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    Omanyano ovanhu koikundaneki yomalungula kashili paveta, Commisiner Sakaria takunghilile Veronika Haulenga

Environmental Impact

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England Set to Ban Disposable Vapes

The sale of disposable vapes in England will be banned from next June. The government says it's to reduce environmental damage and protect the health of children. One study found around a million people in England vape without ever having smoked cigarettes. Critics claim vaping has helped millions of adults give up smoking, and say a ban will lead to a black market which will put children at risk. Hazel […]

todayOctober 24, 2024 20

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Zimbabwe considers elephant culling for food amid drought

Zimbabwe is considering culling elephants for the first time since 1988 as the country grapples with a devastating drought. Environment Minister Sithembiso Nyoni told lawmakers in Mount Hampden, near Harare, that discussions are underway to cull elephants and distribute the meat to drought-stricken communities in need of protein. This move comes as Zimbabwe faces one of the worst droughts in recent decades, leaving many communities food insecure. According to Bloomberg […]

todaySeptember 12, 2024 64

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South Sudan floods: the first example of a mass population permanently displaced by climate change?

Abandoned homes in South Sudan. rameesha bilal shah / shutterstock   By Liz Stephens, University of Reading and Jacob Levi, Charité – Berlin University of Medicine   Enormous floods have once again engulfed much of South Sudan, as record water-levels in Lake Victoria flow downstream through the Nile. More than 700,000 people have been affected. Hundreds of thousands of people there were already forced from their homes by huge floods […]

todaySeptember 12, 2024 33

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Ghana is Africa’s largest gold producer, but it has an illegal mining issue: 5 essential reads

  By Godfred Boafo, The Conversation   Ghana is one of the world’s gold hotspots. It is Africa’s largest producer of gold and it ranks sixth globally. In 2023, 4 million ounces were produced. It is essential to Ghana’s economy, contributing around 7% of gross domestic product. Ghana’s gold mines are found in most parts of the country, and the mining history can be traced back hundreds of years. However, […]

todaySeptember 11, 2024 17

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Uganda police detain 21 activists over oil protest

Police in Uganda have detained 21 environmental activists for demonstrating against ongoing oil developments in the west of the country. The campaigners argue the multi-billion-dollar oil project will have dire consequences for the local communities and the environment. Michael Baleke reports from Kampala.   News Central Africa reports Total Energies and the China National Offshore Oil Corporation are conducting drilling activities in Lake Albert. The lake is believed to hold […]

todayAugust 27, 2024 38

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Supply chains should make the world better, not worse – it’s time for a rethink

  By Ralph Hamann, University of Cape Town; Chien-Ming Chen, Nanyang Technological University; Jury Gualandris, Western University; Kevin Dooley, Arizona State University; Martina Linnenluecke, University of Technology Sydney; Michael L. Barnett, Rutgers University; Miriam Wilhelm, Vienna University of Economics and Business, and Sergio Lazzarini, Institute of Education and Research (INSPER)   Every product or service that you consume is part of a supply chain. Supply chains include an array of […]

todayAugust 15, 2024 15

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Hopes fade for more survivors in Indian landslide rescue

      Indian rescue crews scoured mud-caked tea plantations and villages Thursday with little hope of finding more survivors from successive landslides that killed around 200 people. Days of torrential monsoon rains have battered the southern coastal state of Kerala, with blocked roads into the Wayanad district disaster area complicating relief efforts since Tuesday. The number of fatal floods and landslides in India has increased in recent years and […]

todayAugust 1, 2024 16

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Ticks in South Africa are becoming resistant to pesticides – and may become uncontrollable

        By Luther van der Mescht, University of the Free State     Ticks that suck the blood of South Africa’s cattle are developing resistance to the only pesticides that kill them and have become increasingly difficult to control. If not contained, the spread and resistance to pesticides of these small parasites will affect farmers’ incomes and could reduce the country’s meat and milk production. South Africa […]

todayJuly 31, 2024 22

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