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NEWS & BRIEFS
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- New approach crucial for elephant conservation;
- Uganda government creates park to protect mountain gorillas;
- Swallow roosts of southeast Nigeria;
- New policy boost to Tanzanian tourism;
- Uganda set for an investment boom;
- Challenges & fun in the sky.
- Old ways to the future: A festival of living traditions;
- Spreading wings across Africa;
- Saving the last of the Hunter's Hartebeest;
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 COVER STORY
- Three feature articles examine efforts being made by various organisations and individuals in Rwanda, Uganda, and Zaire (Democratic Republic of the Congo) to save the last of the world's mountain gorillas.
- A decade of peace gives Uganda's wildlife a chance and revives gorilla tourism;
- The
International Gorilla Conservation Programme;
- A walk in the forest;
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FORESTS
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- Logging threatens rainforests;
- Forest plunder shifts to Central Africa;
- The Revival of Ghana's forests;
- Arabuko-Sokoke, Kenya's home to unique flora & fauna;
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 MARGINALISED AMID RICH HERITAGE
- The Maasai, the Turkana and other indigenous people in Kenya have cultures that are a great asset to tourism. These same people occupy areas with histories or resources that are of vital importance to the tourism industry, and of interest to the whole world. Ndung'u wa Njaga examines why they do not seem to benefit from the money their cultures and resources generate.
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 WILDLIFE TRANSLOCATION
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- Kenya becomes the third African country to adopt translocation technology for the management of its wildlife.
- Focusing on the translocation of elephants and rhinos in Kenya, Ndung'u wa Njaga examines the pros and the cons of this wildlife management tool.
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TOXIC BURDEN
- Barbara Rutherford examines the threat the world faces afrom toxic waste.
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SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST
- As harsh economic realities force the world's attention away from environmental issues to world trade, the conservation movement is suffering with many organisations finding it hard to raise funds. Dr. Claude Martin suggests a way forward.
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SEBASTIAN PASSES ON
- Sebastian, the 40-years old, fun-loving chimpanzee at the Nairobi Orphanage, dies.
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 AFRICA'S FAMOUS RAILWAY MARKS CENTENARY
- As it celebrates its 100th birthday, Victoria Day-Wilson traces the blood, tears and cheers that went into the construction of what came to be known as the "Lunatic Express".
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FAT WOMEN: A PAINTER'S INSPIRATION
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Ivorian author Assamala Amoi interviews Aka Augustine Kassi, one of Cote d'Ivoire's leading fine artists and painters. He reveals why he is obssessed with fat women, and why he keeps to native art.
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 KENYA'S MOTOR SPORTS
- Rali Rafisa reports on Kenya's premiere motor sport which was started to mark Queen Elizabeth II's coronation
- Victoria Day-Wilson reports on Kenya's unique fundsraising motor sport where good off-road driving skills are a must.
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 INCULTURATION CHALLENGE
- Rev. Father Renato Kizito Sesana reviews the African Synod, one year on, examining its relevance to the church in Africa.
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- READERS' FEEDBACK
- Sample views received from some of our readers.
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HEWING BEAUTIFUL MESSAGES OUT OF STONE
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Zimbabwe stone sculpture is renown the world over. Chiedza Musengezi, a Zimbabwean writer, looks at the highlights of Shona sculpture and profiles some of the works and the nation's greatest sculptors.
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- BOOK REVIEW
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 Hannington Ochwada reviews the African edition of Rachael Carson's Silent Spring.
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