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Gambian Wildlife Reserve Facing Depletion, Chinese Company Blamed

Gambia’s first Community Wildlife Reserve in the village of Gunjur, 35 kilometers from Banjul is facing depletion as...

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In China, Maggots Finish Plates, and Food Waste

Thousands of voracious white maggots wiggle frenetically while tearing through trayfuls of leftover meat, vegetables...

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Deadly! Fishermen Resort To Illegal Fishing Methods Just As Their Chinese Counterparts

Some fisher folks in Western Region have vowed not to give up light fishing and the use of dynamite and other illegal...

Business

Fishermen Resort To Illegal Fishing Methods Just As Their Chinese Counterparts

Some fisher folks in Western Region have vowed not to give up light fishing and the use of dynamite and other illegal...

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Sri Lanka Monsoon Toll Climbs To 164

Sri Lanka's monsoon toll climbed to 164 with the discovery of more bodies of people buried in landslides triggered by...

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North Korea Test-Fires Another Ballistic Missile, US and South Korea Say

North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile Monday morning that landed in the ocean, the US military said. South...

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Great Barrier Reef Bleaching Worse Than First Thought

Coral bleaching on Australia's Great Barrier Reef is worse than first thought and the impact will accelerate unless...

Business

Scientists Discover Worm That Can Biodegrade Polythene

Scientists have found that a caterpillar commercially bred for fishing bait has the ability to biodegrade polyethylene....

Business

Esoko Accused of Thwarting Planting For Food and Jobs Initiative

Deputy Director of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA), Mr Akaare Damian, says Esoko, a Non-Governmental...

Business

Government’s Fertiliser Subsidy Programme In Limbo

Government’s fertiliser subsidy programme in the Upper West region is in limbo as farmers in the region and...

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KOICA Supports Upper East Health Care With $9m

The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) has provided $9 million to improve the quality of Maternal, Neonatal...

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Sri Lanka Steps Up Relief As Monsoon Toll Exceeds 150

Emergency teams rushed food and water Sunday to half a million Sri Lankans displaced by the island's worst flooding for...

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Black Spot Disease Attacks Mango Farms In Kintampo Area

Mango farms in the Kintampo North municipality have been massively attacked by mango bacterial black spot disease,...

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Airbus Starts Building First Helicopter Plant In China

Airbus has begun building its first helicopter assembly plant in China, and the European planemaker plans to produce 18...

International

Trump Keeps World Waiting On Paris Deal

Donald Trump has said he will decide whether to pull out of a key climate change deal in the next week, having...

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Sri Lanka Rushes Aid To Half A Million Flood Victims

Emergency teams rushed to distribute aid Sunday to half a million Sri Lankans displaced after the island's worst...

Business

Ghana Ready To Abide By Nuclear Safety Rules – Atomic Energy

The Ghana Atomic Energy Commission has expressed its readiness to maintain high safety standards as the nation prepares...

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Why Nuclear Could Become the Next ‘fossil’ Fuel

A gray dinosaur statue outside south Florida's largest power plant is meant to symbolize two decommissioned fossil fuel...

Business

Government Must Monitor Safety of Fishes

Nana Kwesi Duncan I, the Chief Fisherman of Marine Park Elimina in the Central Region, has urged the government to...