Cyclone Idai’s recent devastation was amplified by deforestation in the region. Mozambique took the hardest hit. The country has seen between 10 and 15 percent of its forests disappear amid illegal logging and charcoal production in the past 25 years.
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April 24, 2019 Web Desk
General, News
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On April 23, the Government of Japan decided to extend Emergency Grant Aid of 11.7 million US dollars for three countries in Southern Africa affected by Cyclone Idai. This Emergency Grant Aid is to provide humanitarian assistance in the areas of food,...
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April 23, 2019 Web Desk
Sports
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The World Health Organization says 264 people have been killed and 1,266 wounded in three weeks of fighting by rival governments for control of Libya.The U.N.'s health agency said large numbers of civilians are seeking shelter from the fighting in medi...
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April 23, 2019 Web Desk
Business
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BULAWAYO, ZIMBABWE An animal orphanage in Zimbabwe is one of the organizations leading efforts to ensure poaching and development do not wipe out the wildlife of the southern African nation.About half an hour drive southeast of Bulawayo is a special or...
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April 23, 2019 Web Desk
Legal and Judicial Affairs, Legal-Judicial
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AL-HOL CAMP, SYRIA The women say it was misguided religious faith, naivete, a search for something to believe in or youthful rebellion. Whatever it was, it led them to travel across the world to join the Islamic State group. Now after the fall of the l...
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April 23, 2019 Web Desk
Education
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Sudanese activists were holding nationwide protests on Tuesday to press the military to hand over power to a civilian authority after the overthrow of President Omar al-Bashir earlier this month.Railway workers and other protesters gathered in Atbara, ...
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April 23, 2019 Web Desk
General
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