South Africa rhino poaching drops sharply but hundreds still being killed: Over 500 rhinos were poached for their horns in South Africa in the first eight months of 2018, a 26 percent fall from 691 in the same period last year. This maintains a downward trend since 2014, whe... Source: "South Africa" - BingNews Matthews smashes 117 to help WI women level ODI series: West … [Read more...] about SA News: South Africa rhino poaching drops sharply but hundreds still being killed
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As famine looms, malnutrition and disease rise sharply among children in Somalia
APO News from Africa: As famine looms, malnutrition and disease rise sharply among children in Somalia: As the spectre of famine hangs once again over Somalia, early numbers show an increasing number of children suffering from severe acute malnutrition (SAM) and cholera or acute watery diarrhoea (AWD) — a combination that killed many children in the famine of 2011. … [Read more...] about As famine looms, malnutrition and disease rise sharply among children in Somalia
Drought is pushing food prices up sharply in East Africa
Drought is pushing food prices up sharply in East Africa: Drought throughout East Africa has sharply curbed harvests and pushed the prices of cereals and other staple foods to unusually high levels, posing a heavy burden to households and special risks for pastoralists in the region. Local prices of maize, sorghum and other cereals are near or at record levels in swathes of … [Read more...] about Drought is pushing food prices up sharply in East Africa
