The Best Places to Visit in Cape Town

Cape Town is one of the most popular destinations in Africa as a tourist spot. It has many hot spots that you may want to visit and experience for yourself the magic of this incredible city. The infrastructure is wonderfully efficient, and the services at the hotels and other tourist catering places are superb. The [...]

Vodafone launches Ultra Cheap Mobile Phones

World’s Cheapest Mobile Phone will soon hit the Indian market. At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Vodafone announced two ultra low cost mobile handsets – Vodafone 150 and Vodafone 250. Vodafone 150 will retail at below $15 USD, while Vodafone 250 will retail at below $20 USD. Both the two handsets are intended for [...]

UNICEF seeks $1.2 billion for emergency assistance

On Thursday, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) released its Humanitarian Action Report (HAR) 2010, which highlights the situation of children and women in 28 countries and territories that have been identified as being in the most desperate need, and seeks $1.2 billion to help them.
The Humanitarian Action Report 2010 examines the most [...]

New species of chameleon discovered in Tanzania

A new species of chameleon has been discovered in the Magombera Forest of Tanzania by a team of scientists. The new species has been named Kinyongia magomberae (the Magombera chameleon). The discovery has been reported in a study published in volume 58(2) of the African Journal of Herpetology.
Dr Andrew Marshall, from the Environment [...]

Africa’s Tropical Congo Basin was once Arid and Treeless

The Congo Basin in Central Africa, which is known for its massive, lush tropical rain forest, was far different 150 million to 200 million years ago. At that time Africa and South America were part of the single continent Gondwana. The Congo Basin was arid, with a small amount of seasonal rainfall, and few bushes [...]

United Nations expect strong US action on Global Warming

The United Nations’ top climate change official said Wednesday he expected the United States to table concrete proposals against global warming at December’s Copenhagen climate conference. The US Senate was expected to reach an agreement on a law proposal to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in the coming week, Yvo de Boer quoted a Senate foreign [...]

World’s largest Malaria Vaccine trial in 7 African countries

A pivotal efficacy trial of RTS,S, the world’s most clinically advanced malaria vaccine candidate, is now underway in seven African countries: Burkina Faso, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania. The trial, which is expected to involve up to 16,000 children, is on schedule, with more than 5,000 children already enrolled, researchers announced Tuesday at [...]

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