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Lack of breeding policy and the indiscriminate crossbreeding programmes are endangering animal resources in Africa. Yet the continent is has no deliberate plans to develop Animal Germplasm Program.

An indigenous plant that promises to be an effective pesticide is now almost in its final stages of research at the Kenya Medical Research Institute.

The 2nd Stop Cervical Cancer in Africa conference, held in Kampala, Uganda called for funding and implementation of national screening programs, training of health providers in screening and treatment for pre-cancer and high-level advocacy for more affordable and accessible HPV vaccines.

The latest round of UN-sponsored global Climate Change Talks in Accra, Ghana concluded Wednesday with clear signals that the pace of negotiations to get to a deal on long-term strengthened international action on climate change is picking up.

Countries should avoid planting crops for biofuels that stand a high risk of becoming invasive species, according to a report released Tuesday.

The European Union (EU) and the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE) have signed a financial agreement totalling Euros 1.5 million (Kshs.154 million) to support a new project that will enable livestock keepers in Africa, particularly pastoralists and agro-pastoralists, to access a ground breaking tsetse fly control innovation developed by the research Centre.

Africa achieved a modest increase in investment with investments up 10% to approximately $1.1 billion on clean energy in the last year; this is according to the Nairobi-based UN Environment Programme, UNEP.