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sunsets
are perfect, and evening skies are clear. This is
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--BREAKING NEWS--
2000-03-08
ETHIOPIA: ETHIOPIA DEPLOYS 70,000 PEOPLE TO FIGHT
FOREST FIRE.
ADDIS ABABA, March 8 (Reuters) - Ethiopia said on
Wednesday it had deployed some 70,000 people to fight
a
raging forest fire in the south of the country but
international
assistance was still needed.
Kuma Demeksa, head of a government committee set up to
deal with the blaze, said soldiers, local farmers and
university
students had been mobilised to tackle the fire.
But he said international help was still required to
provide
aerial support to fight the three-week-old fire which
has already
destroyed at least 70,000 hectares of forest, scrub
and
coffee plantations.
An international firefighting team which has flown
over the
affected area said on Tuesday helicopter crews were
needed
to bomb the fires with water.
Johann Goldammer of the Global Fire Monitoring Centre
said
$30,000 in funding and other logistical support was
needed for
the first phase of the operation.
Conservationists say the fire is now approaching the
Bale
Mountains National Park, home to several of the
world's rarest
mammal species including the Simien Fox, Mountain
Nyala
and Menelik's Bushbuck.
The fires are thought to have been started by farmers
clearing
forest for cultivation, or honey collectors smoking
out bees in
areas dried out by drought. Hot, gusty winds have
helped the
fires take hold.
for more current news, click on the link below
http://news.africa.com/
and so our focus is on...
--Aids in Africa--
For some years, it has been clear that Africa -
especially
south of the Sahara - is the area of the world worst
affected
by HIV and AIDS. Infection levels are highest, access
to care
is lowest, and social and economic safety nets that
might
help families cope with the impact of the epidemic are
badly
frayed, in part because of the epidemic itself.
http://aids.africa.com/
--AFRICA.COM tip of the week--
We think our new Gallery search is so great, that we'd
like
to feature it again, and explain it a bit more to our
prospective
photograph-searchers!
PLEASE NOTE THAT COUNTRY MAPS AND FLAGS ARE
NOT KEPT IN THE GALLERY, CLICK ON "Countries" AND
CHOOSE A COUNTRY TO FIND THE RELEVANT INFO.
1. You can search for your own topic such as "lion"
or
"elephant" or "waterfall". The result will then be
those
words that are included in the description of the
photographs.
So if you search for "leopard", and one of the results
is a
hotel, then remember that the hotel name has something
to do with the word "leopard".
2. You can search for preset topics which Africa.com
already
uses in the gallery dropdown menu. Here they are
again,
"people", "scenery", "birds", "wildlife", "flora".
3. You can search for country specific photographs
too. So,
if you type in "Cameroon" and click on "search", then
the
result will be all the Cameroon photographs in the
gallery!
4. You can also search by photographer name. So if
you
like the photographs that Bill Quayle takes, and would
like
to see all the pics he has submitted, then just do a
search
for "Bill Quayle"! As easy as that!
THE GALLERY SEARCH RESULTS WILL ONLY BE ON
PHOTOGRAPHS, PLEASE USE THE SEARCH FACILITY
ON THE OTHER AFRICA.COM PAGES TO SEARCH THE
REST OF THE SITE.
try it here!
http://www.africa.com/gallery/
--afri-CULTURE--
Lesson 11 for our KiSwahili enthusiasts.
11. l
As in English when in initial position, e.g. 'leak';
second
language speakers tend not to distinguish r and l.
lala 'sleep'
leo 'today'
12. th
As in English thin, think, both:
thelathini 'thirty'
This information comes from an excellent resource,
"The Kamusi Project". It is an Internet Living
Swahili
Dictionary, which you can find here,
http://www.yale.edu/swahili/
--New Features--
As you know by now, Africa.com tries to add a
valuable new feature to the site every week.
Now we have a book and cd for sale on Africa.com, via
an affiliate!
"Coming to terms: South Africa's Search for Truth"
by Martin Meredith & Tina Rosenberg
"Microsoft Encarta Africana 2000" Cd
So come on, pull out the bucks, and spoil yourself to
a nice african gift!
click here to see both
http://www.africa.com/south_africa/
--afri-FACT--
Did you know that you can view the flag of any country
in
Africa, by clicking on "countries" and then choosing
the
relevant country?
try it here!
http://www.africa.com/countries/
--Channels for Africa!--
http://aids.africa.com/
Widespread ignorance of the threat of AIDS suggests
that more than half of all South Africans are exposed
to
the risk of infection, a survey showed on Wednesday.
http://soccer.africa.com/
The Olympic qualifiers continue on the 10th of March.
Zimbabwe are up against Uganda and Nigeria will take
on
Angola. Keep up to date with news on African teams as
they continue on the road to Sydney later this year.
Until next week friends!
sala kakuhle!
(warm african greetings!)
Lindiwe
tribesmember
@africa.com
100% pure african
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