In Africa, little enthusiasm for US vote after Obama
NAIROBI—“The dream becomes reality”, “Our son, our hope”: the headlines in the Kenyan press in 2008 captured pride and excitement ...
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Record-shattering birds stay in air for 10 months: Study
A small, dark-feathered bird known as the common swift flies for 10 months on end without ever landing, the longest ...
Read moreIRRI trains Africa, Asia agriculturists
Twenty-one agriculture extension workers from Africa and Asia completed on Friday a three-week training course on new practices and technologies ...
Read more2.6 billion people in Zika risk areas in Africa, Asia: study
At least 2.6 billion people, over a third of the global population, live in parts of Africa, Asia and the ...
Read moreJapan pledges $30b to Africa
Japan will invest $30 billion to boost Africa’s economic growth and infrastructure over the next three years, Prime Minister Shinzo ...
Read morePowerful few control ivory trading in Africa
WASHINGTON—Ivory trafficking in Africa, which threatens the survival of elephants, is highly concentrated in a few geographic hot spots and ...
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Manila Standard website (manilastandard.net), launched in August 2002, extends the newspaper’s reach beyond its traditional readers and makes its brand of Philippine news and opinion available to a much wider and geographically diverse readership here and overseas.