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EGYPT

Canines too fall prey

Seven-year-old boy dies of West Nile Virus in Kerala's Malappuram

The state might have been acting as a reservoir of the virus, say experts

NILE STATES

Perched atop an abyss

The predatory Nile perch, introduced with all good intentions into the Lake Victoria, is turning out to be the magnificent lake's nemesis

Ecology of violence

Violence in Sinai can be explained in its remoteness from Egypt’s power centers. Its desert ecology, mountain covers, and a long coastline …

‘Selous Game Reserve dam rooted in geopolitics over Nile’

Conservationist Mordecai Ogada says the decision to build a $3 billion dam on the Rufiji river that flows through the protected area is an …

Smooth sailing

Ten African nations show how a river can be shared peacefully

West Nile Virus and its lone victim

The death of a boy in Kerala from the virus shows how little India knows about a zoonotic disease that causes frequent human infections elsewhere

UGANDA

Land for ideology swap

Geopolitics, a mineral-rich disputed territory, Egypt-Sudan ties and the fall of Morsi

Vector-borne diseases may shift base with warmer temperatures

Stanford researchers say climate change will increase risk of vector-borne diseases spreading to countries characterised by cooler climate till now

Countries mull over impact of Ethiopian dam even as construction continues

Egypt is worried the Nile dam may affect the availability of water to downstream countries

Is the freeze coming?

A US scientist says that the Aswan dam would lead to an ice age in the Northern hemisphere

Avian flu killing Jharkhand crows: virology institute

Highly pathogenic H5N1virus that can even spread to humans

Amazon the longest, not Nile

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