Maraba

Fake Engineer Arraigned

A fake engineer, Mr. Harry Obi, has been arraigned before a magistrate court sitting in Maraba, a suburb of Abuja for alleged impersonation and for holding himself out as a professional, selling land and collecting building...

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Two for One

A boy tries to sell an armadillo he hunted near Maraba in Brazil's Amazon region. Despite the government prohibition of the sale of wild animals for meat, many people in the region still hunt commercially for a living ....

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Nigeria: One Dead, Ten Injured in Lokoja Free-for-All

Lokoja — ONE person identified as Surage was, yesterday, stabbed to death and ten others badly injured when some youths of Kabawa engaged themselves in a free-for-all fight. During the mayhem at the Maraba area of Lokoja...

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Brazil churches make life flow

The sound of postcards dropping through the letterboxes of the powerful is being heard time and time again in northern Brazil. It’s part of a major campaign organised by a Tearfund partner to help residents living in the Amazon...

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One Memorable Traffic Jam

Have you closed from work at the end of the day with the expectation of getting home, to shower, eat and rest for the night, and then you get to the bus stop only to embark on a journey of over 20 kilometres on foot under the...

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The poor struggle for bargaining power in land disputes - wo

Amazon close to Maraba, Para. Photograph: Paulo Whitaker/Reuters 's president Lula has approved a controversial law which grants to squatters occupying land in the Amazon — campaigners fear it will ...

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Rwanda looks to S&T to speed development

The Maraba Coffee Project has introduced coffee washing stations, like this one in Cyarumba Science and technology minister Professor Romain Murenzi says science and technology will be at the heart of Rwanda's development...

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Cleared by ranchers

The cattle industry is a major culprit in illegal clearing of the Amazon. Below, where a map on his screen indicates forest stood last year, bare soil is charred brown by recent burning, another example of the widespread...

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Amazon Rainforests Pay the Price as Demand for Beef Soars

Inquiry highlights concerns over ranching in heartland of Brazil. Maraba - Four-year old Daniel Santos da Silva and his older brother Diego Mota dos Santos, 10, heard their first gunshots in April. Their father was shot in a...

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Amazon rainforests pay the price as demand for beef soars

Inquiry highlights concerns over ranching in heartland of Brazil Four-year old Daniel Santos da Silva and his older brother Diego Mota dos Santos, 10, heard their first gunshots in April. Their father was shot in a dispute over...

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