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Yellow fever outbreak kills 164 in Sudan’s Darfur: WHO

(Chicago Tribune) Yellow fever has killed 164 people over the last three months in Sudan’s Darfur, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday, an arid region the size of Spain where fighting and banditry makes access particularly difficult. Healthcare is provided almost entirely by aid agencies in parts of Darfur, where rebels took up  Read More »

Calling for a GMO-Free Continent

(AllAfrica) South African smallholder farmer Motlasi Musi is not happy with the African Centre for Biosafety’s call for his country and Africa to ban the cultivation, import and export of all genetically modified maize. “I eat genetically modified maize, which I have been growing on my farm for more than seven years, and I am  Read More »

Experts stress biotechnology for agricultural development

(The Citizen) Modern biotechnology and products derived from it have come to stay and will not go away as a result of polarised debates, seeds scientists have warned. Speaking recently during the Seed Traders Association of Kenya (STAK) congress in Nairobi, the scientists noted that the technology has brought new benefits for plant breeding and  Read More »

World Health Organization warns of “spreading” yellow fever outbreak in Darfur

(CBS News) A yellow fever outbreak has hit Sudan’s Darfur region, infecting up to 350 people and killing 107 in the last six weeks, the World Health Organization announced Tuesday. The WHO warns that the disease could spread all over the country. As of Nov. 11, the WHO said in a statement there were 329  Read More »

Anthrax outbreak kills 30 hippos

(iAfrica) Thirty hippos have been killed by a bacterial outbreak in the Kruger National Park (KNP), the SA National Parks (SANParks) said on Monday. SANParks said an anthrax outbreak was identified in late August and post mortem results confirmed that most of the dead hippos were infected. The carcasses were discovered along the Letaba and  Read More »

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