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 NAIROBI - Less than three years after a closely fought presidential election plunged Kenya into widespread violence and displaced thousands, the country is bracing itself for another crucial and equally divisive ballot, this time on a new constitution. full report
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| WEST AFRICA: The Sahel's nutrition revolution |  DAKAR, 21 July 2010 (IRIN) - Food shortages and high rates of malnutrition have long been a reality in the Sahel, but the understanding of malnutrition has drastically changed since the prolonged drought in the early 1970s.
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| | SOMALIA: Deadly skies above Mogadishu |  MOGADISHU, 21 July 2010 (IRIN) - As Islamist insurgents battle it out with government troops backed by African Union forces in Somalia’s capital, civilians face continuous danger from above in the form of the mortar shells used by most parties to the conflict.
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| | KENYA: Focus on fistula |  NAIROBI, 19 July 2010 (IRIN) - It is both preventable and treatable, but obstetric fistula plagues the lives of thousands of women in Kenya every year, leaving them incontinent and ostracized. Here are some reasons why:
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| | DRC: Where schools have flapping plastic walls |  KIWANJA, 19 July 2010 (IRIN) - It is a sunny day at the Mashango primary school in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s North Kivu Province. That is good news for teacher Dusaba Mbomoya who is holding a geography exam under a roof filled with holes in a classroom where flapping pieces of plastic do duty as walls. Even the blackboard has holes large enough for students to peer through.
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| | GLOBAL: Rethinking health assumptions |  DAKAR, 15 July 2010 (IRIN) - New research is challenging conventional medical wisdom, forcing health workers and governments in cash-strapped countries to confront new risks and rethink old ones. IRIN looks at what has been accepted as medical truths - until now.
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