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Plastic waste water bottles after water used
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EDITORIAL: Waste For Wealth
Mon 21 May 2012
The devastating effects of plastic waste on the country cannot be lost on us. Currently, it is estimated that 1,980 tonnes of plastic waste is generated daily in the country, with 70 per cent of the... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Conflicts case study: Kenya, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Burundi, Ethiopia…
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Conflicts case study: Kenya, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Burundi, Ethiopia…
Mon 21 May 2012
The 20th century saw many conflicts in Africa, breaking out along ethnic divisions. For instance, according to an African researcher Abdalla Bujra, it took only the Ibos to start a major civil war in... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe)
President Barack Obama waves as he boards Air Force One before his departure from Andrews Air Force Base, Tuesday, May, 8, 2012.  The Boston Globe  Fri 18 May 2012
Obama to tout $3B pledge for food security
WASHINGTON-President Barack Obama is set to announce $3 billion in private sector pledges aimed at alleviating hunger in Africa and urge the world's biggest economies to make good on their own... (photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Young children at the World Food Programme (WFP) school feeding centre in Agarsamat, Tahoua Region, Niger, 17 November, 2011. Prices at Niger's food markets are spiking in the aftermath of a patchy harvest, causing concern among food security experts that many could soon go hungry.  The Independent  Fri 18 May 2012
G8 summit: The hunger game
One of the worst hit is the African country of Niger where the lives of six million children are in the balance, the British charity Save the Children has warned. Serious malnutrition is sweeping the... (photo: UN / WFP/Phil Behan)
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G8 pressed to keep up fight on hunger France24 Thu 17 May 2012
G8 pressed to keep up fight on hunger
AFP - Anti-poverty campaigners are urging leaders of rich nations to commit at a weekend summit to feeding the world's poor, warning that hunger is taking a devastating... (photo: EC / ©European Commission 2012)
Humanitarian   Hunger   Leaders   Photos   Poverty   Wikipedia: Hunger
Empty land and grass with blue sky - climate - environment Joy Online Wed 16 May 2012
Climate Change: Its Effects On Migration, Conflict In Northern Ghana
Scientific evidence available to various research institutions in Ghana have showed that the three regions of the North – comprising Upper West, Upper East and Northern... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Climate   Ghana   Photos   Research   Wikipedia: Ghana
A lady selling food. Une dame en train de vendre la nouriture . Togo and Africa The Star Tue 15 May 2012
Africa must end hunger to sustain growth - U.N
NAIROBI, May 15 (AlertNet) - Africa needs to boost agricultural productivity and address the debilitating hunger that affects 27 percent of its population if it is to... (photo: WN / Eteh)
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A man holds the Ghana flag, during celebrations to commemorate Ghana's 50 years of independence at the Independence Square in Accra, Ghana, Tuesday, March 6, 2007. Graphic Mon 14 May 2012
Veep Urges Ghanaians To Promote National Unity
The Vice-President, Mr John Dramani Mahama, has urged Ghanaians, irrespective of their political and cultural differences, to pursue activities that will promote national... (photo: AP / Olivier Asselin)
Cultural   Ethnic   Ghana   Photos   Wikipedia: Culture of Ghana
Coconut oil - oil Ghana Business News Sun 13 May 2012
Coconut Oil Processors call for establishment of local oil market
The three coconut growing districts in the Western Region have expressed their determination to support the establishment of a local oil market within the districts. The... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Business   Economy   Market   Photos   Wikipedia: Coconut oil


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A rose from the largest rose garden in Asia, started in year 1967, "Zakir Rose Garden" is spread across a vast area of 17 acres. It exhibits all kinds of rose plants numbering up-to 1,600 plant varieties. The Rose garden serves as the venue for hosting the annual festival of gardens, a major cultural event in the heart of the green Chandigarh, India, 10th October 2011. SA’s exhibition wins gold at Chelsea Flower Show Business Day
Egyptian women talk to a man distributing posters of Egyptian presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabahi, the leader of the opposition Dignity Party, with Arabic that reads, "Hamdeen Sabahi, one of us," in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, May 21, 2012. Electing an Egyptian president Al Jazeera
Palestinians carry the body of the Popular Resistance Committees leader Zuheir al-Qessi during his funeral in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on 09 March 2012.Israel killed four Gaza militants on Saturday as violence sparked by the death of a militant leader Zuheir al-Qessi a day earlier escalated with gunmen firing more than 90 rockets at Israel, injuring four people, Israeli and Palestinian officials said.Photo by Ahmed DEEb/wn Postcolonial Theory, Whiteness & Palestine WorldNews.com
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Egyptian voters line up to cast ballots in Basateen, a southern suburb of Cario, Egypt on Wednesday, May 23, 2012 Egypt heads to the polls for historic elections The Daily Telegraph
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