African Development and Global Warming

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Environmental Issues

Book Review - Oil on the Brain
Oil on the Brain by Lisa Margonelli was recommended by Paul Sankey at the 2009 Energy Information Administration Conference as a book that provided g
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Enter the Elephant
In The Happiness Hypothesis , psychology professor Jonathan Haidt compares human brain/behavior to a man riding an elephant. There exists a complex
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Natural Resistance to Infection with HIV-1 virus
What prevents a HIV positive mother from infecting her unborn baby? What prevents a highly exposed person from contracting HIV virus? What is the
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Explaining HIV in Africa?
An article published in Cell Host & Microbe reports (link here ) on scientific research that it claims demonstrates that African adaptation agains
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Business and Information Technology

Will it Be Phones or Computers that Close the Digital Divide?
In the UK, the news that British Telecom (BT) hopes to connect 500,000 homes to high-speed broadband of up to 60Mb by 2010 has been greeted, in some
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Is Safaricom Ready for Disruption
In acquiring One Communication Ltd by paying only Ksh180 million for a majority of its shares, Safaricom shows it understands the potential of IP-
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Can we live without the Mau Forest?
In the mountains above the Masai Mara, turmoil reigns. The mountain forest of Mau is being fought for. News is coming in of land disputes taking place
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Naivasha MP to Push for Furadan Ban
Naivasha Member of Parliament, John Matutho, is expected to ask the Minister for Environment and Mineral Resources to immediately ban the pesticide
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The Mara in Crisis
A new study has found that the Masai Mara is in crisis.
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African Coastal Populations at Risk as Climate Changes
Several large African cities are at risk from rising sea levels and intense storms, experts warn. Poor neighbourhoods and slums in Bugama and Okri
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Kenya: land of the lion no longer?
Kenya’s national symbol is the lion – the pride of Africa. Our Vision 2030 imagines 10% growth in the tourism sector as one of the mai
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The Bio Safety Bill vs Organic Farming
Former UN Secretary General, Kofi Atta Annan once said that Africa should embrace biotechnology in food production. He even said that GM foods would
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