China helps Tanzania's research, water conservation in Great Lakes

STORY: China helps Tanzania's research, water conservation in Great Lakes DATELINE: April 14, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:47 LOCATION: DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania CATEGORY: POLITICS/ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of attendees of the seminar 2. various of the handover of the equipment 3. SOUNDBITE (English): RIZIKI SHEMDOE, Tanzania's permanent secretary in the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries STORYLINE: China started a two-day training seminar in Tanzania to improve water conservation and management in the country's Great Lakes. The training seminar on Eco-environment and Water Security in Lake Basin System was jointly organized by the Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology (NIGLAS), the Sino-Africa Joint Research Center and the Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute (TAFIRI). It focused on lake environment and ecology, water security and catchment management, and lake fishery and resources management by bringing together experts from Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Uganda, Burundi, Kenya and the Democratic Repub

Algerian Red Crescent receives Chinese donation for wildfire affected families

STORY: Algerian Red Crescent receives Chinese donation for wildfire affected families DATELINE: Aug. 23, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:32 LOCATION: Algiers CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the donation ceremony 2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): IBTISSEM HAMLAOUI, President of Algerian Red Crescent STORYLINE: The Algerian Red Crescent (ARC) on Monday received a monetary donation worth 16 million Algerian dinars (about 113,000 U.S. dollars) from the Chinese Embassy in Algeria and the Chinese General Association of Commerce in Algeria. The donation is destined to help families affected by the wildfires that hit a number of provinces in northern Algeria last week, which claimed the lives of 37 people and left hundreds of families without shelter. Ibtissem Hamlaoui, president of the ARC, said the Chinese donation would be transferred urgently for rebuilding and renovating destroyed houses to reunite displaced families. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): IBTISSEM HAMLAOUI, President of Algerian Red Crescent "The brotherly People's Repub

Jan Zahradil

Jan Zahradil

+++FILE PHOTO+++Caputova's election success confirmed a broad European trend of declining trust in the existing party-political structures and demand for new people from outside, opposition Civic Democrat (ODS) MEP Jan Zahradil said in Prague, Czech Repub

Jan Zahradil

Jan Zahradil

+++FILE PHOTO+++Caputova's election success confirmed a broad European trend of declining trust in the existing party-political structures and demand for new people from outside, opposition Civic Democrat (ODS) MEP Jan Zahradil said in Prague, Czech Repub