| HEALTH: Sharing “open innovation” risks and rewards |
 | LONDON، 30/7/2012 (IRIN) - A growing trend in collaborative health research is creating potentially life-saving global partnerships between pharmaceutical companies, academic researchers, disease advocates, and even the general public, who are drawn into the world of science through “crowd-sourcing”. full report |
| GLOBAL: New ICC prosecutor vows to focus on victims |
 | LONDON، 30/7/2012 (IRIN) - That a war crimes court should focus on the victims of war crimes sounds like a simple concept.
But many of those living in the African communities where most of the atrocities being prosecuted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) took place, have long complained they have been forgotten by this controversial and costly institution based thousands of miles away. full report |
| KENYA: Dadaab fire highlights emergency preparedness gap |
 | DAADAB، 31/7/2012 (IRIN) - Large quantities of foodstuffs and other goods were destroyed by a fire on 29 July at the main market in one of the camps making up Dadaab refugee complex in eastern Kenya. full report |
| WATER: Prepare to face shocks |
 | LONDON، 1/8/2012 (IRIN) - Is the world ready to face water shocks? For water shocks are certainly coming; water shocks, in fact, are already here. full report |
| REFUGEES: Resettlement still a last resort |
 | JOHANNESBURG، 1/8/2012 (IRIN) - After five years of hoping and waiting, Marie*, her husband Simeon* and their three children, refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo, finally received a phone call telling them to pack their bags; they would be leaving South Africa for Australia at the end of the month. full report |
| UGANDA: New disarmament effort seeks community involvement |
 | GULU، 1/8/2012 (IRIN) - The Ugandan government is making a fresh attempt to rid the northern region of illegally held arms, after an ultimatum to surrender such weapons was widely ignored earlier in 2012. full report |
| CLIMATE CHANGE: Deciphering a green economy |
 | JOHANNESBURG، 2/8/2012 (IRIN) - Two consecutive power outages affecting at least 600 million people spelt out India's energy crisis as August began. Caused in part by a coal shortage and in part by poor rains, the lack of power makes a strong case for an urgent global need to consider alternative sources of electricity. full report |
| UGANDA: Containment worries as Ebola numbers rise |
 | KAMPALA، 2/8/2012 (IRIN) - Health officials in Uganda's western Kibaale District are struggling to deal with an outbreak of Ebola, as the number of suspected cases stretches local health systems. full report |
| SOUTH SUDAN: Preparing for Ebola - or not |
 | JUBA، 2/8/2012 (IRIN) - South Sudan is worried about the spread of Ebola, an incurable disease which has killed 16 people in neighbouring Uganda over the past few days. full report |
| TANZANIA: Popular herbal cure-all "ineffective" |
 | DAR ES SALAAM، 2/8/2012 (IRIN) - A widely used concoction administered by Tanzanian herbalist Ambilikile Mwasapile is ineffective, the country's health minister, Hussein Mwinyi, has said. full report |
| UGANDA: Scientists still in the dark about nodding syndrome |
 | KAMPALA، 2/8/2012 (IRIN) - A four-day international scientific meeting in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, highlighted the many unknowns of so-called "nodding disease" or "nodding syndrome", which has affected more than 3,000 people in the north of the country, with patients suffering from involuntary nodding, neurological deterioration and, in many cases, death. full report |
| SOUTH SUDAN: He once ran for his life; now he’s running for gold |
 | LONDON، 3/8/2012 (IRIN) - They call Guor Marial an athlete without a country, but that couldn’t be further from the truth. full report |