The Fifth World Water Forum is being held this week in Istanbul, Turkey. The forum highlights solutions to global water problems leading up to International World Water Day on March 22. Two African entrepreneurs say they are transforming the way communities are solving water sanitation problems. Trevor Mulaudzi and David Kuria, who recently spoke in Washington, DC, outlined projects they say help shift social behavior and promote personal hygiene in developing areas of South Africa and Kenya.
afrol News - Huge diamonds found in DRC : "A Canadian mineral exploration firm, Mexivada Mining Corp, has reported the discovery of two large diamonds in its 100% controlled Malambani Permis de Recherche concession, located near Mayoko in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Mexivada described the first stone as a white, modified octahedron 7.5 milimetres in diameter while the second stone was a shiny 6 milimetre greenish-white coloured dodecahedral diamond. Each of them weighs 0.1 gram"