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Nigeria: African Countries Tackle Water Scarcity to Combat Climate Change
2013-03-08 09:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Daily Trust: African countries are creating more reliable and accurate climate information, and building more durable, climate-resilient infrastructure across the sectors as part of strategies to cushion the impact of climate change. A statement issued by the United Nations backed Climate Investment Fund (CIF) said that the African strategy was supported by the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the CIF with the intention of responding to complex problems that climate change was creating on their combined sectors...
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Nigeria to Switch to Clean Cooking Gas
2013-03-07 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Voice of America: Aid agencies are teaming up with Nigeria's government to convert 20 million stoves from unwholesome fuel and firewood to clean cooking gas. About 112 million Nigerians rely solely on firewood for cooking, producing fumes and smoke that put them at high risk of asthma, bronchitis, child pneumonia, and lung cancer. The World Health Organization says more than 95,000 Nigerians die annually due to complications caused by the inhalation of smoke from biofuels. This makes it the third-highest killer...
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just On Call - Nigeria beer market recovery dragging - Diageo
2013-03-06 16:21:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
The head of Diageo's African operations has admitted that Nigeria's beer market is taking longer to recover than the company anticipated.
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Indonesia plans to expand palm oil, cocoa plantations to Nigeria
2013-02-22 02:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Xinhua: Indonesia and Nigeria have agreed to cooperate in opening plantations for palm oil, cocoa and other commodities in the African country, an Indonesian minister said here on Wednesday. Indonesian Industry Minister MS Hidayat made the statement after he accompanied President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to visit Nigeria last week. "Nigeria has offered land for us, no matter how large we need, because it needs to cooperate with us in the agro-base industry, such as developing palm oil, cocoa and other...
Foreign workers abducted in Nigeria
2013-02-17 15:57:58| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
At least six foreign workers have been kidnapped by gunmen in northern Nigeria, in the biggest such incident in recent years.
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