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

June 17

Uganda: Mhealth Initiative Increases 'Promiscuity'

A mobile phone-based health programme designed to improve access to sexual health information and boost safe sex in rural central Uganda had the opposite effect, according to the... Read more »

West Africa: Flood Prep Kicks in As Rainy Season Nears

West African and Sahel countries are setting up measures to minimize flood damage as the annual rainy season approaches. The African Centre of Meteorological Applications for... Read more »

Africa: Intellectual Property Reprieve for Poor Countries

Least developed countries (LDCs) will continue to have access to affordable medical technologies for an additional extra eight years before they are required to implement the World... Read more »
Cote d'Ivoire: Smuggling Devours Ivoirian Cashew Revenue

About a third of Côte d'Ivoire's cashew nuts are smuggled abroad every year, robbing the country of a valuable income stream. Read more »

Sierra Leone: Country Braces for Cholera Season

As the fleeting storms of May give way to the persistent downpours of June, the National Cholera Taskforce in Freetown, Sierra Leone, is working to prevent a repeat of last year's... Read more »
Uganda: Country Running Out of ARVs, HIV Test Kits

Uganda has run out of most antiretroviral drugs (ARVs), HIV testing kits, drugs to treat opportunistic infections and several crucial diagnostic tools for HIV care, according to a... Read more »
Sudan: Calls for AU, UN to Take Action in Blue Nile State

The UN and the African Union must step forward and take decisive action to stop Sudan from committing war crimes against civilians in Blue Nile State, says a new Amnesty... Read more »

Nigeria: Military's Shutdown of NE Nigeria Telecoms Disrupts Trade

With mobile phone signals shut down since 15 May in large parts of three northeastern states following a military offensive against Boko Haram (BH) Islamists, anxious residents say... Read more »
Central African Republic: Thousands Still Missing HIV Treatment Following Coup

More than 15,000 people living with HIV in the Central African Republic (CAR) had their life-prolonging antiretroviral (ARV) treatment interrupted as a result of the instability... Read more »

Guinea Bissau: Cocaine-Related Graft Erodes Governance

Drug-trafficking in Guinea-Bissau is undermining the country's stability, distorting its economy and intensifying the competition for power among political and military leaders,... Read more »
South Sudan: Hunger Drives Hunt for Gold in the East

Around 60,000 people are thought to be mining gold in South Sudan, using the bare hands they once used to harvest crops. Read more »
Africa: Ten Ways to Save a Million Lives

In London on 8 June, UK Prime Minister David Cameron, together with an array of presidents, prime ministers, businesspeople and philanthropists, signed the Global Nutrition for... Read more »

Guinea: Guineans Flee Conakry Unrest, Ethnic Tension

Guinea's political violence is hitting residents of the capital Conakry increasingly hard, with some families forced to flee their homes and others relocating for fear of... Read more »
Uganda: Nation Grapples With Critical Blood Shortage

Uganda is struggling to resolve a countrywide shortage of blood caused by interruptions in the supply of blood donor kits and testing reagents. Read more »
Madagascar: Fears of a Malaria Relapse in Madagascar

Madagascar's recent gains in the battle against malaria are likely to be reversed because funding problems have interrupted prevention activities. Read more »
Senegal: Senegalese Gear Up for Likely Flooding

Senegalese authorities and aid organizations say they have begun preparing for what will likely be another round of heavy flooding during this year's upcoming rainy season, but... Read more »

Mali: The Dangers of Rushing Mali Elections

As international donors, notably France and the USA, as well as the Economic Community of West African States, push for July presidential elections in Mali, critics say doing so... Read more »
Southern Africa: Deported From South Africa, Zimbabweans Struggle At Home

Maxwell Zimbume, 37, left his job at a beverage company in Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, at the height of the country's economic crisis in late 2008. His salary was not being paid... Read more »
Central African Republic: CAR Crisis Remains Dire - and Neglected

International neglect of the crisis in the Central African Republic (CAR) is partly to blame for the dire humanitarian and security situation there, say officials. The crisis... Read more »
Africa: Despite Decade of Innovation, Much Left to Do On Neglected Tropical Diseases

Ten years ago, the main treatment for kala azar - a disease that kills up to 40,000 people every year - was a 30-day course of injections, a difficult undertaking both for patients... Read more »
Africa: Making the Right Choices in Emergencies

Humanitarians working on health in crisis situations are faced with constant difficult choices. In a famine, which children should they select for supplementary feeding? In an... Read more »

Guinea Bissau: Politicians, Military 'Undermine Stability'

The small West African country of Guinea-Bissau is slated to hold fresh polls later this year after yet another coup, but opposition to security sector reform (SSR) by some in the... Read more »
Egypt: NGOs Under Pressure in Egypt

The conviction in Egypt of 43 NGO workers this week for working illegally has turned the spotlight on an increasingly restrictive environment for NGOs, including those in the... Read more »
Mali: Displaced Malians Turn to Survival Sex

More displaced women and girls - some as young as 13 - are turning to sex work to get by in Mali where 14 months of occupation and conflict have forced 475,000 people from their... Read more »

Nigeria: Rising Niger Delta Oil Theft Threatens Security

Oil theft - known as bunkering - in Nigeria's Niger Delta region is soaring following a brief lull, leading residents and community leaders once again to call on the federal... Read more »

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