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LUSAKA - Parity Zulu, 17, constantly recited a Biblical verse asking God for protection from her persecutors while her mother ferried her to hospital following complications from the teenager's illegal abortion. full report

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KENYA: Thousands hit by flooding


Warnings sounded before long rains
MOZAMBIQUE: Flood situation "under control"

• Floods force evacuation
Analysis: Poll puts Rwanda under scrutiny


Empowering genocide widows
NIGER: More needed to avoid catastrophe

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UGANDA: One doctor for 16,200 refugees

Health fears follow deadly mudslides
ZIMBABWE: Typhoid kills five people
 
• Measles in nearly half of country's districts
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DRC-UGANDA: Aid workers battle to help "forgotten" refugees
NIGERIA: Violence delays polio vaccinations
SOUTH AFRICA: Rift Valley Fever reported in two provinces
SOMALIA: Too many patients, one mental health facility
SOMALIA: Poverty pushes Bosasso children on to streets
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CHAD: Hungry season sets in early
DAKAR, 9 March 2010 (IRIN) - The poorest households in Chad will find themselves with no food reserves in the coming weeks, according to the US famine early warning systems network, FEWSNET.
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GLOBAL: Prepare for "climaggedon"
JOHANNESBURG, 9 March 2010 (IRIN) - Rice producing Asian countries had to contend with poor rains in 2009, and now another season of low rainfall has been forecast for some of them, which has prompted concern whether the price of the grain could go up later in 2010.
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UGANDA: Sanitary pad project "changes refugees' lives"
KYAKA II, 9 March 2010 (IRIN) - A project using papyrus and waste paper to make sanitary pads has changed the life of Evelyne Banyamisa, who fled rebel violence in Bunia, north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in 2003 when she was only 13.
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KENYA: Taking the risk out of farming
NAIROBI, 5 March 2010 (IRIN) - Just as purchasers of electronic goods can buy extended warranties in case their TV goes wrong, farmers in parts of Kenya can now mitigate the risk of weather shocks by insuring their inputs at the point of sale. The programme, dubbed “Kilimo Salama”, Swahili for “safe farming”, was launched on 5 March in the Rift Valley provincial capital, Eldoret. It takes advantage of the ubiquity and multi-functionality of mobile phones in Kenya.
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IRIN: Today's most popular IRIN articles
NAIROBI, 5 March 2010 (IRIN) - Here are the most popular new articles on the IRIN website over the last 24 hours. Updated hourly. This feature was launched on 18 July, but will display the latest, most popular items of today.
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