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Southern Africa cracks down on TB in mines
25 March 2013
(IRIN
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South Africa's gold mines are estimated to have the highest number of new tuberculosis (TB) cases in the world, making the disease a leading export to neighbouring countries. IRIN takes a look at the declaration meant to change this situation.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97719/Southern-Africa-cracks-down-on-TB-in-mines
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Mixed picture for Lesotho's food security
25 March 2013
(IRIN
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It’s a chilly autumn morning and Ntja Mphale, 62, and his wife, Malehlohonolo, are hoeing a dew-covered field just outside their village of Machache, 43km from Lesotho’s capital, Maseru. They are among thousands of unemployed Basotho who depend on seasonal work weeding smallholder farmers’ fields to earn a little cash.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97720/Mixed-picture-for-Lesotho-s-food-security
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Gender relations are changing along with climate
25 March 2013
(IRIN
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A changing climate will inevitably have an impact on gender relations in conservative rural communities, but not enough is being done to boost the resilience of women - already disadvantaged by traditions of inequality.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97727/Gender-relations-are-changing-along-with-climate
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Madagascar's Millennium Village goes it alone
22 March 2013
(IRIN
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A Millennium Village in Madagascar is learning to stand on its own as five years of support from the UN Development Programme (UNDP) come to an end this month.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97706/Madagascar-s-Millennium-Village-goes-it-alone
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Recent donor transparency milestones
21 March 2013
(IRIN
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Aid watchdogs have been pushing for more transparent governance and information on financial flows, but just how much progress has been made over the past couple of years?
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97687/Recent-donor-transparency-milestones
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Challenges in using micro-credit to help Yemen’s poor
21 March 2013
(IRIN
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Yemen has been a regional pioneer in micro-credit but are these loans lifting people about of poverty?
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97692/Challenges-in-using-micro-credit-to-help-Yemen-s-poor
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Drive for quality in global education post-2015
21 March 2013
(IRIN
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Education experts gathered in the Senegalese capital Dakar this week to discuss what priorities should look like once the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) expire in 2015. The conclusion: more focus on quality and how to measure it; on equity and access for hard-to-reach children; and on what should happen during the first three years of secondary school.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97695/Drive-for-quality-in-global-education-post-2015
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Aid worker kidnappings rise, fuelling debate over ransom
21 March 2013
(IRIN
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Aid workers have experienced a rise in kidnappings over the past 10 years, from seven in 2003 to a high point of 95 in 2011, according to Humanitarian Outcomes, which keeps a database of such incidents.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97697/Aid-worker-kidnappings-rise-fuelling-debate-over-ransom
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Briefing: The risks and rewards of easing Somalia's arms embargo
21 March 2013
(IRIN
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Does Somalia, which has been beset by civil war and insurgency for more than two decades, need more weapons? Earlier this month the Security Council eased a long-standing arms embargo, allowing a newly-installed and internationally-recognized government to import light arms for a period of 12 months. The move, according to proponents, will give poorly-equipped security forces a much-needed edge over the Islamist Al-Shabab group, but critics warn that the new imports could end up in the hands of insurgency and increase the risk of human rights abuses. This briefing explores the pros and cons of the Security Council resolution.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97703/Briefing-The-risks-and-rewards-of-easing-Somalia-s-arms-embargo
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Swazi government sells food aid
20 March 2013
(IRIN
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Swaziland’s government has sold maize donated by the Japanese government to feed hungry Swazis for US$3 million and deposited the money in the Central Bank of Swaziland.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97684/Swazi-government-sells-food-aid
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