UN Integrated Regional Information Networks (Nairobi)

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

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


September 9

  • Southern Africa: Locals Target Chinese Traders

    In the last decade, Asian migrants have fanned out through southern Africa, opening shops in small towns and rural backwaters. While consumers in countries facing increasing... Read more »



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January 6

  • Southern Africa: Floods Leave Returnees Stranded

    Several thousand Angolan returnees from the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are stranded by floods in northeastern Angola. They are among the first casualties of... Read more »



December 2, 2011



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November 17, 2011

  • Lesotho: Boys Quit School to Become Men

    A lack of legislation stipulating a minimum age at which boys in Lesotho can attend an initiation school and be circumcised has seen boys as young as 12 dropping out of school and... Read more »



November 11, 2011



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February 17, 2011

  • Lesotho: Floods Take Heavy Toll

    rom a distance, the fields of maize that cover almost every hillside in Lesotho's Thaba-Tseka District look green and lush. On closer inspection, the plants have a sickly yellowish... Read more »



February 15, 2011

  • Lesotho: Floods Take Heavy Toll

    From a distance, the fields of maize that cover almost every hillside in Lesotho's Thaba-Tseka District look green and lush. On closer inspection, the plants have a sickly... Read more »

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