Tiger, tiger, fighting back

 A census that revealed a shocking drop in numbers could be the big cat’s salvation as an effective rescue plan is developed in India

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The number of Sumatran tigers fell because of habitat loss and poaching for body parts

 

 

Colo. sets record on drilling permits _ 7,000-plus

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Zimbabwe:Asbestos mines face closure

By Roberta Katunga

ZIMBABWE risks losing US$60 million annually while the future of about 10 000 asbestos mineworkers and 70 000 people who directly benefit from the sector hangs by a thread as South Africa – one of the major importers of the products – has reportedly banned the use of asbestos materials, it has been learnt.

Somalia: ‘Highest Levels of Malnutrition in the World’

Nairobi — “Somalia has the highest levels of malnutrition in the world”, with up to 300,000 children acutely malnourished annually, Hilde Frarfjord Johnson, UNICEF’s deputy executive director, said.

Return of the ivory trade

 

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Tahriib Iyo Talo

  

Waxa tiiraanyo lagu tusaalo qaato inoogu filan dhacdada taariikhiga ah ee foosha xun ee dhawaan ina soo martay, oo ah in tahriibayaal reer Awdal ahi ku haftaan kuna naf waayeen hirarka  iyo mawjadaha badweyn shisheeye. Mar labaad tacsi tiiraanyo badan ayaan gaadhsiinaynaa ehelkii iyo qaraabadii ay ka baxeen tahriibayaashaas reer Awdal ee heddoodii dhammaatay, naxariis janno iyo samir iyo iimaan.

 

Maanta Waa Maalin Hooyo Weyday Wiilkeedii

By Cabdiraxmaan Cali Rooble

 

Salaamu calaykum, maanta waa maalin aad iyo aad u murugo badan, maanta waa maalin hooyo ay wayday wiilkeedii, maanta waa maalin walaal uu wayey walaalkiis, maanta waa maalin saxiib uu waayey saxiibkii qaaliga ahaa, runtii dhacdadani dhacday waxay noqotay dhacdo aad u xanuun badan oo samayn ku yeelatay dhamaan bulshada reer awdal ahba.

Dhawaqa Dhallinta Awdal

Waa ayaanba ayaan,  imikana ubadkii Awdlabaa u badheedhay inay tahriibaan, oo naftooda biimeeyaan. Waxay doorteen in halkii ay ku dayacnaan lahaayeen dhulkoooda hooyo ay ku dhintaan badaha waaweyn dhexdooda, oo maydkoodana qariyaan. Iyagoo doonidu la degayso ayay la hadlayeen ehelkoodii ugu xigay. Waa wax laga muraaro dilaaco, lehna murugo aad u weyn. 

Dhacdooyinka Wakhtiga Cusub

BY: Suleymaan Dugsiiye

Qarnigan aan ku jirno waa hubaal inuu is badal badan wato. Ka u weyna yahay khayraadkii dunida oo gabaabsi ku dhow. Taasina waxay dhalisay in dowladaha aduunku dib u qorsheeyaan arimahooda ku aadan docyada siyaasada, dhaqaalaha iyo deegaanka. Waxa taa ka markhaati ah waxa ka socda Bariga Dhexe, Afrikada Galbeed iyo Geeska Afrika. Dhacdooyinkooduna aad moodo inay ku salaysan yihiin boob iyo gumaysi doon casriyaysan oo ku qotoma: Qaatee qaado, Yaan lagaaga horayn, Sobotaad dooni u yeel, Maxaa kaa galey. Bal xoogaa aan falanqayno qarnigan an joogno wuxuu wato iyo sidey wax u socdaan. 

MOZAMBIQUE: Growing poverty with mineral wealth

Photo: Jaspreet Kindra/IRIN Can oil defeat poverty? MAPUTO, 7 January 2008 (IRIN) – For years, the coal-mining town of Moatize, in the northern Mozambican province of Tete, has been a ghost of its former self, but this is about to change. Its railroad is closed and the purpose-built prefabricated neighbourhood, called Berlin after long-disappeared German miners, now houses local residents. Like much of Mozambique’s extractive industry, the decades-long civil war resulted in large-scale damage to infrastructure, and the region’s mineral wealth was all but ignored. But the peace dividend appears to be paying off since hostilities ended in 1992. Vale do Rio Doce, a Brazilian mining company, is expected to resuscitate coal mining at Moatize by 2010 and its investment has already begun to bring rapid changes to the town.

