special Interest Top Stories, Feel Good, Heroic Stories, Regions, Africa, Uganda 2012-07-01T02:46:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/ten_african_nations_pledge_to_transform_their_economies_to_take_nature_into/?source=rss Last month ten African nations, led by Botswana, pledged to incorporate 'natural capital' into their economies. Natural capital, which seeks to measure the economic worth of the services provided by ecosystems and biodiversity—for example pollination, clean water, and carbon—is a nascent, but growing, method to curtail environmental damage and ensure more sustainable development. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, World, Politics, Environment, Forests, Land, Water, Wildlife, Regions, Africa, Botswana, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania 2012-06-14T16:10:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/a_small_human_rights_victory_as_egypts_state_of_emergency_ends/?source=rss In place for 31 years, a state of emergency that gives broad and unchecked powers to Egypt’s police force will end at the stroke of midnight today. Top Headlines, Top Stories, World Top Stories, World, Human Rights, Politics, Regions, Africa, Egypt 2012-05-31T21:00:01+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/egyptians_vote_in_landmark_presidential_election/?source=rss Egyptians are voting in the first free presidential election in their history, made possible by last year's Arab Spring uprising. Top Headlines, Top Stories, World Top Stories, World, Human Rights, Politics, Regions, Africa, Egypt 2012-05-23T14:02:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/malawis_president_vows_to_repeal_gay_ban/?source=rss President Joyce Banda declared Friday she wants to repeal Malawi's laws against homosexual acts, going against a trend in Africa in which gays are being increasingly singled out for prosecution. Top Headlines, Top Stories, World Top Stories, World, Human Rights, Regions, Africa, Malawi 2012-05-19T15:52:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/mad_frog_bonanza_up_to_36_new_frogs_discovered_in_tiny_madagascar_forest/?source=rss A forest less than half the size of Manhattan sports an astounding number of frogs, according to a new paper in Biodiversity Conservation. Two surveys of Madagascar's Betampona Nature Reserve, which covers 2,228 hectares, has uncovered 76 unique frogs, 36 of which may be new to science. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Environment, Wildlife, New Species Discoveries, Regions, Africa, Madagascar 2012-04-20T22:55:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/worlds_largest_preserve_forming_in_africa/?source=rss Five nations in Africa have come together to create the world’s largest conservation area for wildlife. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, World Top Stories, World, Environment, Land, Wildlife, Regions, Africa, Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe 2012-04-08T18:53:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/used_shipping_containers_find_new_use_as_classrooms/?source=rss The 39-foot (12-meter) long, shipping container is living a second life as a classroom for 5-6-year old pupils at the Vissershok School, Cape Town, South Africa. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Special Interest Top Stories, Environment, Land, Feel Good, Inspirational Stories, Regions, Africa, South Africa 2012-03-18T07:24:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/niger_creates_africas_largest_protected_reserve/?source=rss This inhospitable-looking landscape is home to some critically endangered species. The Niger government, this month, formally decreed this whole area - the Termit Massif and Tin Toumma desert - to be a national nature and cultural reserve. At almost 100,000 square kilometres it is the largest single protected area in Africa. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, World Top Stories, World, Environment, Wildlife, Regions, Africa, Niger 2012-03-14T08:04:01+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/niger_rare_giraffe_population_makes_a_comeback/?source=rss The last West African giraffes, now living in the wild only in southwestern Niger, are making a comeback with numbers standing at 310 last year, the environment ministry said here Wednesday. Only 50 of them, their lowest number, was recorded in 1996. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Environment, Wildlife, Regions, Africa, Niger 2012-03-08T21:21:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/international_bird_area_in_kenya_saved_from_conversion_into_biofuel_crop/?source=rss A campaign by NGO Nature Kenya has saved the Dakatcha Woodland Important Bird Area (IBA) from destruction for planting biofuel crops, reports BirdLife International. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, World Top Stories, World, Environment, Wildlife, Regions, Africa, Kenya 2012-03-02T07:53:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/rebels_sign_truce_in_south_sudan/?source=rss The government of South Sudan signed a peace deal with one of the largest rebel groups, the South Sudan Democratic Movement, a South Sudan official said Tuesday, in a move that could help stabilize the East African nation. Top Headlines, Top Stories, World Top Stories, World, Politics, Regions, Africa, Sudan 2012-02-29T08:27:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/sudan_and_south_sudan_sign_peace_pact_says_thabo_mbeki/?source=rss Sudan and South Sudan have signed a non-aggression pact, the chief mediator at crisis talks between the two says. Top Headlines, Top Stories, World, Politics, Regions, Africa, Sudan 2012-02-12T20:18:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/satellite_study_reveals_critical_habitat_and_corridors_for_worlds_rarest_go/?source=rss Conservationists working in Central Africa to save the world's rarest gorilla have good news: the Cross River gorilla has more suitable habitat than previously thought, including vital corridors that, if protected, can help the great apes move between sites in search of mates, according to the North Carolina Zoo, the Wildlife Conservation Society, and other groups. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Environment, Wildlife, Regions, Africa, Cameroon, Nigeria 2012-02-05T09:13:00+00:00