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Linking early warning to early action in the Sahel
18 June 2013
(IRIN
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While aid agencies agree that early warning systems offer the chance to mitigate humanitarian crises, difficulty in funding pre-emptive measures and government sensitivities in admitting a looming disaster continue to hamper early action.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/98244/Linking-early-warning-to-early-action-in-the-Sahel
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Preparing for floods in West Africa
14 June 2013
(IRIN
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West African and Sahel countries are setting up measures to minimize flood damage as the annual rainy season approaches. The African Centre of Meteorological Applications for Development (ACMAD) in a seasonal weather outlook says near-average or above-average rainfall is likely over the western Sahel, which stretches across Mauritania, Senegal and western and central Niger.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/98221/Preparing-for-floods-in-West-Africa
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Digital jobs offer skills, promise to Africa's unemployed youth
28 May 2013
(IRIN
),
Although Africa’s economy has expanded rapidly in recent years, it has not kept pace with the growth of its youth population or their need for jobs.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/98114/Digital-jobs-offer-skills-promise-to-Africa-s-unemployed-youth
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Regional insecurity adding to Chad's humanitarian needs
12 April 2013
(IRIN
),
Chad is grappling with an influx of refugees and returnees into its south-eastern regions, mainly from neighbouring Sudan, and others from the Central African Republic (CAR) following a series of inter-ethnic clashes in Darfur and a recent coup in the CAR, respectively.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97840/Regional-insecurity-adding-to-Chad-s-humanitarian-needs
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Call to end neglect of emergency education in Mali
15 March 2013
(IRIN
),
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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Chadian migrants rue Libyan detention, ill-treatment, deportation
8 March 2013
(IRIN
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In the violence immediately before and after Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was toppled in October 2011, thousands of sub-Saharan migrants were forced to flee. Since then, however, the authorities have detained in harsh conditions, and subsequently deported, hundreds more, according to former Chadian migrant workers.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97617/Chadian-migrants-rue-Libyan-detention-ill-treatment-deportation
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Analysis: The R-word - Rhetoric versus reality in the Sahel
4 March 2013
(IRIN
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The annual gearing-up of humanitarian programmes to treat the chronic problems of vulnerable Sahelians is a clear sign that development there is not working. As a result, the Sahel is at the centre of the debate on the need to boost vulnerable people's resilience to shocks.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97590/Analysis-The-R-word-Rhetoric-versus-reality-in-the-Sahel
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African migrants pay high prices to send money home
27 February 2013
(IRIN
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New data from the World Bank has revealed that African migrants pay more to send money home to their families than any other migrant group in the world.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97557/African-migrants-pay-high-prices-to-send-money-home
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Why the Sahel needs $1.6 billion again this year
19 February 2013
(IRIN
),
The 2013 Sahel Regional Strategy calls for US$1.66 billion to help meet humanitarian needs and build up resilience among vulnerable groups - an identical figure to the 2012 crisis appeal - even though aid agencies estimate the number of Sahelians at risk of going hungry this year has dropped 44 percent to 10.3 million. IRIN spoke to aid agency representatives to find out why the ask has remained constant.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97505/Why-the-Sahel-needs-1-6-billion-again-this-year
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SENEGAL: Habré investigations mark turning point for African justice
9 February 2013
(IRIN
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The special court set up to try ex-Chadian President Hissène Habré officially opened its investigations on 8 February in Senegal, making it the first time a former African leader faces trial in another African country.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97444/SENEGAL-Habré-investigations-mark-turning-point-for-African-justice
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Call for humanitarian access after clashes in North Darfur
8 February 2013
(IRIN
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The African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) is calling for better access to tens of thousands of people displaced by recent inter-tribal fighting in gold-mining areas of Sudan's North Darfur State.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97434/Call-for-humanitarian-access-after-clashes-in-North-Darfur
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In Brief: Chad averts locust threat
30 January 2013
(IRIN
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Chad has eliminated the threat of a full-scale locust invasion in its northern region, a pastoralist zone dotted with oases that provide water for small-scale farming, says the National Locust Control Agency (ANLA).
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97371/In-Brief-Chad-averts-locust-threat
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Difficult recovery after Chad floods
29 January 2013
(IRIN
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A scattering of utensils, a pile of clothes and a small bag of millet flour lay on the floor of Amne Abakar’s roofless cloth-and-sticks shelter in Toukra camp on the outskirts of Chad’s capital N’Djamena. The camp hosts more than 6,000 people who lost their homes to floods in 2012.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97364/Difficult-recovery-after-Chad-floods
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Chad’s health system struggles to combat malnutrition
24 January 2013
(IRIN
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As darkness fell in the central-southern Chadian town of Bokoro, the very last patient, a listless girl, left a makeshift clinic run by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) which had treated more than 4,000 children for severe malnutrition in the area since July 2012.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97327/Chad-s-health-system-struggles-to-combat-malnutrition
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In Brief: Staples, not export crops, key to tackling Africa’s poverty – report
18 January 2013
(IRIN
),
Africa could reduce its poverty levels faster by focusing more on the production of staples rather than export crops, according to a study by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97278/In-Brief-Staples-not-export-crops-key-to-tackling-Africa-s-poverty-report
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SAHEL: Malnourished to remain above one million in 2013
20 December 2012
(IRIN
),
Despite good rains across much of the Sahel this year, 1.4 million children are expected to be malnourished - up from one million in 2012, according to the 2013 Sahel regional strategy.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97093/SAHEL-Malnourished-to-remain-above-one-million-in-2013
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IDPs: African IDP Convention comes into force
6 December 2012
(IRIN
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The African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) 2009, also known as the Kampala Convention, came into force on 6 December; it is the world’s first legally binding instrument to cater specifically to people displaced within their own countries.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96984/IDPs-African-IDP-Convention-comes-into-force
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HEALTH: Breaking out of the cold chain
20 November 2012
(IRIN
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Health workers currently immunizing thousands of children and young adults against Meningitis A in Benin are currently doing so without having to spend days preparing ice packs and sourcing generators and fridges to load on trucks because the vaccine has now won approval for being kept at up to 40 degrees Celsius for as long as four days.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96827/HEALTH-Breaking-out-of-the-cold-chain
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Analysis: Is US action against use of child soldiers on the backburner?
5 November 2012
(IRIN
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The Child Soldier Prevention Act (CSPA) was a prime example of US bipartisan human rights legislation: sponsored by Democratic and Republican senators and signed into law in 2008 by Republican President George Bush, the law entered into force under the Democratic presidency of Barack Obama. But even armed with this political consensus, the US consistently shies away from using the full spectrum of the law, citing national security interests.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96714/Analysis-Is-US-action-against-use-of-child-soldiers-on-the-backburner
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CHAD: Floods, locusts add to humanitarian challenges
26 October 2012
(IRIN
),
The number of flood-affected people in Chad has risen to 700,000, up from 445,000 in September, according to humanitarian agencies, which also report the loss or damage of 255,720 hectares of cropland, 94,211 houses and 1,015 schools. Some 70,000 people have been displaced by the flooding, one of several challenges to the country’s humanitarian situation.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96642/CHAD-Floods-locusts-add-to-humanitarian-challenges
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