News from category Africa
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A camel seller at the Jijiga Livestock Market
JIJIGA, 2 September 2010 (IRIN) – Pastoralists’ disproportionate contribution to Ethiopia’s economy is belied by their marginalized status and by policy assumptions that they …
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Camels bringing condoms and medical supplies
SAMBURU, 31 August 2010 (PlusNews) – In the remote and rural district of Samburu, northern Kenya, where paved roads are scarce and motorised transport hard to …
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Many of Côte d’Ivoire’s hospital wards are empty, as people cannot afford treatment (file photo)
ABIDJAN, 2 September 2010 (IRIN) – Continued election delays and political turmoil have for years been used as …
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Umar Idriss faces a dilemma: to continue rearing cattle with his family, or to attend university
KADUNA, 31 August 2010 (IRIN) – The children of most Nigerian nomads fall through the education net …
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Maize suplus causes tensions
JOHANNESBURG, 2 September 2010 (IRIN) – A surplus production of maize, Malawi’s staple food, will not prevent at least one million people from being food insecure, a forecast …
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Maize suplus causes tensions
JOHANNESBURG, 1 September 2010 (IRIN) – A surplus production of maize, Malawi’s staple food, will not prevent at least one million people from being food insecure, a forecast …
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Bambuti families eke out a living on the edge of a camp for displaced people near Goma
GOMA, 1 September 2010 (IRIN) – Conditions in Mugunga camp for displaced people on the outskirts …
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Millions of people in the camps rely on international assistance in order to survive
NAIROBI, 1 September 2010 (IRIN) – Three Russian pilots released on 30 August, two days after they were kidnapped …
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Catching more than fish
ENTEBBE, 31 August 2010 (PlusNews) -
A study of HIV-positive people in fishing communities on the shores of Lake Victoria in central Uganda has found that more than a quarter …
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A boy carries water at the Shimelba refugee camp in northern Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA, 30 August 2010 (IRIN) – Kibrom Sebhatu, 45, is among hundreds of Eritreans expected to benefit from a …
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Umar Idriss faces a dilemma: to continue rearing cattle with his family, or to attend university
KADUNA, 31 August 2010 (IRIN) – The children of most Nigerian nomads fall through the education net …
Photo: Peter Martell/IRIN
Millions of people in the camps rely on international assistance in order to survive
NAIROBI, 1 September 2010 (IRIN) – Three Russian pilots released on 30 August, two days after they were kidnapped …
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A slow-motion catastrophe
DAKAR, 31 August 2010 (IRIN) – The West African Sahel is facing one of the worst food and nutrition crises in recent years.
Some 10 million …
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Bambuti families eke out a living on the edge of a camp for displaced people near Goma
GOMA, 1 September 2010 (IRIN) – Conditions in Mugunga camp for displaced people on the outskirts …
Photo: Julius Mwelu/IRIN
Catching more than fish
ENTEBBE, 31 August 2010 (PlusNews) – A study of HIV-positive people in fishing communities on the shores of Lake Victoria in central Uganda has found that more than a …
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President Pierre Nkurunziza ran unopposed in the 28 July presidential poll (file photo)
BUJUMBURA, 27 August 2010 (IRIN) – The political climate is growing increasingly antagonistic in Burundi, where many of today’s …
