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Tanzanian high-risk groups denied HIV services
18 June 2013
(IRIN
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Sexual minorities, sex workers and people who use drugs who are at a higher risk of HIV than the general population, but in Tanzania, they face widespread police abuse and discrimination in health facilities, according to the new report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) and the Wake Up and Step Forward Coalition (WASO), a local rights group.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/98248/Tanzanian-high-risk-groups-denied-HIV-services
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Tanzanian farmers displaced by mining live like refugees*
3 June 2013
(IRIN
),
On the outskirts of the northern Tanzanian town of Geita sits a cluster of makeshift tents constructed from plastic sheeting and bits of wood and metal. The area, which resembles a refugee camp and is known by residents as Sophiatown - or colloquially, Darfur - is inhabited by farming families who were displaced in 2007 to make way for one of the country's largest gold mines.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/98150/Tanzanian-farmers-displaced-by-mining-live-like-refugees
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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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Uneven progress on child stunting in East and Central Africa
16 April 2013
(IRIN
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Improvements in nutrition and stronger government policies have led to a decline in childhood stunting, according to a new report on child nutrition. However, the condition continues to affect some 165 million children under the age of five globally.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97853/Uneven-progress-on-child-stunting-in-East-and-Central-Africa
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In Africa, corruption dirties the water
14 March 2013
(IRIN
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Collusion among government officials, unscrupulous water vendors and large farm owners results in diverted water supply lines, misappropriated funds, and failure to implement laws on protecting water sources from encroachment and pollution. These are just some of the ways corruption is denying millions of poor people in Africa access to safe and clean drinking water, experts say.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97642/In-Africa-corruption-dirties-the-water
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Smartphones used to detect parasitic worms
13 March 2013
(IRIN
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A smartphone, a strip of double-sided tape and a simple glass lens could have a significant impact on the diagnosis of intestinal parasites that affect millions in remote, rural parts of the world, where even the most basic medical testing is hard to come by.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97635/Smartphones-used-to-detect-parasitic-worms
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Maize smuggling creates hunger in Malawi
1 March 2013
(IRIN
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Every morning, Bernadette Kilembe, from the northern Malawian town of Karonga, is confronted with two related problems: She has to keep her restaurant running, and she has to feed herself and her three children.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97571/Maize-smuggling-creates-hunger-in-Malawi
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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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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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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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How to: Map sexual networks
30 November 2012
(IRIN
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With whom did you last have sex? When? Where? How? At crowded food stalls and in dimly lit bars, Kelvin Parker carries out what HIV researchers call “sexual networking mapping”.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96941/How-to-Map-sexual-networks
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TANZANIA: Islamist riots threaten Zanzibar's stability
24 October 2012
(IRIN
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The Tanzanian archipelago of Zanzibar has experienced three anti-government protests so far this year; the latest, in mid-October, saw one police officer killed, roads blocked and shops closed across the capital, Zanzibar City.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96631/TANZANIA-Islamist-riots-threaten-Zanzibar-s-stability
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BURUNDI-TANZANIA: A troubled homecoming
15 October 2012
(IRIN
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The imminent return of more than 35,000 Burundians from Tanzania poses major logistical challenges to aid agencies and the densely populated country they fled amid civil war almost 20 years ago. The return could degenerate into a “humanitarian disaster” if they ignore a 31 December deadline to leave willingly and end up being deported en masse.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96553/BURUNDI-TANZANIA-A-troubled-homecoming
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AFRICA: Religious leaders rally for environmental conservation
25 September 2012
(IRIN
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Faced with environmental degradation that threatens the livelihoods of many people in Africa, a group of 50 religious leaders met in Nairobi earlier this month and pledged to take concrete steps to mitigate the effects of climate change.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96387/AFRICA-Religious-leaders-rally-for-environmental-conservation
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CLIMATE CHANGE: Farmers too hungry to adapt
14 September 2012
(IRIN
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Small farmers in the developing world who are going hungry for long periods of time - in some cases for up to half the year in Ethiopia's Borana region - are failing to find ways to adapt to an increasingly erratic climate, a new survey has found.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96314/CLIMATE-CHANGE-Farmers-too-hungry-to-adapt
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TANZANIA: Burundians lose refugee status, may face deportation
31 August 2012
(IRIN
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After years of resisting voluntary repatriation efforts, tens of thousands of Burundians in Tanzania now face a deadline to leave by the end of 2012, following a decision to put a formal end to their refugee status.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96215/TANZANIA-Burundians-lose-refugee-status-may-face-deportation
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TANZANIA: Popular herbal cure-all "ineffective"
2 August 2012
(IRIN
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A widely used concoction administered by Tanzanian herbalist Ambilikile Mwasapile is ineffective, the country's health minister, Hussein Mwinyi, has said.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96013/TANZANIA-Popular-herbal-cure-all-ineffective
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UGANDA: Scientists still in the dark about nodding syndrome
2 August 2012
(IRIN
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A four-day international scientific meeting in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, highlighted the many unknowns of so-called "nodding disease" or "nodding syndrome", which has affected more than 3,000 people in the north of the country, with patients suffering from involuntary nodding, neurological deterioration and, in many cases, death.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96015/UGANDA-Scientists-still-in-the-dark-about-nodding-syndrome
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MIGRATION: Human smugglers profit as tragedies multiply
11 July 2012
(IRIN
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When Abdo Giro*, a 55-year-old evangelist minister and political dissident from southern Ethiopia, paid smugglers 55,000 birr (US$3,095) to take him from the Kenyan border town of Moyale to Johannesburg in South Africa, he was completely unprepared for the ordeal that lay ahead.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/95845/MIGRATION-Human-smugglers-profit-as-tragedies-multiply
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CLIMATE CHANGE: Cassava key to food security, say scientists
20 June 2012
(IRIN
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An alliance of scientists has been formed to help promote cassava, which has emerged as a "survivor" crop able to thrive in the expected higher temperatures engendered by climate change, a scientific conference in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, heard.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/95694/CLIMATE-CHANGE-Cassava-key-to-food-security-say-scientists
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