UN Integrated Regional Information Networks (Nairobi)
Updates on conflicts and news from throughout sub-Saharan Africa.
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December 13, 2012
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Africa: In the Twilight Zone [analysis]
Covering the UN climate change talks is, in many ways, a surreal experience. This year's talks - the 18th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate... Read more »
August 27, 2012
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Africa: A Quiet Small Water Revolution
Quietly, a revolution to develop cheap ways to draw water for irrigation is unfolding in small villages and rural regions in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, a new three-year... Read more »
May 25, 2012
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Africa: Remedying Global Health R&D
Researchers are calling for a binding global health convention that requires all governments to share the costs of research and development (R&D), stating that such an... Read more »
April 25, 2012
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Africa: Beating Measles - One More Push?
Vaccines against measles have been around for decades and are highly effective, yet the campaign against the disease in recent years has had a bumpy ride. Read more »
April 20, 2012
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Africa: Suspending Diplomacy in the Interests of Conversation
On the surface it had all the trappings of a gathering of current and former heads of state: Legions of presidential bodyguards speaking into their sleeves, electronic security at... Read more »
April 17, 2012
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Somalia: Women Runners Go Gold
The Somali Athletics Federation will select one female runner from a field of 10 to compete in the 400-metres at this year's London Olympics. Read more »
March 21, 2012
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South Sudan: Country Offers Little For Returnees
They have returned in their hundreds of thousands, by train, barge, bus and plane, often after decades of war-enforced absence; but coming home to what recently, and euphorically,... Read more »
March 20, 2012
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Zimbabwe: Using Food Rations to Rebuild Infrastructure
Kuziva Gore, a young communal farmer from Tsenga village in the parched countryside of Mt Darwin District, some 100km northeast of Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, has no difficulty... Read more »
September 23, 2011
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Africa: Keeping a Measure on Malaria
The African Leaders Malaria Alliance (ALMA) has launched a scorecard to improve the fight against malaria on the African continent. Read more »
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