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KENYA: Draft policy offers new hope for IDPs
19 March 2010
(IRIN
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Internally displaced people (IDPs) in Kenya are set to enjoy greater protection under a national policy that also aims to prevent future displacement and to fulfil the country's obligations under international IDP law, say analysts.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/88485/KENYA-Draft-policy-offers-new-hope-for-IDPs
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KENYA: Cholera risk spreading
19 March 2010
(IRIN
),
As of 15 March, 15 districts nationwide were affected with cholera, with 663 cases confirmed since January, according to a Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation update. At least 15 deaths have been recorded.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/88487/KENYA-Cholera-risk-spreading
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In Brief: A regional take on food security
19 March 2010
(IRIN
),
A study commissioned by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) has been taking stock of food security initiatives in Eastern Africa, and the authors urge those involved in such efforts to "think regionally".
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/88490/In-Brief-A-regional-take-on-food-security
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CONFLICT: Campaigners target landmine use by "non-state actors"
19 March 2010
(IRIN
),
The steep decline in anti-personnel landmine use in the past decade by governments is being mirrored by a similar trend among armed non-state actors (NSAs).
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/87608/CONFLICT-Campaigners-target-landmine-use-by-non-state-actors
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RWANDA-UGANDA: Refugees face hunger as farming ban bites
18 March 2010
(IRIN
),
A farming ban imposed on Rwandan refugees in southwestern Uganda is raising concerns for their food security, while proposed cash transfers could boost both food prices and theft, warn aid workers and local officials, who are urging the government to rescind the directive.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/88472/RWANDA-UGANDA-Refugees-face-hunger-as-farming-ban-bites
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KENYA: ARV woes push universal access off-track
18 March 2010
(IRIN
),
Nicodemus Manyala knows he is HIV-positive and needs life-prolonging antiretroviral therapy (ART) to remain healthy, but fear of treatment interruptions has made him reluctant to start on the drugs.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/88474/KENYA-ARV-woes-push-universal-access-off-track
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MADAGASCAR: Will AU sanctions be a "wake-up call"?
18 March 2010
(IRIN
),
True to its word, the African Union (AU) has announced the imposition of sanctions against Madagascar's "de facto authorities" – exactly a year after Andry Rajoelina, backed by the military, ousted former President Marc Ravalomanana.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/88477/MADAGASCAR-Will-AU-sanctions-be-a-wake-up-call
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SOMALIA: IRIN Radio - Thursday 18 March 2010
18 March 2010
(IRIN
),
In today's programme - Dhegeyso barnaamijka maanta
· Garowe: Stop violence against women, say religious leaders
· Galgadud: Local authority bans tree cutting in Abudwak
· Diaspora: Political ambitions for Somalis resettled in USA
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/88464/SOMALIA-IRIN-Radio-Thursday-18-March-2010
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SOMALIA: IRIN Radio - Wednesday 17 March 2010
17 March 2010
(IRIN
),
In today's programme - Dhegeyso barnaamijka maanta
· Mogadishu: Shelling victims in hospitals tell their horrific stories
· Liboi: New refugees reach Kenyan border, others stranded along the way
· Interview: One refugee family tells their story of long trek from Mogadishu to border
· Nairobi: Successes and hardships for Somalis living in the USA
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/88449/SOMALIA-IRIN-Radio-Wednesday-17-March-2010
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SOUTH AFRICA: More money, less education
17 March 2010
(IRIN
),
Ethembeni Enrichment Centre, a school in a run-down part of Port Elizabeth, the largest city in Eastern Cape, South Africa's poorest province, has achieved a remarkable 100 percent pass rate for a dozen years. But officials from the education department, sent on a fact-finding mission to learn from the school's success, are running more than two hours late.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/88452/SOUTH-AFRICA-More-money-less-education
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