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ACCRA Russell Wilson Jersey , July 18 (Xinhua) -- The South African High Commissioner to Ghana, Lulu Xingwana, on Tuesday called on Africans to live the legacies of Nelson Mandela by taking action against poverty, as Ghanaians gather to mark the Nelson Mandela International Day.

The Day is to honor Nelson Mandela who for 67 years devoted his life to the service of humanity as a human rights lawyer, a prisoner of conscience 12th Fan Jersey , an international peacemaker, and the first democratically elected president of a free South Africa.

As a side event to commemorate the day, the United Nations Information Center and the South African High Commission in Ghana organized a clean-up exercise at Nima, a suburb of the national capital, Accra.

It was to eschew poor sanitation and its impact on livelihoods as well as encourage volunteerism.

Speaking at a durbar of schoolchildren to mark the Nelson Mandela International Day Steve Largent Jersey , Xingwana said much attention of Mandela's death had been focused on his fight against racial inequality and his efforts to end apartheid in South Africa but his major focus was on combating poverty and this was what should be prioritized.

""We have to accept that he cannot be replaced in person today but his legacy of selfless and principled dedication to equality and justice lives on. We need to stay through to his ideas, follow in his footsteps including his commitment to eradicating poverty and hunger,"" she said.

The Minister for Inner City, Abubakar Saddique Boniface, challenged Ghanaians to stand for their country and the continent just as Mandela sacrificed his life not for himself but for the entire world.

He proposed the construction of a senior high school to be named after Nelson Mandela to inspire youngsters to aspire high and improve access to secondary school education in the community where secondary school completion rate was very low.

This year's celebration is on the theme ""Action Against Poverty.""

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ROME, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- With the Italian capital gripped by a crippling drought and its most severe heat wave in years, analysts said the city government needs to make structural changes to avoid the worst impacts from future bouts with extreme heat.

Not only in Rome, many places in Italy have witnessed extreme heat wave this summer, which also sparked wildfires that endanger the local residents. On Thursday Terence Garvin Seahawks Jersey , a heatwave that led to wildfires claimed the life of one elderly woman and forced the closure of a major highway.

The woman of 79 years old was found dead in a field next to her home in Sant'Omero in the central region of Abruzzo, who was apparently killed by flames that embraced two hectares of surrounding farmland.

Even in the capital, everybody feels the burning wave that never met before. Analysts told Xinhua that this year will likely join 2003, 1982, and 1946 among the most intense Roman summers over the last century.

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Gualdi said cities can lessen the impacts of intense heat by planting more trees and maintaining parks and other green areas that help cool nearby areas. He said improving public transportation so residents and visitors are more likely to leave their cars at home can also help.

""Because of climate change these periods of intense heat are only going to become more common,"" Gualdi said in an interview.

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