Civil wars are twice as likely to break out in countries that see severe weather fluctuations because of El Niño, according to a new study published in the journal Nature.
The El Nino climate cycle brings not only high temperatures and dry weather, but also possibly civil wars, a new study claims.Between 1950 and 2004, the risk of civil wars doubled in 90 tropical countries when bit by El Nino every three to seven years, according to a study published in Wednesday's Nature.
Gadhafi is not welcome in most nations, nor in most parts of Libya, but the leader and King of Kings still has powerful friends that may be willing to accommodate Gadhafi for the rest of his life.
Researchers set up more than 400 hidden cameras in order to capture images of some of the world's most elusive mammals. A group of biologists successfully captured 52,000 images of some of the most fear-inducing creatures on this planet.
Roughly 52,000 snapshots of rare, exotic mammals were taken by a group of international scientists with camera-traps earlier this week, offering a global view of declining mammal populations. The study caught animals in protected wildlife areas of Brazil, Costa Rica, Indonesia, Laos, Suriname, Tanzania and Uganda.
See an incredible set of snapshots of rare mammals revealed Tuesday by a group of international scientists captured with camera-traps earlier this week, offering a global view of declining mammal populations.
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni will allow 7,100 hectares of virgin forest to be farmed for sugarcane, his spokesperson told Reuters on Monday, potentially triggering a repeat of protests that stopped a similar deal in 2007.
A baby mountain gorilla was saved from the hands of illegal smugglers on Sunday in Rwanda. On Sunday night, a female baby mountain gorilla was found in an African jail, curled up on a bed alongside poachers who attempted to smuggle her from the Democratic Republic of Congo into Rwanda, according to the World Wildlife Fund. Rwandan authorities said the poachers had bought it for $15,000.
A mountain gorilla was in the hands of a group of poachers when the rescue occurred.
Ugandan police fired teargas on Wednesday to disperse thousands of supporters of opposition leader Kizza Besigye who had gathered in the town of Masaka in southwest Uganda where he renewed calls for protests against high food and fuel prices.
A baby mountain gorillas was saved from becoming bush meat on Sunday in Rwanda. Sunday night, a female baby mountain gorilla was found in an African jail, curled up on a bed alongside poachers who attempted to smuggle her from the Democratic Republic of Congo into Rwanda, according to the World Wildlife Fund.
Researchers and scientists working in Uganda said on Tuesday that they have unearthed a 20 million-year-old well-preserved fossil skull of an ancient primate in the Karamoja region northeast of Kampala, Uganda.
Ugandan and French scientists have discovered a fossil of a skull of a tree-climbing ape from about 20 million years ago in Uganda's Karamoja region, the team said Tuesday.
UNICEF has established World Breastfeeding Week, which began on Mon., to raise awareness about breastfeeding children, a practice that can reduce deaths in children under five by 13 percent.
France Telecom's Orange mobile unit is teaming up with Google to offer SMS-based chat in Africa, Orange said in a statement on Wednesday, targeting the fast growth of wireless services on a continent where computers remain scarce.
An international rights group on Wednesday called on Uganda to stop prosecuting civilians in military courts and to immediately release 341 people under army detention.
The Ugandan High Court has ordered the police to produce a journalist who has been held in an unknown location for 13 days, after a local media watchdog sued security chiefs over his disappearance.
Health officials and researchers from the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say the decline shows that the benefits of the vaccine program - established in the 1990s - were larger than expected prior to its start. Chickenpox led to about 105 deaths a year during the pre-vaccine years of 1990 to 1994, researchers say.
The worst drought in 60 years in the Horn of Africa has sparked a severe food crisis and high malnutrition rates, with parts of Kenya and Somalia experiencing pre-famine conditions, according to a United Nations report.
According to a recent study, between 2002 and 2007, the annual average number of chickenpox deaths was the lowest ever reported, with 14 deaths recorded in 2007 and just 13 the year prior, due to a particular vaccine. Chickenpox led to about 105 deaths a year during the pre-vaccine years of 1990 to 1994, researchers say.
With no improvement in the overall food security conditions expected before early 2012, about a million of children in drought-ridden Horn of Africa are at the risk of dying from malnourishment.
Healthy HIV-free people could reduce their risk of getting the infection if they take a daily dose of antiretroviral drugs used to treat it, two groundbreaking studies have found.
