Meanwhile, floods which affected Africa in late 1997 led to upsurges of cholera, malaria and Rift Valley fever.

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After years of neglect, the country's infrastructure is melting away, public-sector employees are dissatisfied, epidemics of other, more visible diseases such as cholera and Rift Valley fever abound.

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In California the building of desert based solar power plants has caused outbreaks of valley fever among workers, infected by spores that have emerged from the disturbed soil.

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You know, there was an outbreak of Rift Valley Fever and some rains in the Horn of Africa, and that's a symptom of more rainfall activity out over the Western Indian Ocean.

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But competition for talent in Silicon Valley is now reaching fever pitch.

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