Karonga District

AFRICA: We are the Government

Mozambique, 06/11/09 (IPS) - Members of the Women's Forum in Karonga Malawi attend a meeting on the health, social and environmental impacts of uranium mining, because they no longer want to remain uninformed.

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Malawi: Mine Galvanizes Civil Society

As if they were going to the races, Emma Musako and Monica Mhango showed up in their finest outfits to attend a meeting on the health, social and environmental impacts of uranium mining. They came because they, like the other...

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Malawi the 'cradle of humankind'?

Karonga - The latest discovery of pre-historic tools and remains of hominids in Malawi's remote northern district of Karonga provides further proof that the area could be the cradle of humankind, a leading German researcher...

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Paladin Energy Ltd: Kayelekera Fatality

Paladin Energy Ltd regretfully advises that a fatality has occurred as a result of a motor vehicle incident at the Kayelekera Uranium Mine in Malawi on Wednesday, 7th October. A contracted mini-bus conveying 19 national workers...

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African farmers suffer hardship as climate worsens

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - African farmers said on Monday floods and droughts expected to worsen with climate change have already brought poor harvests, and women workers are turning to prostitution and falling victim to HIV/AIDS.

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NGOs are paid anti-nuke critics: Paladin

Saturday October 3, 2009, 6:57 am Australia firm Paladin has dismissed allegations of contamination from a northern Malawi uranium mine, telling MPs that two rights groups have been paid funds to discredit its operations....

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Malawi: Bushfires threaten gov’t plantations

Ridiculous, A worker at Raiply Plantations in Northern Malawi is not happy with the way his boss nagged him for making some careless mistake; he wears the robe of darkness and goes on rampage, setting part of the plantation...

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Newly found mosquito may carry malaria

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- A species of mosquito in South Africa new to researchers may carry the ability to transmit malaria, researchers in Johannesburg said. The mosquito, known for the time being as...

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Malawi: Activists Look Askance At New Mine

"We are serious about the integrity of the environment," says Neville Huxham, the country director for Paladin Energy Africa. "We're taking the uranium out of the ground, we're exporting it to be used for productive purposes,...

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Building a school for those in need

Activist donates for schoolhouse in Malawi, Africa By KATE MCGINTY • Sheboygan Press staff • July 23, 2009 An entire school in Africa will move out from under the shade of trees and into an actual schoolhouse that was built...

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