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Malawi Bans Maize Imports From Kenya, Tanzania Over Disease

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Malawi Bans Maize Imports From Kenya, Tanzania Over Disease

BLANTYRE, MALAWI —  Malawi, which already is suffering from food shortages, this week banned the import of unmilled maize from Kenya and Tanzania over concerns that the spread of maize lethal necrosis disease could wipe out the staple food. The ministry of agriculture announced the ban in a statement that said the disease has no … Read more

Scientists Aim to Save Northern White Rhino From Extinction

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Scientists Aim to Save Northern White Rhino From Extinction

Nairobi —  Kenyan and international researchers are hoping to save the northern white rhino species from extinction by implanting eggs from an older female northern white rhino into a female surrogate rhino from another species. Samuel Mutisya, head of research and species at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in central Kenya, says his team used 29 … Read more

Why Africa’s Mount Kenya risks becoming as polluted as Kilimanjaro, as access to its peaks is made easier for visitors

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Why Africa’s Mount Kenya risks becoming as polluted as Kilimanjaro, as access to its peaks is made easier for visitors

None of us has succumbed to altitude sickness but members of the few climbing parties below us don’t seem to have been so fortunate; some are throwing up violently. A morning view of Nelion, the second highest peak of Mount Kenya at 5,188 metres, from Point Lenana. Photo: Kang-Chun Cheng It takes nearly three days … Read more

Five Countries in East and Southern Africa Have Anthrax Outbreaks, WHO Says

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Five Countries in East and Southern Africa Have Anthrax Outbreaks, WHO Says

CAPE TOWN, South Africa —  Five countries in East and southern Africa are in the middle of outbreaks of the anthrax disease, with more than 1,100 suspected cases and 20 deaths this year, the World Health Organization said Monday. A total of 1,166 suspected cases had been reported in Kenya, Malawi, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. … Read more