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South Africa suffers driest year on record in 2015
2016-01-15 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: South Africa suffered its driest year on record in 2015, the national weather service said on Thursday, as a drought that has threatened the vital maize crop and hit economic growth showed no sign of abating. Average rainfall was 403 mm, about a third less than the 608 mm annual average and the driest since records began in 1904, the service added. The agricultural sector is being hammered by weeks of heat waves that have scorched grazing land, forcing livestock owners to kill or sell animals....
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Agricultural expansion in Africa could cause climate change: study
2016-01-15 09:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Xinhua: A newly released study by a Canadian scholar shows that rainfall and groundwater are crucial for crops in West Africa, yet agriculture may make droughts worse and lead to crop failure. Marc Parlange, a co-author of the study and a hydrology specialist and professor of civil engineering at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, discovered that a Burkina Faso savannah received more rainfall than nearby land cleared for agriculture, posing serious questions about the sustainability...
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South Africa weather service says 2015 driest year on record
2016-01-14 11:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The South African Weather Service said on Thursday that 2015 was the driest calendar year since complete nationwide records began in 1904, underscoring the severity of a drought that threatens the staple maize crop and economic growth. The data showed that annual average rainfall in South Africa 2015 was 403 mm, about a third below the annual average from 1904 to 2015 of 608 mm.
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Africa exports to China 'down 40%'
2016-01-13 19:02:35| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
African exports to China fell by almost 40% in 2015, China's customs office says, as China's economic slowdown has an impact on the continent.
The Coca-Cola Co to greenlight Anheuser-Busch InBev as Africa partner - analyst
2016-01-12 16:14:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
The Coca-Cola Co is likely to accept Anheuser-Busch InBev as its African bottling partner after the brewer's takeover of SABMiller, an analyst has said.
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