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1.	Senegal: Forecasting the future in an erratic climate
	Author: IRIN, Thies	Date Written: 5 January 2009
	Primary Category: Ecology	Document Origin: IRIN News
	Secondary Category: Western Region	Source URL: http://www.irinnews.org
	Key Words: Senegal, climate change, agriculture
	Summary & Comment: In Senegal where more than three-quarters of the population live off the land, many rely on rain-fed crops. Farmers already feel the sting of unpredictable weather. AB
2.	Entire African town poisoned by lead
	Author: Heidi Vogt, Thiaroye Sur Mer	Date Written: 5 January 2009
	Primary Category: Ecology	Document Origin: Associated Press
	Secondary Category: Western Region	Source URL:
	Key Words: Senegal, lead poisoning, car batteries,
	Summary & Comment: A tragic story of an attempt to make a living that ends in causing death instead. AB
3.	Climate change threatens livelihoods
	Author: Pilirani Semu-Banda, Lilongwe	Date Written: 26 December 2008
	Primary Category: Ecology	Document Origin: Inter Press Service News Agency
	Secondary Category: Southern Region	Source URL: http://www.ipsnews.org
	Key Words: Tanzania, climate change,
	Summary & Comment: Climate change will affect the Zambezi River basin more severely than any other river system in the world, according to Kenneth Msibi, Water Policy and Strategy Expert for the Southern African Development Community (SADC). AB
4.	African climate change proposal yet to gain foothold
	Author: Wambi Michael , Kampala	Date Written: 23 December 2008
	Primary Category: Ecology	Document Origin: Inter Press Service News Agency
	Secondary Category: Africa General	Source URL: http://www.ipsnews.org
	Key Words: climate cahnge, carbon trading, African Climate Solution
	Summary & Comment: Africa’s bid to expand carbon-trading mechanisms and create rewards for sustainable farming practices on the continent made little headway at the recently concluded ( December, 2008 ) climate change conference in Poznañ, Poland. There are differing perspectives on this topic, as explored in this article. AB
5.	Generating power and money
	Author: John Keane	Date Written: 20 December 2008
	Primary Category: Ecology	Document Origin: ICT Update
	Secondary Category: Eastern Region	Source URL: http://tinyurl.com/4zckho
	Key Words: Tanzania, solar energy,
	Summary & Comment: The introduction of solar power systems to rural communities in East Africa is providing new business opportunities, as well as affordable and safe electricity supplies. Johari lives in the Iringa region of Tanzania. She used to work as a manual labourer, breaking rocks and selling the stones for building material. But now, after a short training . . . [expand]
6.	Ethiopia: Information key to climate change adaptation
	Author: Ochieng Ogodo; Christina Scott, Nazreth	Date Written: 18 December 2008
	Primary Category: Ecology	Document Origin: SciDev.net
	Secondary Category: Africa General	Source URL: http://www.scidev.net
	Key Words: Ethiopia, climate change, agriculture, IFPRI,
	Summary & Comment: One of the first studies to explore what persuades small farmers to adapt to climate change has found that access to information and technical institutions are the most important factors. AB
7.	Southern Africa: Unplanned settlements jinx groundwater use
	Author: Moses Magadza, Gaborone	Date Written: 17 December 2008
	Primary Category: Ecology	Document Origin: AfricaFiles
	Secondary Category: Southern Region	Source URL: http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=19665
	Key Words: Southern Africa, unplanned settlements, groundwater, MDGs, SADC,
	Summary & Comment: Unplanned, rural settlements in many parts of southern Africa frustrate efforts to supply rural communities with groundwater and militate against efforts by some countries to meet Millennium Development Goals. MM

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1. Global: United Nations Climate Change Conference in Poznan, Poland
   The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Poznan, Poland, was held from 1-12 December 2008. The conference involved a series of events, including the fourteenth Conference of the Parties (COP 14) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change...
2. Global: A Gathering Storm: New climate change videos
   As the Poznan Climate Change conference enters its final days, IRIN, with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), is pleased to announce the launch of eight short videos exploring the human cost of climate change in Africa....
3. Egypt: Stakeholders debate West Delta project
   On November 23, civil society groups convened a high-level meeting in Cairo to discuss the West Delta Irrigation project, which is financed in part by a $145 million World Bank loan. The project supports the construction of an irrigation system that ...
4. Africa: Information key to climate change adaptation, say small farmers
   One of the first studies to explore what persuades small farmers to adapt to climate change has found that access to information and technical institutions are the most important factors. A survey of 1,000 Ethiopian cereal crop farmers, carried out b...
5. Somalia: EU firms should stop toxic dumping
   The European Union's defence ministers launched on 10 November 2008 an anti-piracy mission called "Atalanta" off the coast of Somalia. The bloc claims that the goal of the enterprise is "to escort the World Food Programme's humanitarian convoys to So...

IPS Inter Press Service - Africa

1. POLITICS-GHANA: New President Must Tackle Economy
   Accra, Jan 5 (IPS) - As Ghana’s president-elect, John Evans Atta Mills, prepares to take office, he has his work cut out for him translating several years of strong macro-economic performance into tangible benefits for the majority of Ghanaians.
2. HEALTH-AFRICA: Maximising the Benefits of AIDS Funding
   NAIROBI, Jan 2 (IPS) - Significant new investments in the fight against the AIDS pandemic could have positive impacts on broader health systems in Africa if governments handle them right.
3. SOUTH AFRICA: Community Gardens Contribute to Food Security
   CAPE TOWN, Dec 29 (IPS) - A few years ago 66-year-old grandmother Regina Fhiceka and her family of five ate vegetables only once a week. They would survive on maize and bread the rest of the time -- the cheapest food available in the poor township of Philippi, just 15 minutes from the affluent business district of Cape Town.
4. ZIMBABWE: Holy Water Is Serious Business
   HARARE, Dec 27 (IPS) - "I am making much more profit selling seawater than I used to get from selling groceries and small household goods," Carlos Marufu, a holy water dealer based in Harare told IPS.
5. SOUTHERN AFRICA: Climate Change Threatens Livelihoods
   LILONGWE, Dec 26 (IPS) - Climate change will affect the Zambezi River basin more severely than any other river system in the world, according to Kenneth Msibi, Water Policy and Strategy Expert for the Southern African Development Community (SADC). Increased floods, drought and increased levels of disease threaten lives and livelihoods all along the river’s length.