A General Survey of the Somaliland Protectorate

 

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A General Survey of the  Somaliland Protectorate 1944 – 1950 (C. D. & W. Scheme D.484) by John A. Hunt, M.A., F.R.G.S., F.G.S.

 

Chapter VI:  Geology

A. Introduction

181.	The geological work proposed for carrying out by the General Survey was as follows:

The Africa 50 Finest Mountains ranked by primary factor

The list below identifies and ranks the 50 African mountains with the largest prominence or primary factor. A vertical ascent on foot of at least 600 meter should be honored in order to qualify as a legitimate climb, many peaks will require more.

North Somali Mountains

North Somali mountains

	Priority	urgent
	Habitat loss	unquantified
	Knowledge	poor
	Countries	Somalia
	Area	32000 km2
	Altitude	lowland/montane 300 – 2100m

General characteristics This EBA includes several isolated areas of Afromontane vegetation in the higher mountains of northern Somalia (see White 1983), and the rocky coastal escarpment of northern and north-east Somalia. Most of this region has been inacessible to ornithologists for years, and the status of the birds and their habitats are exceptionally poorly known.

Africa: Geology and Geography

Geology and Geography

Most of Africa is a series of stable, ancient plateau surfaces, low in the north and west and higher (rising to more than 6,000 ft/1,830 m) in the south and east. The plateau is composed mainly of metamorphic rock that has been overlaid in places by sedimentary rock. The escarpment of the plateau is often in close proximity to the coast, thus leaving the continent with a generally narrow coastal plain; in addition, the escarpment forms barriers of falls and rapids in the lower courses of rivers that impede their use as transportation routes into the interior.

East Africa’s endangered mountain gorillas

Around 700 mountain gorillas survive in the wild, split almost evenly between two locations: the Virunga range of volcanic mountains on the borders of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Rwanda and Uganda, and in the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda.

Gabiley Waxay Rabtaa Xeeb Aad U Ballaadhan.!

REER GABILEY GUDO IYO DIBADBA WAXEY XUKUUMADA DHEXE KA SUGAYAAN XUDUUDII IYO XEEBTII GOBOLKU LAHAA

Gobolka Gabiley wuxuu lahaa intii aan laga goyn degmooyinka qaarkood xeeb aad u balaadhan.GABILEYNEWS(Hargeysa)-Dadka reer gabiley eegudo iyo dibadba ku nool ayaa waxey siweyn ug sugayaan xukuumada dhexe ee somaliland in ay gobolka cusub ee Gabiley usoo asteyso xuduudihiisii oo dhameys tiran bad iyo bariba.

Gargoorray Gobolka ii Geeya.

March 15, 2006

Gar-Goorrey, Gobolka ii Geeya

By Cabdiqani Suldaan Yuusuf

Gar Goorrey baad ku Gam’i doontiine (idin difaaciye), samarroonoow siiya Gobol. Curadkeeniina waan gabnaye, reer Warsame Nageeye, siiya Guddoonka. Waa mawduuca maanta ee maqaalkani ku saabsan yahay, ee ‘indho- indhayn wanagsan’. Baryahan danbe, Akhristayayaashu wayba  yaryihiine, oo Qorayayaashaa badane .

Dr Daahir Rayaale Kaahin, Dalka Hasii Dhakhtariyo 10 Sanadood oo Danbe

Madaxweyne Siyaad Barre(AUN), wuxu hogaanka u hayay  ummad u badan dad waalan oo wuxu ahaa dhakhtarkii dadkaasi ku daawaynayay jeel majnuunka. Markuu ka tegayna waxay kasoo wada baxeen  jeelkii oo waxay soo galeen magaalooyinkii iyo tuulooyinkii. Wixii ka dhacayna waa kaas wali socda ee la joojin kari laayahay. Waana taasi aynu maanta markhaatiga u nahay in walaalaheenii Soomaaliyeed ee Koonfur ay bakhtiga cunayaan baahi daraadeed.

 

Dalsan Boorama

Dalsaneey Booramoo Daruuruhu Hadheeyeen.

 

Deeqi Waxay La Midab Tahay, Dalsaneey Booramoo Daruuruhu Hadheeyeen

Abdiqani Ateyeh — London, UK — 10 May, 2007