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Kenya – No Trees in The Forest

November 10, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Human Wrongs Watch A landmark study of Kenya’s high-elevation forests shows that the economic cost of deforestation in the East African country exceeds national gains from forestry and logging by more than four-to-one, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) reported. … read more »

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At least 18 killed in Uganda landslide

June 25, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Scores of people are feared dead after a landslide struck villages in a mountainous region of eastern Uganda, officials say. The Ugandan Red Cross told the BBC that the landslide had buried at least 15 homes in Bududa district. Villages … read more »

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Ugandan villagers reel from mudslide tragedy

August 30, 2011 by benim

Nathan Gimei stares in shock at what used to be his village, a small Ugandan settlement ripped apart by a mudslide that submerged homes and killed entire families. “There were fifteen houses here, two shops, banana trees and coffee plants; … read more »

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