| UGANDA: Health fears follow deadly mudslides |
 BUKALASI , 10 March 2010 (IRIN) - Rose Nakhayetse is lucky to be alive, but her ordeal is far from over. Having narrowly escaped last week’s deadly landslides in eastern Uganda, she and thousands of others are facing fresh dangers.
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| CHAD: Hungry season sets in early |
 DAKAR, 9 March 2010 (IRIN) - The poorest households in Chad will find themselves with no food reserves in the coming weeks, according to the US famine early warning systems network, FEWSNET.
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| SOMALIA: Too many patients, one mental health facility |
 BOSASSO, 9 March 2010 (IRIN) - The number of people seeking mental health treatment has increased in Bosasso, the commercial capital of Somalia's self-declared autonomous region of Puntland, despite the existence of only one small health unit, officials said.
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| UGANDA: Sanitary pad project "changes refugees' lives" |
 KYAKA II, 9 March 2010 (IRIN) - A project using papyrus and waste paper to make sanitary pads has changed the life of Evelyne Banyamisa, who fled rebel violence in Bunia, north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in 2003 when she was only 13.
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| AFGHANISTAN: Women’s rights trampled despite new law |
 KABUL, 8 March 2010 (IRIN) - As the world marks International Women’s Day, ambivalence, impunity, weak law enforcement and corruption continue to undermine women’s rights in Afghanistan, despite a July 2009 law banning violence against women, rights activists say.
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