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WEST AFRICA: Sahel the danger zone for food insecurity
27 October 2011
(IRIN
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Erratic rains and high imported rice and wheat prices against a backdrop of chronic food insecurity and malnutrition in parts of the Sahel, will leave millions of people at risk of food insecurity, according to the latest crop assessments.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/94081/WEST-AFRICA-Sahel-the-danger-zone-for-food-insecurity
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FOOD: Rumpus over GM food aid
18 October 2011
(IRIN
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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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GUINEA-MAURITANIA: Worst forms of child labour still widespread
10 October 2011
(IRIN
),
The law does not necessarily make much difference when it comes to child labour: In Guinea and Mauritania the worst forms of child labour persist despite it being banned by law, leading child protection experts to call for a better understanding of the dynamics behind it.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/93921/GUINEA-MAURITANIA-Worst-forms-of-child-labour-still-widespread
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MAURITANIA: The sociology of food security
2 September 2011
(IRIN
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Are there any taboos affecting eating habits in Mauritanian households? How do eating habits vary among different ethnic groups, and different family members? How could these customs affect food security throughout the year? These are some of the questions food aid experts and sociologists will examine in a “food consumption habits” study to be launched in the coming weeks across Mauritania.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/93649/MAURITANIA-The-sociology-of-food-security
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GLOBAL: Stillbirths could be halved
27 April 2011
(IRIN
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Preventing stillbirths can cost just US$2.32 per mother if governments, the private sector and international institutions adopt a package of 10 health interventions, rather than allowing stillbirths to be an almost invisible problem.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/92590/GLOBAL-Stillbirths-could-be-halved
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FOOD: Home-grown nutrition research for Africa
21 April 2011
(IRIN
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A group of international academic institutions and an NGO backed by the European Union (EU) have launched Sustainable Nutrition Research for Africa in the Years to come, or SUNRAY, to develop a nutrition agenda for Africa, with specific emphasis on the 34 sub-Saharan countries.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/92550/FOOD-Home-grown-nutrition-research-for-Africa
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AFRICA: Opposition building to Great Green Wall
8 April 2011
(IRIN
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What’s green, controversial, 15km wide, 7,775km long, cuts across 11 African countries and is designed to reduce livestock deaths and boost food security for millions of people? Nothing yet, but the Great Green Wall project, a pipe-dream for decades, was recently endorsed by a swathe of African states stretching from Senegal to Djibouti.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/92422/AFRICA-Opposition-building-to-Great-Green-Wall
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MAURITANIA: Beauty's big problem
21 February 2011
(IRIN
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While force-feeding of young girls is waning in Mauritania, particularly in urban areas, many girls and women are voluntarily using high-tech and dangerous methods aimed at achieving the corpulent form long a status symbol in the country.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/91956/MAURITANIA-Beauty-s-big-problem
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SAHEL: Meningitis - the role of dust
14 February 2011
(IRIN
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Researchers are analysing dust from the Sahel to study its role in the spread of bacterial meningitis in this region hardest hit by the debilitating and often fatal disease.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/91916/SAHEL-Meningitis-the-role-of-dust
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AFRICA: Serious about food
6 January 2011
(IRIN
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The record prices of staple grains in 2008 made investment in agriculture an attractive proposition for countries exporting as well as importing food. The African Union (AU), with its mix of producers and buyers, has been steadily gearing up for self-sufficiency.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/91547/AFRICA-Serious-about-food
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