UN Integrated Regional Information Networks (Nairobi)

Updates on conflicts and news from throughout sub-Saharan Africa.

Website: http://www.irinnews.org/


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January 30

  • Chad: Chad Averts Locust Threat

    Chad has eliminated the threat of a full-scale locust invasion in its northern region, a pastoralist zone dotted with oases that provide water for small-scale farming, says the... Read more »



January 29

  • Chad: Difficult Recovery After Floods

    A scattering of utensils, a pile of clothes and a small bag of millet flour lay on the floor of Amne Abakar's roofless cloth-and-sticks shelter in Toukra camp on the outskirts of... Read more »



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December 19, 2012

  • Central African Republic: Hundreds Flee As Rebels Advance

    A new alliance of three rebel groups in the Central African Republic (CAR), which has taken control of five towns in northern-central areas, could jeopardize a complex peace... Read more »



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September 07, 2012

  • Chad: Floods Affect Tens of Thousands

    Tens of thousands of people have been affected by flooding in parts of central, eastern and southern Chad following heavy rains in August. Thousands of hectares of crops and... Read more »



August 09, 2012

  • Chad: IDPs Face Homecoming Hurdles

    Efforts to find "durable solutions" for many of the tens of thousands of internally displaced people (IDPs) in eastern Chad by the end of 2012 are being frustrated by poor... Read more »



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January 31, 2012

  • Chad: Why Polio Is So Hard to Eliminate [analysis]

    Poor-quality emergency immunization campaigns and low routine polio immunization coverage are helping the polio virus to spread in Chad, with 132 cases reported in 2011 - five... Read more »



January 11, 2012

  • Central African Republic: Armed Chad Group Threatens North

    Among the most pressing security threats in the Central African Republic (CAR) is a Chadian armed group active in the north of the country, which allegedly continues to recruit and... Read more »



September 20, 2011

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