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1.	South Africa: Coal and climate change negotiations
	Author: Saliem Fakir, Cape Town	Date Written: 11 August 2010
	Primary Category: Ecology	Document Origin: South African Civil Society Information Service
	Secondary Category: Southern Region	Source URL: http://www.sacsis.org
	Key Words: South Africa, coal, climate,
	Summary & Comment: The race to invent a new energy future is not waiting for the last sack of coal to be dug out of the ground. Ironically, this new energy future is being shaped despite the intense use of coal in a somewhat out-of-step South Africa today. AB
2.	Ivory Coast: Trafigura fined €1 million for toxic waste
	Author: Telegraph Staff	Date Written: 23 July 2010
	Primary Category: Ecology	Document Origin: The Telegraph
	Secondary Category: Western Region	Source URL: http://www.telegraph.co.uk
	Key Words: Ivory Coast, Trafigura, toxic waste
	Summary & Comment: Trafigura, a multinational company, has been fined €1 million (£845,000) for transporting toxic waste to the Ivory Coast, and dumping it there.
3.	Mozambique: Women at forefront of resisting climate change
	Author: Stanley Kwenda, Johannesburg	Date Written: 7 July 2010
	Primary Category: Ecology	Document Origin: Inter Press Service News Agency
	Secondary Category: Southern Region	Source URL: http://www.ipsnews.net
	Key Words: Mozambique, climate change, women
	Summary & Comment: The government of Mozambique has developed a gender strategy for the agrarian sector aimed at creating equal access to resources and opportunities for men and women. It also urges implementation of programmes for diversification of subsistence crops and access to improved technologies, including agro-processing, in response to climate change. AB
4.	South Africa: Civil society’s David versus corporate Goliath
	Author: Saliem Fakir, Cape Town	Date Written: 2 July 2010
	Primary Category: Ecology	Document Origin: South African Civil Society Information Service
	Secondary Category: Southern Region	Source URL: http://www.sacsis.org
	Key Words: South Africa, African Centre for Biodiversity, Schwabe, Nestlé
	Summary & Comment: Unlike BP’s oil spill that is publicly visible, biopiracy happens secretly in remote labs far from the public eye. Its detection requires passionate commitment and investigative skills. This article shows how civil society organizations have protected the public interest against corporate privatization. AB
5.	Angola: Drilling deeper for oil and hoping for no spills
	Author: Louise Redvers, Luanda	Date Written: 1 July 2010
	Primary Category: Ecology	Document Origin: Inter Press Service News Agency
	Secondary Category: Angola	Source URL: http://www.ipsnews.net
	Key Words: Angola, oil, Deepwater Horizon, BP, Chevron
	Summary & Comment: Is Angola prepared to deal with an oil "spill" like the Deepwater Horizon tragedy in the Gulf of Mexico? AB
6.	Republic of Congo: Deforestation threatens south
	Author: Arsène Séverin, Kinkala	Date Written: 22 June 2010
	Primary Category: Ecology	Document Origin: Inter Press News Agency
	Secondary Category: Central Region	Source URL: http://www.ipsnews.net
	Key Words: Republic of Congo, deforestation, charcoal, safou
	Summary & Comment: In a painful irony the end of armed conflict in 2003 has signaled the wholesale devastation of forests in the southern region of the Republic of Congo. AB AB
7.	Disappointment over climate change meeting
	Author: Afrique en ligne	Date Written: 15 June 2010
	Primary Category: Ecology	Document Origin: Afrique en ligne
	Secondary Category: Africa General	Source URL: http://www.afriquejet.com
	Key Words: Africa, climate change, 350.org
	Summary & Comment: Civil society groups attending a meeting on climate change in Bonn, Germany, have expressed disappointment that Saudi Arabia blocked a review on the discussion of limiting temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius - the target suggested by scientists. AB

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1. Africa: Ailing climate negotiations and the future of coal
   Following last year’s Copenhagen Climate Summit, the five days of negotiations in Bonn last week in preparation for the big climate change meeting in Cancun, Mexico, at the end of the year, has been met by a profound display of disinterest....
2. Nigeria: Shell’s water borehole poisons community
   Umuorie Isimiri Community is located in Ukwa West Local Government Area of Abia State. Umuorie Isimiri is an hour and 20 minutes drive from Umuahia, capital of Abia State. It is a community of about 5,000 people, made up of mostly farmers. Shell Petr...
3. Global: South should also be paid for eco-disasters
   The new South has a cover story on why developing countries should also be eligible for compensation by transnational companies responsible for environmental disasters. The recent $20 bil fund set up by BP for the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico shou...
4. Zimbabwe: Ministers and journalists face arrest for ‘leaking’ information
   The Minister of Media, Information and Publicity, Webster Shamu, on Wednesday threatened to arrest any government ministers who disclose information on cabinet meetings and proceedings to the media, plus the journalists who use such information. Mini...
5. South Africa: Climate policy to go before Cabinet
   South Africa's draft climate change policy, known as the green paper, would be submitted to Cabinet by the end of August, after which it would be gazetted for public comment, the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA). DEA communications chief dir...

Africa - INTER PRESS SERVICE

1. Uganda Could Become Regional Rice Exporter say Researchers
   In a small garden at the Entebbe Botanical garden, about 40 kilometres from Kampala, a few yellowish plants are trying to adapt to their new environment.
2. Further Victims Identified in DRC Mass Rapes Case
   The number of women raped by rebel groups during last month's raid of more than a dozen villages centred around Walikale, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), has risen to over 240, U.N. officials told reporters here today.
3. Funding Begins Flowing for African Agriculture
   The Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) has received a major boost as several countries have begun drawing on funds from a $22 billion pledge made by the G8.
4. BOTSWANA: HIV-positive Mothers Not Convinced to Exclusively Breastfeed
   "An HIV-positive woman must never be encouraged to breastfeed because regardless of what the doctors or researchers say - it is too dangerous for the baby," says Koziba Kelatlhe an HIV-positive mother who was advised by health workers not to breastfeed her child.
5. SOUTH AFRICA: "Xenophobia Simmering Just Below Boiling Point"
   "Xenophobia is part of life. We do not live easy here. We only survive," says Somali shopkeeper, Abdinasir Shaikh Aden, looking tense.