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Total to acquire Gulf Africa Petroleums assets in Africa
2016-06-01 01:00:00| Hydrocarbons Technology
Total has agreed to acquire Gulf Africa Petroleums (GAPCO) assets in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, as part of its expansion plans in Africa.
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Cotton made in Africa funds Tanzania health outpost
2016-05-31 17:03:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
The Cotton made in Africa (CmiA) initiative has approved funding for a health outpost in rural Tanzania as the first project in its new Community Cooperation Program (CCP).
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Achieving Universal Access to Energy; Africa Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place
2016-05-30 16:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: "It is unacceptable that 138 years after Thomas Edison developed the light bulb, hundreds of millions of people cannot have access to electricity to simply light up the bulb in Africa," says Africa Development Bank (AfDB) Group President, Akinwumi Adesina, mourning the gloomy statistics showing that over 645 million people in Africa lack access to electricity, while over 700 million are without clean energy for cooking. Adesina attributes Africa's poverty and the perennial migration of youths...
Greenpeace Africa Uncover Illegal Logging
2016-05-29 22:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: A trail of stolen timber in Cameroon has been exposed by Greenpeace Africa. Greenpeace Africa led an investigation into illegal logging in the country and found a trial leading to main log exporter Compagnie et de Transport (CCT). There will now reportedly be a government audit into the actions of CCT, including its suppliers. That audit should include the supplier La Socamba, subject of a Greenpeace briefing released today. The evidence presented in the briefing, La Socamba: How Cameroons Stolen...
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East Africa: Lake Victoria Waters On the Rise As Climate Change Hits
2016-05-29 21:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
All Africa: Encroachment on wetlands, destruction of forests and poor agricultural practices have destabilised the ecosystem in the Lake Victoria Basin. Environmentalists say the heavy rains experienced in the past two years in the basin have resulted in a rise of the lake's water by a metre. East African Community environment ministers meeting in Entebbe recently heard that Uganda requires $405 million to mitigate the effects of climate change in the next five years. Rwanda and Burundi do not directly share...
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