News from category: In Brief
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HARGEISA , 3 March 2010 (IRIN) – Around 1,000 families have been displaced by flooding after heavy rains in an area straddling the border between Ethiopia and the self-declared independent republic of …
Photo: Skye Wheeler/IRIN
Children at a past polio vaccination: Nine million children are being vaccinated countrywide in a project run by the Ministry of Health, with the UN Children’s Fund and World Health Organization (file …
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Zimbabwean migrants arriving in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG, 23 February 2010 (IRIN) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) restored voting rights to Zimbabwe on 22 February 2010, but any new loans for …
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NAIROBI, 4 February 2010 (IRIN) – A new project seeks to harness the skills of Somali expatriates in the development of their homeland by sending them on short-term capacity-building assignments in key public …
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A woman pans for gold with a kitchen calabash in a riverbed in Sierra Leone (file photo)
NAIROBI, 1 February 2010 (IRIN) – The international community should draw up a comprehensive strategy …
Photo: Phuong Tran/IRIN
Malnutrition prevention in Zinder (file photo)
DAKAR, 27 January 2010 (IRIN) – The agro-pastoral areas of Diffa and Zinder in southern Niger are likely to see a rise in food shortages and malnutrition …
Photo: Laudes Martial Mbon/IRIN
Former rebel chief Pasteur Ntoumi (file photo)
BRAZZAVILLE, 29 December 2009 (IRIN) – Former Congolese rebel chief and leader of the Conseil national des républicains (CNR), Frédéric Bintsamou – also …
Photo: Rocco Nuri/UNHCR
NAIROBI, 23 December 2009 (IRIN) – More people made the journey from the Horn of Africa to Yemen in 2009 than ever before, despite the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden …
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Zimbabwean Red Cross volunteers distribute food
JOHANNESBURG, 11 December 2009 (IRIN) – Hot on the heels of a US$378 million dollar appeal by humanitarian organizations operating in Zimbabwe, the Red Cross has asked the …
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A woman pounds millet in a Niger village (file photo)
DAKAR, 27 November 2009 (IRIN) – Some communities in the Sahel region could face “extreme food insecurity” after erratic rains this year deeply …
Photo: Derk Segaar/IRIN
Former combatants have now been discharged (file photo)
NAIROBI, 26 November 2009 (IRIN) – Hundreds of former combatants in Darfur, western Sudan, have been discharged in a process that targets 5,000 members of …
Photo: Peter Martell/IRIN
Registering to vote (file photo)
NAIROBI, 23 November 2009 (IRIN) – Voter registration and the election date in Sudan have been extended slightly to accommodate delays incurred in the process in some areas …
Photo: Manoocher Deghati/IRIN
Untreated water is a major cause of diarrhoea (file photo)
LAMU, 12 November 2009 (IRIN) – Eight people have died on the Kenyan district of Lamu and others have been hospitalized following …
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Mohammed Barre recovers at the Isiolo District Hospital after being injured during a raid at the Kisima area of Gambella Location, Isiolo
ISIOLO, 17 November 2009 (IRIN) – Hundreds of people have fled …
Photo: Manoocher Deghati/IRIN
Untreated water is a major cause of diarrhoea (file photo)
LAMU, 12 November 2009 (IRIN) – Eight people have died on the Kenyan island of Lamu and others have been hospitalized following …
Photo: Kamila Hyat/IRIN
World cereal production is at its second-highest level ever, yet food prices remain very high
DUSHANBE, 12 November 2009 (IRIN) – Even as world food production grows, hunger is on the rise in …
