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UGANDA: Education critical to build on Karamoja's new-found security
7 November 2011
(IRIN
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"We need a generation that looks at things differently and we will only get that if they go to school," says James Bisheko, who spent two years in Karamoja as a project manager with the Adventist Development and Relief Agency.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/94145/UGANDA-Education-critical-to-build-on-Karamoja-s-new-found-security
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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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MIGRATION: Rwandan refugees reluctant to repatriate
2 November 2011
(IRIN
),
Rwandans who fled the 1994 genocide and sought asylum in other countries will lose their refugee status by the end of June 2012 if the countries hosting them follow a recommendation by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR).
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/94029/MIGRATION-Rwandan-refugees-reluctant-to-repatriate
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UGANDA: Lack of resources, political will slows male circumcision progress
31 October 2011
(IRIN
),
Ugandan men have been seeking medical male circumcision in droves since the government launched a national policy in 2010, but the health system is not equipped to handle the caseload, slowing down the potential HIV prevention benefits of the campaign.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/94107/UGANDA-Lack-of-resources-political-will-slows-male-circumcision-progress
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UGANDA: Mothers-to-be most at risk from inadequate health budget
27 October 2011
(IRIN
),
The shortage of health workers in Uganda is a "crisis", says the Minister of Health, and activists say expectant mothers are bearing the brunt of the country's staffing deficiency.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/94083/UGANDA-Mothers-to-be-most-at-risk-from-inadequate-health-budget
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UGANDA: Proposal to scrap bail could worsen abysmal prison conditions
26 October 2011
(IRIN
),
Ugandan human rights activists are concerned that President Yoweri Museveni's proposal to do away with bail for people suspected of committing certain crimes could swell the country's already overcrowded prison system and exacerbate severe problems in delivering health services to inmates.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/94071/UGANDA-Proposal-to-scrap-bail-could-worsen-abysmal-prison-conditions
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UGANDA: Making the most of security and livelihood gains in Karamoja
25 October 2011
(IRIN
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Catherine Namoe straightens up from the back-breaking task of harvesting cow pea leaves to answer some questions. It is tough work, she says, and the men do not help much. Even if the rain does not come again to turn the plant's yellow flowers into pea pods, the leaves can be dried and stored for a while, and may help feed her family over the long, hungry season in Uganda's northeastern region of Karamoja.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/94059/UGANDA-Making-the-most-of-security-and-livelihood-gains-in-Karamoja
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AFRICA: Foreign funding critical for NGO survival
18 October 2011
(IRIN
),
In 2002, when British and South African researchers first started to study the voluntary sector in Uganda, there were about 3,500 NGOs registered in the country. Six years later, in 2008, there were 7,000 - a similar proliferation seen all over East Africa.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/93831/AFRICA-Foreign-funding-critical-for-NGO-survival
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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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GLOBAL: Governments "still failing" on mental health issues
18 October 2011
(IRIN
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Four years ago the London-based medical journal, The Lancet, published a special series on global mental health, highlighting the gap in provision between rich countries and the rest of the world. Even in developed countries it is estimated that only one in three people with mental health problems receives the treatment they need; in low- and middle-income countries it may as low as one in 50.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/93996/GLOBAL-Governments-still-failing-on-mental-health-issues
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