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GLOBAL: Spoonfuls of sugar could save malaria patients
26 February 2009
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Spoonfuls of sugar could save the lives of children with severe malaria, according to a recently published study on patients in Mali.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/83165/GLOBAL-Spoonfuls-of-sugar-could-save-malaria-patients
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SOUTH AFRICA: Lives lost as state coffers run dry
25 February 2009
(IRIN
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Last week, regulars at the HIV treatment clinic at Pelonomi hospital, in Bloemfontein, capital of South Africa's Free State Province, would have told you that the clinic has never been this quiet.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/83138/SOUTH-AFRICA-Lives-lost-as-state-coffers-run-dry
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AFRICA: Climate change and conflicts
23 February 2009
(IRIN
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Karamoja, a semi-arid region in northeast Uganda, is in crisis: a potent mix of the impact of climate change - 14 droughts in 25 years - border conflicts, armed cattle-raids, and difficult development and sustainability issues are the main features, delegates at a recent conference on Climate Change and Security in Africa learned.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/83096/AFRICA-Climate-change-and-conflicts
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GLOBAL: Humanitarian costs of climate change unpredictable
20 February 2009
(IRIN
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New projections of the impact of climate change make headlines every day, but a report by a leading research institution has underlined the need for "meaningful data" to help aid agencies prepare for the future.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/83030/GLOBAL-Humanitarian-costs-of-climate-change-unpredictable
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AFRICA: Join Climate Neutral Network, continent urged
20 February 2009
(IRIN
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African countries, despite being among the world's smallest contributors to carbon emissions, as well as businesses and institutions operating on the continent, should join the year-old Climate Neutral Network (CN Net), officials said on 19 February.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/83036/AFRICA-Join-Climate-Neutral-Network-continent-urged
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In Brief: Unleashing mutated mosquitoes to fight malaria
19 February 2009
(IRIN
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Anopheles gambiae may meet its match in Medea.
Scientists hope a synthetic gene known as Medea can wipe out the most common mosquito species that spreads malaria in sub-Saharan Africa. Scientists are trying to pinpoint the malaria-transmitting gene in mosquitoes and engineer genetically-modified mosquitoes (GMM) that lack the deadly gene. The hope is that GMM will prevail in a survival-of-the-fittest struggle between disease-carrying mosquitoes and the genetically-modified variety.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/83011/In-Brief-Unleashing-mutated-mosquitoes-to-fight-malaria
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ZIMBABWE: Is it time to go home?
19 February 2009
(IRIN
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Zimbabweans call it the "Diaspora" - the flight of its citizens to neighbouring states and even further afield to such countries as Britain and Australia to escape their country's collapse.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/83025/ZIMBABWE-Is-it-time-to-go-home
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LESOTHO-SOUTH AFRICA: Cross-border health crisis hits mineworkers
19 February 2009
(IRIN
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Two years ago Mopeli Mofoka, 39, left his wife and child in Maseru, Lesotho's capital, and joined the more than 50,000 men pushed by poverty and unemployment in their home country to seek work on mines in neighbouring South Africa.
http://www.irinnews.org/In-depth/83027/78/LESOTHO-SOUTH-AFRICA-Cross-border-health-crisis-hits-mineworkers
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ZIMBABWE: Farewell South Africa, but not just yet
19 February 2009
(IRIN
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The formation of Zimbabwe's unity government, although seen as a positive step, is not enough to entice Zimbabweans to return to their homeland.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/83021/ZIMBABWE-Farewell-South-Africa-but-not-just-yet
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SOUTH AFRICA: Gift Dube: "Loxion management happens when you are unemployed and chilling on the streets"
17 February 2009
(IRIN
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In the run-up to South Africa's general elections in April, job creation has become a hot political topic in a country where analysts have put the unofficial unemployment rate as high as 40 percent.
http://www.irinnews.org/HOV/82954/SOUTH-AFRICA-Gift-Dube-Loxion-management-happens-when-you-are-unemployed-and-chilling-on-the
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