UN Integrated Regional Information Networks (Nairobi)
Updates on conflicts and news from throughout sub-Saharan Africa.
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December 1
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Congo-Kinshasa: Humanitarian Speaks On the Cost of the Goma Crisis [interview]
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) estimates that 140,000 people have been forced to flee battles taking... Read more »
November 30
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Africa: Decoding Food Security
Most of the world consumes bread, the cost of which has spiralled this year thanks to climatic shocks, worsening food security for millions. But a significant scientific... Read more »
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Africa: One-Stop Site for Climate Change & Food Facts
About one-third of food produced for human consumption gets lost or is wasted globally. This amounts to about 1.3 billion tons per year, the equivalent of six to 10 percent of... Read more »
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Cote d'Ivoire: Govt Returns to North
After almost a decade of rebel rule, northern Côte d'Ivoire is coming to terms with a new authority as the government of President Alassane Ouattara, who assumed power some... Read more »
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Swaziland: Preschool As a Way of Life in Rural Areas
The proliferation of Swaziland's Neighbourhood Care Points (NCP) has had the effect of popularizing preschool education throughout the country in just over a decade. Read more »
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Southern Africa: Governments Failing to Address Cervical Cancer
Cervical cancer is the leading cause of cancer death among women in southern Africa, but new research reveals that governments' attempts to address the disease have been... Read more »
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Nigeria: Violence Reveals Flaws in Criminal Justice System
The major atrocities in northern Nigeria's violent insurgency have been widely reported: church bombings, including an attack on Christmas Day; attacks on government buildings,... Read more »
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Uganda: Increasing Support to Survivors of Sexual Assault
A new initiative in which qualified village nurses and clinical officers provide free medical examinations and counselling services to survivors of sexual and gender-based violence... Read more »
November 29
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Africa: Landmine Casualty Rate Dropping
Amid the odd relapse, progress towards a world free of antipersonnel mines is inching forward. A decade ago, the weapon was responsible for at least 32 casualties daily; by 2011,... Read more »
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Nigeria: Hurdles to Govt-Boko Haram Dialogue [analysis]
Attempts by the Nigerian government and the Boko Haram militia to peacefully resolve a three-year-old insurgency by the Islamist group have thus far floundered, dashing hopes of an... Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: Growing Humanitarian Needs in Goma
When clashes broke out on 22 November between the M23 rebels and government-allied Mai Mai militias in the town of Sake, near the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) border with... Read more »
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Mozambique: Corruption Undermines Health Service
Eulalia Laichela caressed her six-year-old son, Leosio, who lay on the pavement, coughing from beneath a blanket. They had been waiting in the park outside José Macamo, one... Read more »
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Sudan: Getting Healthcare to Hard-to-Reach Areas
Decades of war and a lack of development have left a majority of South Sudan's population without access to any form of healthcare, resulting in some of the world's worst health... Read more »
November 28
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Africa: Talking About Climate Change
The Gulf states are warm but pleasant at this time of year - a world away from melting ice caps, the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy in the USA or flooding in Pakistan. Read more »
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Sierra Leone: Shifting Tide On Abortion Law
The new government is responding positively to health workers and youth groups who have long called for a change in the 1861 law banning abortion except in exceptional... Read more »
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Djibouti: Rising Food Insecurity Fuels Migration
Successive years of poor rains have eroded the coping mechanisms of pastoralists in Djibouti's rural regions, even as high food prices and unemployment rates afflict the country's... Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: Civilian Population in Masisi At Risk
As Masisi, a lush territory in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), finds itself surrounded by military elements and mounting conflict, humanitarian agencies grow... Read more »
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Uganda: Gulu Goes Green, With Help From Some Cows
As traditional sources of energy, such as paraffin and wood fuel, grow more expensive, smallholders in northern Uganda's Gulu are embracing biogas - a renewable energy source... Read more »
November 26
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Congo-Brazzaville: Imports, Corruption Drive Up Food Prices
The Republic of Congo, which imports over US$240 million worth of food a year, has seen sharply rising staple food and fuel prices since the beginning of 2012, according to the UN... Read more »
November 23
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Egypt: Contingency Planning, Despite Israel-Palestine Ceasefire
Aid agencies in Egypt are updating contingency plans in case an uncertain ceasefire, agreed on 21 November between Israel and Hamas, the ruling party in the Gaza Strip, does not... Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: Coffee Growers in DR Congo Trade Their Way Out of Poverty
As M23 rebel fighters marched into Goma, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a small group of people in the UK were watching anxiously to see what would happen next.... Read more »
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Madagascar: Cyclone Preparations Threatened
A US$6.1 million funding shortfall is jeopardizing the World Food Programme's (WFP) practice of pre-positioning relief supplies in many areas vulnerable to cyclones. The practice... Read more »
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Africa: A Four-Degree Warmer World
A new report released just days ahead of the UN climate change talks to be held in Doha, Qatar, paints an unnerving picture of a four-degree Celsius warmer world by the end of the... Read more »
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Zimbabwe: E-Vouchers Boost Access to Agricultural Inputs
Johnson Mhaka, 50, an agro-dealer based in Goromonzi, about 40km southeast of the capital Harare, is enjoying robust 2012-13 sales thanks to the UN Food and Agriculture... Read more »
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Sierra Leone: Slashing the Maternal Mortality Rate in Bo
In Bo, central Sierra Leone, maternal mortality rates have dropped 61 percent since 1990 thanks to cost-free 24/7 emergency obstetric care and an efficient ambulance service and... Read more »
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