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For the second year in a row, drought in Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia and Tanzania is causing fears for famine and violence. Masai herdsmen are reported moving starving cattle into Kenya's famous national parks, while Burundians are fleeing to Tanzania to escape food shortages. Tanzania has urgently requested 100,000 tons of food aid from the UN, while its hydroelectric power plants are malfunctioning due to low water levels resulting in long nationwide power cuts. At the same time Uganda is 'draining Lake Victoria' to maintain the levels of hydro-electric power. Meanwhile, Ohio State University researchers report that ice fields on top of Tanzania's Mount Kilimanjaro are showing an average reduction of about a half-meter in height each year. In Western Africa, Nigeria and Niger report a rapid spread of the Bird Flu epidemic. Due to the low level of sanitation and the proximity of chicken and humans in African countries, there is a danger of the virus mutating and a pandemic ensuing. There are no incidents of bird flu yet in East African parks, however this is very likely to change.

Related:
http://www.innovations-report.com/html/rep...port-55289.html
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/02/15/tanzania.food.ap/
http://www.zeenews.com/znnew/articles.asp?...ssid=26&sid=ENV
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4696240.stm

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