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Syria refugees multimedia series – ‘Where the war still echoes’
2 May 2013
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This new IRIN film series, Where the war still echoes, follows a Syrian refugee family over the course of a year, from their arrival in Jordan in December 2012. It is an intimate view of their struggles to adjust to camp life, and cope with the violence at home.
http://www.irinnews.org/In-depth/97954/108/Syria-refugees-multimedia-series-Where-the-war-still-echoes
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From aid restrictions to access challenges
1 May 2013
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Aid work in Iraq has always had a bumpy ride, from the restrictions imposed under former president Saddam Hussein to the corruption associated with the Oil-for-Food Programme. But it has arguably never been as challenging as in the last decade, when violence and insecurity made access to much of the country nearly impossible.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97952/From-aid-restrictions-to-access-challenges
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Boko Haram threat chokes trade with Cameroon
29 April 2013
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Tighter security in Cameroon’s Far North Region due to the widening threat posed by Nigeria-based radical Islamist militia Boko Haram is stifling cross-border trade, hurting livelihoods and raising fear among civilians.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97942/Boko-Haram-threat-chokes-trade-with-Cameroon
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More freedom but less security?
29 April 2013
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After a decade of sanctions, Iraq’s GDP has been growing consistently since 2003, and poverty rates have more than halved since 1990. But observers say billions of dollars in oil revenues have not translated into adequate gains in Iraqi well-being.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97937/More-freedom-but-less-security
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Building health systems from scratch in Somalia
26 April 2013
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Lul Mohamed, director of the paediatric ward at Banadir Hospital in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, treated five children after two bomb attacks killed 30 people on 14 April. "And they were shooting last night. One died, a bullet in his liver," she said of an eight-year-old boy.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97927/Building-health-systems-from-scratch-in-Somalia
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Schools try to play catch-up
26 April 2013
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Iraq’s education system was once the jewel of the Middle East. Today, it is struggling to catch up, with five million children out of school, according to a 2007 survey.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97928/Schools-try-to-play-catch-up
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Engaging with Philippine armed groups
25 April 2013
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For Chris Rush, of the Swiss-based NGO Geneva Call, nuance is everything when engaging with armed groups. Although the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the Maoist-inspired New People's Army (NPA) are both fighting insurrections on the same Philippines island of Mindanao, the choice of terminology is a tender issue when it comes to the use of such phrases as "armed non-state actors (ANSAs)”.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97918/Engaging-with-Philippine-armed-groups
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Children bear brunt of CAR crisis
25 April 2013
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Sporadic armed clashes, looting of orphanages, recruitment into armed groups, and widespread school closures have made life perilous for children in the Central African Republic (CAR) in the wake of a 24 March rebel coup by the Séléka alliance.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97921/Children-bear-brunt-of-CAR-crisis
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Calls for Côte d’Ivoire government to tackle unrest in west
25 April 2013
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After recent attacks in Côte d’Ivoire’s volatile western region in which more than a dozen people were killed, the authorities announced new security measures, but observers say more than a military response is required.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97920/Calls-for-Côte-d-Ivoire-government-to-tackle-unrest-in-west
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Demining speeds up in Senegal’s Casamance region
24 April 2013
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Over half of the mined land in Senegal’s southern Casamance region has been cleared, according to the government’s anti-mines action centre, CNAMS, which says it is on track to reach the 2015 goal of the Ottawa treaty to eliminate such weapons.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97907/Demining-speeds-up-in-Senegal-s-Casamance-region
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