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The Times of India Scrapping fuel subsidies can help climate | 27 Aug 2008, 0637 hrs IST,REUTERS ACCRA: Abolishing subsidies on fossil fuels could cut world greenhouse gas emissions by up to 6 percent and also nudge up ... (photo: AP / Kamran Jebreili) Climate Economy Energy Oil Photos |
BBC News Diary: Protecting mountain gorillas In July 2007, armed men entered the Democratic Republic of Congo's Virunga National Park and killed five critically endangered mountain gorillas at point-blank range, leaving the bodies where they fel... (photo: Creative Commons) Animals Environment Nature Photos Wildlife |
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International Herald Tribune Africa and Caribbean fear EU Latam banana tariff cuts | : Banana producers in African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries will fight fresh attempts by Latin American growers to obtain cuts in European Union import tariffs... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag) Africa Banana Caribbean Fruit Photos |
The Guardian Warlord says he played part in Burkina Faso coup | By JONATHAN PAYE-LAYLEH | Associated Press Writer | MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) - One of Liberia's most infamous warlords admitted Tuesday that he had trained in Libya and h... (photo: AP/George Osodi) Africa Burkina Faso Liberia Monrovia Photos Reconciliation |
Pravda RU Ocean turns southern coast of Ghana into Atlantis | The old shore road to Totope is now under the sea. Developers began carving out another road, but it was washed away so often they abandoned it. Now the road to this vi... (photo: WN / John Sahid) Africa Environment Ghana People Photos |
Independent online Elephants show UN deforestation headache | By Alister Doyle | Afiaso, Ghana - Rising elephant numbers in a protected forest park in Ghana are angering farmers whose crops are being raided in an unwanted side-eff... (photo: Creative Commons / Sean Rozekrans ) Animal Elephants Ghana Photos Society |
TravelDailyNews Etihad to launch flights to Nigeria Etihad Airways is to start flights next year to Nigeria from Abu Dhabi. The airline will operate four services a week to Lagos, Nigeria's commercial capital, and Abuja, t... (photo: public domain / ) Airline Business Nigeria Photos Transport |
IRINnews EGYPT-ISRAEL: Asylum-seekers run the gauntlet in Sinai desert web | Photo: Tamar Dressler/IRIN TEL AVIV, 26 August 2008 (IRIN) - Egyptian soldiers have killed 19 and arrested some 587 African asylum-seekers attempting to cross the b... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb) Africa Asylum Egypt Israel Migration Photos |
The Guardian Rich countries once used gunboats to seize food. Now they use trade deals The world's hungriest are the losers as an old colonialism returns to govern relations between wealthy and poor nations | In his book Late Victorian Holocausts, Mike Davi... (photo: UN / Fred Noy) Africa Europe Photos Poverty Trade |
United Nations UN agencies join forces to combat environmentally-related diseases in Africa | 26 August 2008 – A United Nations-sponsored conference that aims to tackle the environmental causes of diseases that claimed almost 2.5 million African lives each year ... (photo: USAID file) Africa Environment Gabon Health Photos |
The State Sea buries a Ghanan village, and more may follow By ARTHUR MAX - Associated Press Writer | TOTOPE, Ghana -- | The old shore road to Totope is now under the sea, and when developers began carving out another one, it was ... (photo: Creative Commons / Hiroo) Africa Ghana Global Warming Photos Water |