GLOBAL: Urban employment and food security

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Urban farming on the increase in the cities
NAIROBI, 1 September 2007 (IRIN) -
ZIMBABWE: Necessity spurs urban farming

KENYA: Slum women struggle to put food on the table

NIGERIA: Lagos, the mega-city of slums

EGYPT: Urban poor turn to the street to make a living

SIERRA LEONE: “An idle mind is a devil’s workshop”

NIGER: Teacher strikes and student protests “jeopardising” education

Ancilla Riziki: “We live on rich people’s garbage”

ZIMBABWE: Poor quality garbage tells a tale

CHAD: Month two of general strike threatens people more than government

Theme (s): Economy, Food Security, Urban Risk,

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations]

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