Food Security in Africa Depends On Rethinking Outdated Water Law [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
A new study has found that outdated, colonial-era water permit systems across Africa are unintentionally criminalising millions of small farmers who can't obtain permits. This… Read more »
Lack of School Toilets Puts 620 Million Children in Danger - Report
Thomson Reuters Foundation
A lack of proper school toilets threatens the health, education and safety of at least 620 million children around the world, the charity WaterAid said in a new study published on… Read more »
Liberia, Japan Signed $2.7M Aid Deal
NEWS
The Governments of the Republic of Liberia and Japan on Tuesday, November 6, 2018 signed 2.7million United States Dollars Food Aid Agreement aimed at alleviating hunger and… Read more »
Windfall for Cashew Growers
Daily News
IF all goes well cashewnut farmers in the southern regions will today start receiving 3,300/- per kilogramme of the raw cashews.Tanzania Agricultural Development Bank (TADB)… Read more »
Instant Forest? 'Tree Hopping' Takes Off in Kenya
Thomson Reuters Foundation
The sun beat down on Samuel Rono's farm in Kerita, a village in southern Kenya, as six young men struggled to load one of several large trees into a waiting truck. Read more »
Death of Swaziland Newspaper Editor Puts Spotlight On Kingdom's Health Crisis
Swazi Media
Thulani Thwala the editor of the Swazi Observer died in hospital after collapsing in a toilet. When he was taken to a public hospital there were no doctors immediately available to… Read more »
AfDB Urges Local Banks to Seek Climate Finance Opportunities
Observer
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Land Laws Worthless Without Proof of Ownership - Experts
Thomson Reuters Foundation
Land laws mean nothing unless communities can prove their ownership, researchers said on Thursday, calling for better tools to map the land and stave off conflict over property. Read more »
Solar-Powered School Bags Changing Cote d'Ivoire's Education
This is Africa
"No child should study in the dark": Evariste Akoumian, a 37-year-old Ivorian, invented the "Solarpak", a schoolbag with a solar panel and a lamp, to improve the education of young… Read more »
More Heatwaves, Fewer Babies? Climate Change May Zap Male Fertility, Scientists Find
Thomson Reuters Foundation
Would-be fathers have long been advised to wear boxer shorts and avoid hot tubs, to avoid too much heat damaging their reproductive chances. Read more »
iFree SHS Is Tailored to Promote Sustainable Development - -Dr KK Sarpong
Ghanaian Times
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), Dr K.K Sarpong, has noted that the free Senior High School (SHS) programme is tailored to… Read more »
Hospital Installs Oxygen Machine
Addis Fortune
Saint Paulos Hospital Millenium Medical College inaugurated an oxygen gas making machine at a cost of 200 million Br. Read more »
Kenya Tightens Maritime Security With New Coast Guard Services
The Exchange
Kenya has moved a notch higher in efforts to protect its territorial waters with the formation of the Coast Guard Service unit. Read more »
6 Things to Watch Out for While Hiking At Anse Mondon, Silhouette
Seychelles News Agency
Silhouette island, the fifth-largest of the 115 islands that make up the Seychelles archipelago, lies 20 kilometres north of Mahe - the main island. Ninety-three percent of the… Read more »
Grand Bassa County Gets New Health Center
FrontPageAfrica
The United Methodist Church of Liberia in collaboration with the Gand Bassa County authorities on Thursday, November 8, 2018, dedicated a 45 room health center in Gorblee, District… Read more »
