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Item AfDB launches programme to grow Africa's textile industry(Daily Monitor, 2017-10-18) AgenciesThe African Development Bank ( AFDB) and its partners have launched a specialised training programme for entrepreneurs and startups in the textile, apparel and accessories (TA&A) sector in Africa.Item Blast fear over flooded texas chemical plant.(daily monitor, 2017-09-01) AgenciesUSA. a chemical plant near the flooded US city of houston is expected to explode and catch fire in the coming days. during heavy rainfall from Hurricane harvey, the Arkem plant at Crosby lost the ability to refrigerate chemical compounds that need to be kept cool.Item Brazil opens forest reserve to mining.(daily monitor, 2017-08-25) AgenciesBrazil. Brazil's government has abolished a vast national reserve in the Amazon to open up the area to mining.Item Doctors remove mother's uterus to treat foetus in unique operation.(Daily Monitor, 2017-11-03) AgenciesIt might look like a growing egg from an alien world, but this red ovoid is actually a human womb containing a baby, removed from its mother before birth, in ground breaking operation. Doctors in the US have been pioneering an astonishing new treatment for spina bifida in which the baby is operated on before birth.Item Donald Trump will not be president - Obama(Daily monitor, 2016-02-18) AgenciesRepublican Donald Trump will not be president because it's a "serious job", President Barack Obama has said. "I continue to believe that Mr Trump will not be president. And the reason is because I have a lot of faith in the American people," said Mr Obama.Item Gardening to help tackle malaria(Daily Monitor, 2017-07-06) AgenciesGardening could be a powerful weapon against malaria, culling mosquito populations by cutting off their food supply, say researchers.Item Heavy rains kill five, displace thousands in India.(daily monitor, 2017-08-31) AgenciesIndia. monsoon rains have killed at least five people, including two toddlers, in Mumbai as India's financial capital ground to a halt under flooding.Item Hoima oil waste company blacklisted in South Africa.(Saturday Vision., 2017-08-12) Okanya, Andante; AgenciesThe parent company of Hoima- based oil waste management company EnviroServ Uganda Limited has been blacklisted in South Africa for allegedly dumping smelly waste at a landfill. A South Africa newspaper Business Day reported that EnviroServ was temporarily banned by the High Court in Durban recently.Item In school but learning nothing.(Saturday Monitor, 2017-09-30) AgenciesSix out of 10 children and teenagers in the world are failing to reach basic levels of proficiency in learning, warns a hard-hitting report from the United Nations. The UN describes the findings as "staggering" and representing a "learning crisis". Much of the focus of international aid in education has been on the lack of access to schools, particularly in poorer countries in sub-Saharan Africa or in conflict zones.Item India media storm over 10-year-old pregnant rape victim.(daily monitor, 2017-08-08) AgenciesIndia. A 10-year old girl who is pregnant and has been denied an abortion is at the centre of a media storm in India.Item Nigeria primary teachers fail exams set for pupils(Daily Monitor, 2017-10-12) AgenciesThousands of primary school teachers in Nigeria's northern Kaduna state are to be sacked after failing the exams they set for their six-year-old pupils.