Speeple News Search

Sign Up! | Tags | Domains | Statistics | Options | Advanced Search

KENYA: Predicting Weather With Science and Spider Webs

ipsnews.net » 2008 » October » 9th » KENYA: Predicting Weather With Science and Spider Webs

JOHANNESBURG, Oct 9 (IPS) - When the magungu bird flies higher in the sky than usual and seems to float in the air in its passage from south to north, the Abasuba people living on the islands of Kenya's Lake Victoria and on the highlands near the lake know the rains are on their way and that it is time to plant … Continue Reading »

Latest news from IPS Inter Press Service - Africa:

  1. CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: U.N. Peace Efforts Falter
  2. EAST AFRICA: Plan to Integrate Bourses Despite Hesitant Tanzania
  3. RIGHTS-MAURITANIA: 'Chains Are Jewellery For Men'
  4. DEVELOPMENT-SOUTHERN AFRICA: Harnessing the Zambezi
  5. POVERTY-ZIMBABWE: Gardening Lifeline for Urban Women

Latest news from ipsnews.net:

  1. Q&A: 'Conditions in Prisons Should be Close to Those Outside'
  2. ZAMBIA: Violence Against Women on the Rise
  3. POLITICS-THAILAND: King's Poor Health Adds to Gloom
  4. SRI LANKA: No Calm After the Storm
  5. DEVELOPMENT: Richest Countries Also the Stingiest