The head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today voiced concern about the risks posed by the latest fighting in Mali to the World Heritage site of Timbuktu and called on the parties to safeguard the country’s cultural heritage. “Timbuktu’s outstanding earthen architectural wonders that are the great mosques of Djingareyber, […]
Apr 5 2012 | Posted in
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By Geoffrey Kamadi Nairobi — Satellite technology is coming to the aid of pastoralists in drought-stricken Kenya, with the expansion of a water monitoring system that aims to reduce livestock loss. The Livestock Early Warning System combines information uploaded by villagers with satellite data to create a virtually real-time map of forage and water conditions. […]
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Luanda — Preliminary results of a fishing investigation held in March, on the Angolan sea, show that there is more fish than in the previous year, a source with the sector has announced. This was said by the technical director of the National Institute of Fishing Investigation (Inip), Filomena Vaz Coelho. She announced it during […]
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An international team led by the University of Toronto and Hebrew University has identified the earliest known evidence of the use of fire by human ancestors. Microscopic traces of wood ash, alongside animal bones and stone tools, were found in a layer dated to one million years ago at the Wonderwerk Cave in South Africa. […]
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By A. Max Konneh The Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources has ordered the release of a French fishing vessel, STERENN following the payment of $703,970 fine levied on it in respect of various infractions for which it was arrested. According to a report prepared by the Fisheries Protection Officer and Head of the Boarding […]
Apr 5 2012 | Posted in
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By Isaiah Esipisu Nairobi — Sarah Chebet from Nandi Hills in Kenya’s Rift Valley province knows that this year’s long rains are likely to fail. But the mother of one is determined to keep her horticultural project flourishing nonetheless by making use of modern agricultural technology. In early March, the Kenya Meteorological Department predicted the […]
Apr 5 2012 | Posted in
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The age old saying that “Nkrumah never dies” seems to carry much more weight than many may think. Just when almost all Ghanaians have come to accept that Ghana’s first President, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, has four children, a fifth child has surfaced and says he is a true son of Osagyefo. His name is Dr. […]
Apr 4 2012 | Posted in
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