Children in sub-Saharan Africa are now less likely to die from diarrhea and pneumonia, but these illnesses are still the most common causes of childhood death and sickness in most African countries, according to a new report from The World Bank.
Positive development children’s diseases Africa
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11 primates from Africa endangered
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The world’s 25 most endangered primates have been revealed in a new report released at the UN’s Convention on Biological Diversity. Mankind’s closest living relatives – the world’s apes, monkeys, lemurs and other primates – are on the brink of extinction and in need of urgent conservation measures.
Research: chimpanzees create traditions
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Researchers have found out that chimpanzees are not only capable of learning from one another, but also use this social information to form and maintain local traditions.
“Tens of thousands elephants killed in 2011”
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Although the latest figures have yet to be published, Secretary-General John Scanlon of CITES already reports the illegal killings of elephants in Africa is likely to run into tens of thousands in 2011. At the ongoing rate, according to Scanlon, illegal activities are pushing the species to extinction.
Durban fastest growing destination in Africa
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Johannesburg will get the most visitors, but Durban is the fastest growing city in Africa for visitor numbers and expenditure. This is according to the latest Mastercard Global Destination Cities Index.
China targets illegal wildlife trade
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Conservationists often accuse China of not doing sufficient in the fight against illegal wildlife trade, but the country seems to step up its efforts. China has recently not only established an inter-agency CITES group – and is rewarded by CITES for its operations this year- , the Chinese are also cooperating with TRAFFIC to train hundreds of police.
IFAW: Elephant population halved in Cameroon
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At least 50 per cent of the elephant population of Cameroon’s Bouba Ndjida National Park is dead, says IFAW, the International Fund for Animal Welfare . They have been killed in a bloody poaching spree by horseback bandits. [Lees meer…]
Interpol: eco crime ‘serious and organised’
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Environmental crime such as ivory poaching and illegal logging has become “a form of serious, organised and often transnational crime”, Interpol’s executive director of police services told an international law enforcement summit.
Top 15 growing economies: 10 from Africa
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As the global economy totters from crisis to crisis, Africa is fast becoming a magnet for investments and a safe haven for international capital.
Homebrew beer most popular in Africa
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Statistics seldom do justice to Africa. Take beer consumption. The average African sips a mere 8 litres of commercially produced beer a year. That’s not a lot. But Africans chug admirable quantities of homebrew. That market is four times bigger than the formal market, measured by volume.
