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November 23

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 »
Congo-Kinshasa: Paths to Peace in the Kivus

Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) President Joseph Kabila and his Rwandan and Ugandan counterparts, Paul Kagame and Yoweri Museveni, held crisis talks in Uganda a day after rebels... Read more »
Africa: To Save Trees, Save People

Scientists are pushing for changes to a UN mechanism that aims to curtail greenhouse gases by preventing forest loss. Environmentalists have long argued the mechanism must also... Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: No Power, Little Safe Water in Goma

Thirty-one bodies have been collected from streets in and around the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) city of Goma since rebels took it over on 20 November. Ten were... Read more »

Sierra Leone: Opposition Cries Foul After Election

The Sierra Leone People's Party, the main opposition party in Sierra Leone, has accused the National Electoral Commission (NEC) of bias in favour of President Koroma's All People's... Read more »
Senegal: Helping Returnees Turn a Profit

One in four Senegalese migrants returns home within five years, according to the French National Institute of Demographic Research (INED). Many are armed with new skills that could... Read more »
Burundi: Resettling Refugees - More to It Than Just Land

More than half a million Burundian refugees have returned home over the last 10 years as the effects of a 2000 peace accord took hold. Many have returned to their land, and most... Read more »
Madagascar: Prisoners Sentenced to Malnutrition

Former gang member Robert, 62, shares a cell with 145 other inmates in Antanimora Prison in Madagascar's capital, Antananarivo. He receives one meal a day of dried cassava. Read more »
Somalia: Cash Transfers for Social Protection

Expanding the use of cash transfer programmes could encourage sustainable development and reduce dependency on emergency support in fragile states such as Somalia, experts say. Read more »
Kenya: Breaking Out of the Cold Chain

Health workers currently immunizing thousands of children and young adults against Meningitis A in Benin are currently doing so without having to spend days preparing ice packs and... Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Fall of Goma Puts 200,000 Children At Risk

The arrival of M23 rebels in the eastern Congolese city of Goma on 20 November, has triggered widespread concern over the humanitarian ramifications in a region already beset by... Read more »
Kenya: Another Bloody Sunday

Before he knew what was happening, Charles Ngeana, 31, at the scene of Nairobi's 18 November blast, was struck by a flying sheet of metal. The roof of a packed 'matatu' minibus on... Read more »
Africa: Global Fund Integrates Affordable Medicines Facility for Malaria

The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has approved the integration of the Affordable Medicines Facility-malaria (AMFm) into its grant management and core... Read more »

South Africa: Western Cape Farmworkers Join Strikes [opinion]

Farm labourers are the latest group to join a wave of strikes across South Africa in recent months as food price increases outstrip the official inflation rate. Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: DRC's M23 Rebellion Under Pressure [opinion]

Heavy fighting broke out on 15 November in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo between M23 rebels and government forces (FARDC), breaking a virtual truce that had lasted... Read more »

East Africa: Enough in the Nile to Share, Little to Waste

As Ethiopia's massive dam-building plans continue to cause disquiet in downstream Egypt, new research suggests there is sufficient water in the Nile for all 10 countries it flows... Read more »
Sierra Leone: Ethnicity Trumps Policy in Upcoming Polls [opinion]

Supporters of the opposition Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) will today take to the streets of the capital Freetown for the last time before presidential, parliamentary and... Read more »
Africa: Family Planning - a Sound Economic Investment [opinion]

Family planning is a worthwhile investment that could reduce the cost of maternal and new-born health care by US$11.3 billion annually and provide much-needed support to some 222... Read more »
Uganda: Fresh Ebola Outbreak Burdens Health System [opinion]

Uganda's Ministry of Health says a fresh outbreak of Ebola haemorrhagic fever - the second in the country this year - is straining an already over-stretched health system. Read more »

Kenya: Rice Farmers Lose Harvest to Floods

Flash floods have washed away the rice harvest of some 2,000 farmers in western Kenya, flooding some of their homes and sending latrine effluent into water courses, according to... Read more »
Ethiopia: What Caused the Religious Protests in Ethiopia?

Tensions have been simmering over several months between Muslims and the government, with thousands holding demonstrations in protest at the government's alleged interference in... Read more »
Sudan: Contraceptives Give Women the Right to Choose

Cut off from development by five decades of civil war, South Sudan has the highest maternal mortality rate in the world and high levels of infant mortality and morbidity. Large... Read more »
Swaziland: Illegal Abortions Endangering Lives

Abortions are illegal in Swaziland and have resulted in criminal convictions, but in October 2012 more than 1,000 women were treated for abortion-related complications at a single... Read more »
Congo-Brazzaville: In Brief - Towards Earlier Cancer Diagnosis in Congo

An NGO in the Republic of Congo has launched a campaign aimed at reducing the often fatally late diagnosis of cancer, which affects more than 7,000 people in the central African... Read more »
Swaziland: Nurses Demand Protection From TB Infection

MBABANE, 26 April 2012 (PlusNews) - Hospitals are not protecting their workers from tuberculosis (TB) infection, say nurses in Swaziland, who recently staged a rare public... Read more »

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