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SOMALIA: Time for jaw-jaw, not war-war in Somaliland
Sat, 31/07/10 – 8:03


Photo: Jane Some/IRIN
The new president, seen here in a campaign poster for the 2010 election, has to tackle the violence in the east, say analysts (file photo)

HARGEISA, 28 July 2010 (IRIN) – Negotiating a swift end to a conflict in the east that has displaced thousands of civilians in recent weeks should be a top priority for Somaliland’s new president if a much larger crisis is to be averted, say analysts.

Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud “Silanyo” was sworn into office as the fourth president of the self-declared independent state on 26 July, amid clashes between government forces and a new armed opposition group in the eastern Sool region.

The group is called Sool Sanaag and Cayn (SSC), after the Read full entry »

Following repeated blackouts Chile announces major overhaul of power control
Sat, 31/07/10 – 7:03
Following repeated blackouts Chile announces major overhaul of power control

Santiago metropolitan region suffering power outage
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The announcement followed several blackouts this month, the latest being earlier this week, throughout the Santiago Metropolitan Region, as …

Barbados Shanghai expo booth attracting large numbers
Sat, 31/07/10 – 6:04
Barbados Shanghai expo booth attracting large numbers

By Gillian Applewhaite
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) — There have been over one million Chinese "visitors" to Barbados during the past three months, with another four million expected by the end of October.
Word of this comes from …

GUINEA: Climbing out of the donor funding gap
Sat, 31/07/10 – 4:15
GUINEA: Climbing out of the donor funding gap

Photo: Helen Keller International
A woman and her child in the capital Conakry (file photo)
DAKAR, 28 July 2010 (IRIN) – More than two million Guineans do not have enough to eat, basic health services are a …

KENYA: Divided by the colours of a new constitution
Sat, 31/07/10 – 1:05
KENYA: Divided by the colours of a new constitution

Photo: Julius Mwelu/IRIN
Kenyans are hoping not to see a repeat of the violence that rocked much of the country after a 2007 presidential election, but tension is running high in the run-up to the …

KENYA: Land issues that just won’t go away
Sat, 31/07/10 – 1:03
KENYA: Land issues that just won’t go away

Photo: Julius Mwelu/IRIN
Anti-riot police at a funeral for people killed in post-election violence in Ligi Ndogo, Nairobi, in January 2008 (file photo)
SABOTI, 30 July 2010 (IRIN) – With only days to the constitutional referendum …

ZIMBABWE: Low breastfeeding rates threaten PMTCT efforts
Fri, 30/07/10 – 21:13
ZIMBABWE: Low breastfeeding rates threaten PMTCT efforts

Photo: David Morton/IRIN
Mother’s milk still best
HARARE, 30 July 2010 (PlusNews) – Health and nutrition experts in Zimbabwe are worried that one of the lowest exclusive breastfeeding rates in the region could have a negative …

COTE D’IVOIRE: Yellow fever, dengue kill at least three
Fri, 30/07/10 – 20:08
COTE D’IVOIRE: Yellow fever, dengue kill at least three

Photo: Koffi Samuel/IRIN
People receiving yellow fever vaccination in Odienné, northern Côte d’Ivoire, in December 2009
ABIDJAN, 30 July 2010 (IRIN) – Ivorian health officials are vaccinating people against yellow fever in Abidjan, the commercial capital, …

Relations with the US remain strong, says Jamaica minister
Fri, 30/07/10 – 17:07
Relations with the US remain strong, says Jamaica minister

MIAMI, USA (JIS) — Jamaica’s Minister of National Security, Senator Dwight Nelson, has assured nationals in Miami that relations between Jamaica and the United States remain strong.
He cited President Barack Obama’s nomination of career diplomat, …

Colombia claims Venezuela at last moment walked out from consensus document
Fri, 30/07/10 – 16:10
Colombia claims Venezuela at last moment walked out from consensus document

Unasur Secretary General Nestor Kirchner didn’t turn up
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“I regret we could not reach a definitive consensus”, said Bermudez following the meeting convened by Unasur …

Iran stoning woman pleads to see her children
Fri, 30/07/10 – 11:05
Iran stoning woman pleads to see her children

LONDON/ WASHINGTON (AFP)
An Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery in Iran pleaded to be allowed to hug her children, in a letter attributed to her released by human rights activists in London …

Venezuela/Colombia rift: UNASUR unable to reach consensus calls for summit
Fri, 30/07/10 – 10:26
Venezuela/Colombia rift: UNASUR unable to reach consensus calls for summit

The closest they could get: Venezuelan Maduro and Colombia’s Bermudez with Patiño in the middle
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Given the lack of consensus the ministers asked the Unasur …

Saudi deports 1,000 Somalis this month
Fri, 30/07/10 – 10:06
Saudi deports 1,000 Somalis this month

GENEVA (Agencies)
The United Nations refugee agency called on Saudi Arabia on Friday to halt expulsions of Somalis to Mogadishu, rebuking the kingdom for deporting 1,000 a month by aircraft to the violent capital.
Neighboring countries should …

Revived regional agricultural policy network to promote agriculture policies sustainability
Fri, 30/07/10 – 9:15
Revived regional agricultural policy network to promote agriculture policies sustainability

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad — Given the void at national levels for policy formulation, implementation and evaluation, including the lack of data management systems for policy analysis, the Caribbean Regional Agricultural Policy Network (CaRAPN), which has been …

Commentary: Upgrading ports in Belize
Fri, 30/07/10 – 9:11
Commentary: Upgrading ports in Belize

By Wellington C. Ramos
It was reported in the news two weeks ago that the people who own the port in Big Creek, which is about forty miles from Dangriga Town, have received millions of dollars …

Commentary: Social work – a working tool for the rebuilding of failed states
Fri, 30/07/10 – 9:08
Commentary: Social work – a working tool for the rebuilding of failed states

By Jean H Charles
President Barack Obama built his career as a lawyer and as a constitutional law professor; yet, his short credential as a social work/cum community organizer was his preferred ticket on the road …

UN chief urges Israel to ease Gaza blockade
Fri, 30/07/10 – 8:01
UN chief urges Israel to ease Gaza blockade

UNITED NATIONS (Agencies)
U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon pressed Israel Friday to further ease its blockade of the Gaza Strip and to restrain settlement activity in the occupied West Bank as he met Israeli Defense Minister Ehud …