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By Ryan Truscott The Gambles’s flatwing, a critically endangered damselfly with glittering translucent wings, is so rare scientists estimate there could be as few as 250 left in the wild. When zoologist Abiodun Adedapo first saw one perched on the back of a dry leaf in Nigeria’s Obudu Mountains, it was a pivotal moment. “We had read about it and seen it in the books, but coming across the species in the field was quite amazing,” he says. Known to science as Neurolestes nigeriensis, the Gambles’s flatwing is among six vulnerable, endangered or critically endangered damselflies found in Obudu, w...
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By Didier Makal LUBUMBASHI, Democratic Republic of Congo — After a devastating human toll of 11 dead and several ill due to continued air and river pollution, the village of Kabombwa has definitively disappeared from the map. More than 1,000 residents have found housing elsewhere in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) province of Lualaba, including in the neighboring mining town of Fungurume. Kabombwa’s tranquility had begun fading away in 2020 when lime production began at a nearby plant operated by the Chinese company Tenke Fungurume Mining SA (TFM). According to an official from Fungur...
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The World Health Organisation on Wednesday declared the upsurge of monkeypox virus or ‘Mpox’ in Africa a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC), stating it had the potential to spread across countries in Africa and possibly outside the continent. The virus originated in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and, in the last month, there have been 100 laboratory-confirmed cases reported in four countries—Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda—that had not previously reported this illness. Experts believe the real number of cases could be higher as a large proportion of clinically...
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WHO=世界保健機関はアフリカ中部で急速に広がる「エムポックス」について、「国際的に懸念される公衆衛...
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The South African rand gained 0.4% early this week, trading at 18.25 against the US dollar, driven by a weaker dollar index and mounting anticipation surrounding critical economic data. Investors are keenly watching upcoming reports from both the US and South Africa, which are expected to influence monetary policy and market dynamics significantly. Focus on US Inflation data Attention is centered on the release of US consumer inflation data, scheduled for Wednesday. This report will be pivotal in determining the Federal Reserve’s future monetary policy. Should inflation rise more than expected...
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In many developed countries, a birth certificate is a given, but in many African countries, obtaining one is not the norm. In sub-Saharan Africa, according to the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), only every second child under the age of five is officially registered. Ethiopia and Somalia have the lowest rates, where only 3% of all children under the age of five have a birth certificate, UNICEF says. This lack of documentation impacts every aspect of life, from accessing education and healthcare to employment and protection from exploitation. With Africa's population rapidly growing, addressing thi...
DPA International
In many developed countries, a birth certificate is a given, but in many African countries, obtaining one is not the norm. In sub-Saharan Africa, according to the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), only every second child under the age of five is officially registered. Ethiopia and Somalia have the lowest rates, where only 3% of all children under the age of five have a birth certificate, UNICEF says. This lack of documentation impacts every aspect of life, from accessing education and healthcare to employment and protection from exploitation. With Africa's population rapidly growing, addressing thi...
DPA
北九州市の到津の森公園で、約半年ぶりにキリンの一般公開が始まりました。 10日から一般に公開されてい...
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By Didier Makal LUBUMBASHI, Democratic Republic of Congo — In Manono, a town in the province of Tanganyika, in the northern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) Katanga region, a mining project has still not broken ground, more than two years after the confirmation of a sizeable lithium deposit. Lithium has been in high demand worldwide for about a decade for the production of lithium batteries — the best electrical energy storage system currently available. The prospecting of the Manono deposit has brought hope that infrastructure such as roads will be developed and jobs will be c...
Mongabay
By Petro Kotzé Three years into an ambitious wetland restoration project in East Africa, conservationist Julie Mulonga says she’s learned the value of small steps. The Source to Sea project set out to protect wetlands in the Rift Valley and mangroves along the Indian Ocean coastline at the same time as strengthening livelihoods and climate resilience. “We started with a big vision for the Source to Sea project,” says Mulonga, the East Africa director for Wetlands International, “but looking back, I think we might have aimed too big, too soon.” Launched in 2021, the project covers two vast ecor...
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