These African Nations Used Satellite Monitoring to Cut Deforestation by 18 Percent
As part of a University of Wisconsin-Madison project, these African countries have used satellite monitoring to cut deforestation by 18%.
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Unemployed Single Women Are Saving Fish and Making Money by Farming Sea Sponges
Women from the Jambiani region of Zanzibar are simultaneously supporting their families and local ecosystems by taking up a new trade: sea sponge farming.
One Way To Help Endangered Chimpanzees? Uganda is Planting 3 Million Trees
One Tree Planted and the Jane Goodall Institute are planting 3 million trees in Uganda over the next three years to promote biodiversity.
Refugees in Cameroon Have Turned a Treeless Desert Camp Into a Thriving Forest - LOOK
The Lutheran World Federation and UNHCR empowered refugees to transform their desert Cameroon camp into a thriving young forest.
Giant Eagle-Owl Unseen For 150 Years Just Caught on Camera
Shelly's eagle owl, one of Africa's largest, was seen for the first time in 150 years in Ghana by two scientists, who snapped a great photo.
Solar Microgrids Bring Power to 80,000 in Sierra Leone, Some of Whom Have Gone Without for 60 Years
Little solar power grids are popping up across Sierra Leone, delivering power to 80,000 people, some who've gone without for 60 years.
Solar-Powered Desalination Device Will Turn Sea Water Into Fresh Water For 400,000 People
A shipping-container hosting the world's first zero-emissions, solar powered desalination technology is bringing clean water to rural Kenya.
Elderly Black Women Celebrate High Court Victory For Equal Property Rights in Divorces, Averting Homelessness
Four brave women in South Africa have successfully overturned a set of apartheid-era marriage laws that denied them equal property rights.
Couple Gives $100 Million to Conservation of 57,000 Square Miles of African Protected Areas
The Rob and Melani Walton Foundation gave African Parks, which manages 19 protected areas on the continent, a donation of $100,000,000.
Rare Rhino Species Sees Dramatic Population Growth - From Just 100 to 3,700 Today - as Poaching Falls
Three species: The black, Javan, and Greater one-horned rhino are all recovering despite the challenges to conservation posed by COVID-19.
Malawi Inventor Lights Up His Whole Village Basically for Free-Starting With a Bicycle and a River
Colrerd Nkosi is a tinkerer who created an electric turbine out of junk for his Malawi village that uses the river to power up all the homes.
World Gorilla Population Rises Nine Percent in Two Years
The total world population of mountain gorillas has risen to 880, according to census data released last week by the Uganda Wildlife Authority. That's almost a ten percent increase over its 2010 estimate of 786. This is largely due to intensive conservation efforts and successful community engagement
500 Elephants Moved in Massive Relocation To A Safer Home
Conservationists have begun the largest ever man-made migration of elephants, moving 500 of the giant animals to a safer home in Malawi.
World Bank Cancels Debt of 17 of the World's Poorest Countries
The World Bank approved details to implement the 2005 debt relief initiative, which will cancel the debt of some of the worldí¢â¬â¢s poorest countries starting onJuly 1, 2006, at the start of the Bankí¢â¬â¢s fiscal year.
In Show of Solidarity, Morocco Sends 8 Million Masks to 15 African Nations
Morocco, a country with success battling COVID-19, is donating 8 million masks and other PPE to 15 African countries as a show of support.
Chad Backs Darfur Peace Talks
Chad offered its support on Friday for UN-led efforts to bring peace to neighbouring Sudan's troubled Darfur region by hosting a conference for rebel groups, President Idriss Deby said.
Not a Single Elephant Poached in 3 Years for Revamped Chad Park
Zakouma National Park in Chad, renowned for its free roaming herds of African elephants, fell victim to a frenzy of poaching between 2000-2010. But their numbers are now on the rise again. Thanks to an overhaul of anti-poaching strategy, there has not been elephant killed inside the 19,000-square-mile park for nearly three years.
Tunisia Kicks off First Election Campaign Since Uprisingâ
Today marks the start of a landmark election campaign, the first in Tunisia since the revolt in January that toppled a dictator and inspired similar movements in Egypt and Libya.
First Election After Arab Spring is Heartening for Tunisians and World
In Tunisia, following the first free election after the overthrow of the former dictatorship, the Islamist Ennahda Party that won 40 percent of the seats announced it would form a coalition government with one of the secular progressive parties and promised to recognize the rights of all citizens, women, men, religious and non-religious.
Students Invent Soap That Saves Lives
An award-winning innovation by two African students could help reduce the devastating impact of the life-threatening disease malaria, which is spread relentlessly by infected mosquitoes. The young men have used indigenous herbs to create a soap that repels the deadly bugs.
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