UN Integrated Regional Information Networks (Nairobi)

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

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


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 »



November 22

  • 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 »



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November 17

  • 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 »



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