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Fledgling mantle plume may be cause of African volcano's unique lava
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Mar 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Nyiragongo, an active African volcano, possesses lava unlike any other in the world, which may point toward its source being a new mantle plume says a University of Rochester geochemist. The ...
Research uncovers surprising lion stronghold in war-torn central Africa
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Jan 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Times are tough for wildlife living at the frontier between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Armies are reportedly encamped in a national park and wildlife preserve on the ...
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Mountain gorillas in danger in the Congo
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Aug 21, 2007 |
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Conservationists in the Democratic Republic of the Congo believe the charcoal trade is killing mountain gorillas at the Virunga National park.
Insecticide-treated bed nets reduce infant deaths in Democratic Republic of Congo
Sep 03, 2009 |
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Giving insecticide-treated bed nets to nearly 18,000 mothers at prenatal clinics in the Democratic Republic of Congo prevented an estimated 414 infant deaths from malaria, a study by University of North Carolina at Chapel ...
Malaria top killer in Congo
Apr 30, 2008 |
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Health officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo say malaria is the primary cause of illness and death, despite prevention efforts.
Researchers identify new way the malaria parasite and red blood cells interact
Mar 10, 2009 |
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Virginia Commonwealth University Life Sciences researchers have discovered a new mechanism the malaria parasite uses to enter human red blood cells, which could lead to the development of a vaccine cocktail to fight the mosquito-borne ...
A year after discovery, Congo's 'mother lode' of gorillas remains vulnerable
Nov 23, 2009 |
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A new study by the Wildlife Conservation Society says that western lowland gorillas living in a large swamp in the Republic of Congo—part of the "mother lode" of more than 125,000 gorillas discovered last ...
Health in low-income countries: Outsourcing and cash incentives may help
Oct 07, 2009 |
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Contracting private providers of healthcare services and giving cash incentives to patients are two strategies that have been proposed to increase access to healthcare in low income countries. In two new Cochrane Systematic ...
DR Congo hippos face extinction
Sep 13, 2005 |
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Hippopotamuses living in the Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo reportedly are facing extinction.
Hippos are being decimated in the DR Congo
Nov 15, 2005 |
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The world's largest hippopotamus population is being destroyed in the Democratic Republic of Congo and it's being done by poachers using weapons of war.
Photo reveals rare okapi survived poaching onslaught
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Sep 10, 2008 |
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A set of stripy legs in a camera trap photo snapped in an African forest indicates something to cheer about, say researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society. The legs belong to an okapi -- a rare forest ...
Uganda's gorilla population growing
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Apr 21, 2007 |
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Wildlife officials say the number of mountain gorillas in Uganda has increased by six percent since 2002.
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