| SANITATION: Let’s talk about poo |
 | LONDON، 22/10/2012 (IRIN) - Enter the dignified portals of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine this week, and the first thing you will see is a gold-plated turd, resting on a scarlet silk cushion. It is labelled “The Golden Poo”, and is actually a Japanese good luck charm (a word play on the similarity between the words for “luck” and “poo” in Japanese.) full report |
| UGANDA: A brief history of haemorrhagic fever |
 | NAIROBI، 23/10/2012 (IRIN) - Uganda's Ministry of Health is calling for calm as it tries to trace members of the public who may have had contact with people who have died from or been infected by an outbreak of the Marburg virus in south-western Uganda. full report |
| AID POLICY: Fifty shades of aid – love in the field |
 | DUBAI، 23/10/2012 (IRIN) - If there is one topic that gets humanitarians and other aid workers talking - apart from the obvious discussions about capacity-building and food aid - it is the challenge of finding a prospective partner in the field. full report |
| FOOD: The state of African wheat research |
 | JOHANNESBURG، 24/10/2012 (IRIN) - Researchers in Africa are identifying ways to improve domestic wheat production in the face of sub-optimal conditions and stiff international competition. full report |
| Briefing: Kenya’s coastal separatists - menace or martyrs? |
 | MOMBASA، 24/10/2012 (IRIN) - Kenyan security forces are conducting a wave of arrests of members of the Mombasa Republican Council (MRC), who are accused of incitement and acts of violence. Below, IRIN offers an overview of the coastal secessionist group. full report |
| TANZANIA: Islamist riots threaten Zanzibar's stability |
 | ZANZIBAR CITY، 24/10/2012 (IRIN) - The Tanzanian archipelago of Zanzibar has experienced three anti-government protests so far this year; the latest, in mid-October, saw one police officer killed, roads blocked and shops closed across the capital, Zanzibar City. full report |