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African migrants pay high prices to send money home
27 February 2013
(IRIN
),
New data from the World Bank has revealed that African migrants pay more to send money home to their families than any other migrant group in the world.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97557/African-migrants-pay-high-prices-to-send-money-home
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In Brief: Staples, not export crops, key to tackling Africa’s poverty – report
18 January 2013
(IRIN
),
Africa could reduce its poverty levels faster by focusing more on the production of staples rather than export crops, according to a study by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97278/In-Brief-Staples-not-export-crops-key-to-tackling-Africa-s-poverty-report
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WEST AFRICA: Defining piracy in the Gulf of Guinea
10 December 2012
(IRIN
),
In July last year President Boni Yayi of Benin sent a worried letter to the UN secretary-general. His country was being threatened by the activities of pirates, who were scaring shipping away from the ports on which his country's revenues depend. He wanted international help of the kind which had been deployed against piracy off the coast of Somalia.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97004/WEST-AFRICA-Defining-piracy-in-the-Gulf-of-Guinea
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IDPs: African IDP Convention comes into force
6 December 2012
(IRIN
),
The African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) 2009, also known as the Kampala Convention, came into force on 6 December; it is the world’s first legally binding instrument to cater specifically to people displaced within their own countries.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96984/IDPs-African-IDP-Convention-comes-into-force
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HIV/AIDS: Despite progress, HIV efforts fall short
20 November 2012
(IRIN
),
Record progress in reducing the number of new HIV infections and lowering the numbers of people dying from AIDS-related causes indicate that the end of AIDS is "entirely feasible". But the epidemic is not over in any part of the world, and is gaining pace in some.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96830/HIV-AIDS-Despite-progress-HIV-efforts-fall-short
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HEALTH: Breaking out of the cold chain
20 November 2012
(IRIN
),
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 sourcing generators and fridges to load on trucks because the vaccine has now won approval for being kept at up to 40 degrees Celsius for as long as four days.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96827/HEALTH-Breaking-out-of-the-cold-chain
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NIGER: Agencies scramble to repair schools after floods
26 September 2012
(IRIN
),
The government of Niger and aid agencies are scrambling to clean and repair thousands of schools that were damaged in the flooding from rains in July and August, which displaced over 500,000 people and killed over 80, in an effort to return children to school as soon as possible.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96395/NIGER-Agencies-scramble-to-repair-schools-after-floods
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AFRICA: Donor fatigue forces WFP to cut refugee rations
19 June 2012
(IRIN
),
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has halved food rations to refugees living in camps in at least four African countries citing a funding shortfall.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/95597/AFRICA-Donor-fatigue-forces-WFP-to-cut-refugee-rations
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FOOD: Power to the people!
15 May 2012
(IRIN
),
The UN Development Programme (UNDP) launched its first Africa Human Development Report today, stressing food security as a means to a better quality of life for all.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/95459/FOOD-Power-to-the-people
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CLIMATE CHANGE: Farmers and forecasts
2 April 2012
(IRIN
),
Unpredictable rainfall in parts of Côte d’Ivoire cost some farmers over half of their harvest in 2011 producers told IRIN, but, armed with more knowledge about how to get weather reports and interpret them, they might still have been able to boost their output, say agricultural specialists.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/95214/CLIMATE-CHANGE-Farmers-and-forecasts
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WEST AFRICA: The downside of foreign land acquisitions
19 January 2012
(IRIN
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Population growth and rising consumption by a minority of people around the world are fuelling global land acquisitions and Africa is a “prime target”, says the International Land Coalition.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/94680/WEST-AFRICA-The-downside-of-foreign-land-acquisitions
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WEST AFRICA: Call for more coordinated approach to child protection
4 January 2012
(IRIN
),
A new report on child migration in West Africa says thousands of children are being sold, exchanged or transported out of their communities each year in violation of internationally-recognized rights of the child, and calls on the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to persuade governments to better protect these children.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/94582/WEST-AFRICA-Call-for-more-coordinated-approach-to-child-protection
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BENIN-TOGO: Joining forces to fight piracy in the Gulf of Guinea
29 November 2011
(IRIN
),
West African states are pledging to work together to fight the piracy spreading across the Gulf of Guinea, where it is damaging local economies and starting to impact on the region’s trade, according to the United Nations.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/94333/BENIN-TOGO-Joining-forces-to-fight-piracy-in-the-Gulf-of-Guinea
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AFRICA: Sub-Saharan sanitation targets “two centuries away”
18 November 2011
(IRIN
),
It will take two centuries for sub-Saharan Africa to meet the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) to reduce by half the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation, according to NGO WaterAid, which calls on national leaders to commit 3.5 percent of their annual budget to the sector.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/94241/AFRICA-Sub-Saharan-sanitation-targets-two-centuries-away
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CLIMATE CHANGE: Soon every African village will know what the weather may bring
2 November 2011
(IRIN
),
Information about how climate change may affect any city, town or village in Africa until the next century will be available by mid-2012 as scientists localise global climate data.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/94127/CLIMATE-CHANGE-Soon-every-African-village-will-know-what-the-weather-may-bring
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FOOD: Rumpus over GM food aid
18 October 2011
(IRIN
),
Genetically modified (GM) food aid bound for Africa has long been a bone of contention among governments, scientists, activists, consumers and aid workers.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/93991/FOOD-Rumpus-over-GM-food-aid
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BENIN-CONGO: Deal to stem child trafficking
21 September 2011
(IRIN
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Benin and the Republic of Congo have signed an accord aimed at stemming the trafficking of children between the two countries.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/93784/BENIN-CONGO-Deal-to-stem-child-trafficking
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HEALTH: Cholera soars in Lake Chad Basin countries
30 August 2011
(IRIN
),
Cholera has killed at least 1,200 people this year in the countries surrounding Lake Chad - Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria; the illness, linked primarily to poor sanitation and lack of potable water, has struck some 38,800 people in the region this year and continues to spread.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/93617/HEALTH-Cholera-soars-in-Lake-Chad-Basin-countries
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In Brief: Civil society studies West Africa "counter-terrorism plan"
9 August 2011
(IRIN
),
Journalists and civil society members in West Africa analysed a “counter-terrorism plan” drawn up by the Economic Community for West African States (ECOWAS) at a 4-5 August meeting in the Senegalese capital Dakar.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/93458/In-Brief-Civil-society-studies-West-Africa-counter-terrorism-plan
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DISASTERS: ECOWAS stepping up response
13 July 2011
(IRIN
),
Following years of discussion, representatives from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) are now testing joint disaster responses in light of increased flooding and more severe droughts in West Africa over the past decade, according to the African Centre of Meteorological Application for Development (ACMAD).
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/93222/DISASTERS-ECOWAS-stepping-up-response
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