scholarly journals Groundwater resources of Ribeira Paúl basin, island of Santo Antão, Cape Verde, West Africa

Fact Sheet ◽  
2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victor M. Heilweil ◽  
Stephen B. Gingerich ◽  
Ingrid M. Verstraeten
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Groundwater Resources ◽  
Cape Verde

scholarly journals Groundwater resources of Mosteiros basin, island of Fogo, Cape Verde, West Africa

Fact Sheet ◽  
2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victor M. Heilweil ◽  
Stephen B. Gingerich ◽  
Niel Plummer ◽  
Ingrid M. Verstraeten
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Groundwater Resources ◽  
Cape Verde

scholarly journals Groundwater resources of Ribeira Fajã basin, island of São Nicolau, Cape Verde, West Africa

Fact Sheet ◽  
2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victor M. Heilweil ◽  
Stephen B. Gingerich ◽  
Niel Plummer ◽  
Ingrid M. Verstraeten
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Groundwater Resources ◽  
Cape Verde

scholarly journals An overview of the nutrition transition in West Africa: implications for non-communicable diseases

2014 ◽  
Vol 74 (4) ◽  
pp. 466-477 ◽  
Author(s):  
William K. Bosu
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
West Africa ◽  
Nutrition Transition ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Cape Verde ◽  
Fruit And Vegetables ◽  
Food Groups ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Food And Beverage ◽  
Dual Burden

The nutrition landscape in West Africa has been dominated by the programmes to address undernutrition. However, with increasing urbanisation, technological developments and associated change in dietary patterns and physical activity, childhood and adult overweight, and obesity are becoming more prevalent. There is an evidence of increasing intake of dietary energy, fat, sugars and protein. There is low consumption of fruit and vegetables universally in West Africa. Overall, the foods consumed are predominantly traditional with the component major food groups within recommended levels. Most of the West African countries are at the early stages of nutrition transition but countries such as Cape Verde, Ghana and Senegal are at the latter stages. In the major cities of the region, children consume energy-dense foods such as candies, ice cream and sweetened beverages up to seven times as frequently as fruit and vegetables. Adult obesity rates have increased by 115 % in 15 years since 2004. In Ghana, the prevalence of overweight/obesity in women has increased from 12·8 % in 1993 to 29·9 % in 2008. In Accra, overweight/obesity in women has increased from 62·2 % in 2003 to 64·9 % in 2009. The age-standardised proportion of adults who engage in adequate levels of physical activity ranges from 46·8 % in Mali to 94·7 % in Benin. The lingering stunting in children and the rising overweight in adults have resulted to a dual burden of malnutrition affecting 16·2 % of mother–child pairs in Cotonou. The prevalence of hypertension has been increased and ranges from 17·6 % in Burkina Faso to 38·7 % in Cape Verde. The prevalence is higher in the cities: 40·2 % in Ougadougou, 46·0 % in St Louis and 54·6 % in Accra. The prevalence of diabetes ranges from 2·5 to 7·9 % but could be as high as 17·9 % in Dakar, Senegal. The consequences of nutrition transition are not only being felt by the persons in the high socioeconomic class, but also in cities such as Accra and Ouagadougou, where at least 19 % of adults from the poorest households are overweight and 19–28 % have hypertension. Concerted national action involving governments, partners, private sector and civil society is needed to re-orient health systems and build capacity to address the dual burden of malnutrition, to regulate the food and beverage industry and to encourage healthy eating throughout the life course.

scholarly journals Groundwater Resources Assessment in Tain River Basin of the Black Volta of West Africa

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
D. F. Dramani ◽  
G. K. Anornu ◽  
A. T. Kabo-bah ◽  
S. Oduro-Kwarteng
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Groundwater Resources ◽  
Resources Assessment

Integrated assessment of groundwater resources in the Ouémé basin, Benin, West Africa

2009 ◽  
Vol 34 (4-5) ◽  
pp. 236-250 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Barthel ◽  
B.G.J.S. Sonneveld ◽  
J. Götzinger ◽  
M.A. Keyzer ◽  
S. Pande ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Integrated Assessment ◽  
Groundwater Resources

Tardigrada from Santo Antão Island (Archipelago of Cape Verde, West Africa) with the description of a new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2838 (1) ◽  
pp. 30 ◽  
Author(s):  
PAULO FONTOURA ◽  
GIOVANNI PILATO ◽  
OSCAR LISI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
West Africa ◽  
Cape Verde ◽  
Green Colour ◽  
Dichotomous Key ◽  
Cuticular Ornamentation ◽  
A New Species

Three tardigrade species from Santo Antão Island, Archipelago of Cape Verde are firstly reported from Republic of Cape Verde: Echiniscus scabrospinosus Fontoura, 1982, Echiniscus clavispinosus sp. nov. and Milnesium tardigradum Doyère, 1840. E. clavispinosus sp. nov. belongs to the ‘viridis group’ of species characterized by the green colour and plate ornamentation comprised of tubercles, fine dots and light spots, by lacking dorsal and lateral trunk appendages (cirrus A excluded) and well developed claws. E. clavispinosus sp. nov. differs from all the known species of the ‘viridis group’ in having the area between the paired plate III and the terminal plate unsculptured, in details of the cuticular ornamentation, pointed clavae instead of papillate apices, and stronger spur on internal claws. A dichotomous key to the species of the Echiniscus viridis group and a list of Macaronesian species are also given.

The Politics and Diplomacy of Peacekeeping in West Africa: The Ecowas Operation in Liberia

1995 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 569-593 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ademola Adeleke
Keyword(s):  
Civil War ◽  
West Africa ◽  
Burkina Faso ◽  
Sierra Leone ◽  
West African ◽  
Cape Verde ◽  
The Gambia ◽  
Economic Community ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
Guinea Bissau

TheEconomic Community of West African States (Ecowas) was established in May 1975 as an organisation to promote the development of the sub-region, and for 15 years did not deviate from this mandate. The 16 member-states – Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Côte d'Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo – restricted their interactions to purely economic matters and ran shy of political issues confronting West Africa. This tradition changed in 1990 when Ecowas decided to intervene in the civil war which had broken out in Liberia. Its strategy to resolve the conflict followed two parallel but mutually interactive channels — making and enforcing peace. The former involved negotiations and arbitration; the latter the deployment in August 1990 of a 3,000 strong multinational force to supervise a cease-fire.

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