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Resettlement conflicts follow Mozambique's mining boom
21 March 2013
(IRIN
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The coal boom in Mozambique’s northwestern Tete Province is pitting disgruntled locals against international mining conglomerates as communities living in the new mining areas are forced to relocate.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97694/Resettlement-conflicts-follow-Mozambique-s-mining-boom
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Drive for quality in global education post-2015
21 March 2013
(IRIN
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Education experts gathered in the Senegalese capital Dakar this week to discuss what priorities should look like once the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) expire in 2015. The conclusion: more focus on quality and how to measure it; on equity and access for hard-to-reach children; and on what should happen during the first three years of secondary school.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97695/Drive-for-quality-in-global-education-post-2015
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Boosting support for IDPs outside DRC’s formal camps
21 March 2013
(IRIN
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Humanitarian agencies in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) North Kivu Province are working to increase their support for hundreds of thousands of displaced people living outside formal camps with little humanitarian support, often relying on the kindness of sometimes equally vulnerable host communities.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97702/Boosting-support-for-IDPs-outside-DRC-s-formal-camps
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Briefing: The risks and rewards of easing Somalia's arms embargo
21 March 2013
(IRIN
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Does Somalia, which has been beset by civil war and insurgency for more than two decades, need more weapons? Earlier this month the Security Council eased a long-standing arms embargo, allowing a newly-installed and internationally-recognized government to import light arms for a period of 12 months. The move, according to proponents, will give poorly-equipped security forces a much-needed edge over the Islamist Al-Shabab group, but critics warn that the new imports could end up in the hands of insurgency and increase the risk of human rights abuses. This briefing explores the pros and cons of the Security Council resolution.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97703/Briefing-The-risks-and-rewards-of-easing-Somalia-s-arms-embargo
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Swazi government sells food aid
20 March 2013
(IRIN
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Swaziland’s government has sold maize donated by the Japanese government to feed hungry Swazis for US$3 million and deposited the money in the Central Bank of Swaziland.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97684/Swazi-government-sells-food-aid
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Water scarcity affects Somaliland households
19 March 2013
(IRIN
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Hundreds of households in the disputed Sool area of the self-declared republic of Somaliland are facing a water shortage following poor rains, say officials.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97678/Water-scarcity-affects-Somaliland-households
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Abandoned munitions endanger lives in Mali
19 March 2013
(IRIN
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Air and ground battles have left Mali’s central and northern regions littered with unexploded ordnance (UXO), seriously endangering the lives of children and the return of displaced people.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97682/Abandoned-munitions-endanger-lives-in-Mali
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SLIDESHOW: Children break rocks to pay for school in Sierra Leone
18 March 2013
(IRIN
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Thousands of children in Sierra Leone are paying for their own education or helping their families make ends meet by working as rock-breakers for the country’s construction industry.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97669/SLIDESHOW-Children-break-rocks-to-pay-for-school-in-Sierra-Leone
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Call to end neglect of emergency education in Mali
15 March 2013
(IRIN
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Aid workers and experts are calling for more attention to education in Mali, where 200,000 children are out of school due to the crisis but where money for emergency education has yet to come forward.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97656/Call-to-end-neglect-of-emergency-education-in-Mali
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Mozambique’s first HIV vaccine trial heralds new era in local research
15 March 2013
(IRIN
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Mozambique has completed its first HIV vaccine trial and is set to embark on a second, a demonstration of the country’s increased HIV research capacity.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97657/Mozambique-s-first-HIV-vaccine-trial-heralds-new-era-in-local-research
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