Archive for September, 2008

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Cervical cancer vaults to WHO priority list

by IRIN | 0 » | Sep26 08
With cervical cancer cases rising across Sub-Saharan Africa, and 80 percent of women diagnosed too late to stop ...
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Mixed report card in 2008 corruption index

by IRIN | 0 » | Sep26 08
Nine West African countries shot up while nine others sank lower in the 2008 Transparency International (TI) ranking ...
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Reputation for corruption worsens

by IRIN | 0 » | Sep26 08
Guinea fell five spots in the 2008 ranking of perceptions of corruption released by the watchdog non-profit Transparency ...
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FGM continues in rural secrecy

by IRIN | 0 » | Sep26 08
Thousands of young girls annually prepare for their initiation into a women's secret association, Sande Society, which operates ...
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Fighting hunger one tree at a time

by IRIN | 0 » | Sep26 08
For 17 years, the Sweden-based non-profit Eden Foundation has been working with hundreds of farmers in one of Niger's ...
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Malnutrition at crisis level in northeast

by IRIN | 0 » | Sep26 08
Poor rains and rising rice prices have contributed to increasing malnutrition to alarming levels in at least three ...
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Government unprepared for returnee influx

by IRIN | 0 » | Sep26 08
The Nigerian government has announced it is unprepared for the tens of thousands of returnees who have fled ...
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ICG proposes inclusive path to peace

by IRIN | 0 » | Sep26 08
Unless the Chad government includes rebels in reconciliation talks, the country will continue to face security threats and ...
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Thousands affected as a river runs through it no more

by IRIN | 0 » | Sep26 08
The riparian livelihoods of more than 40,000 people in southeast Kenya are under threat because of the sudden ...
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Orders to demolish makeshift fuel stations

by IRIN | 0 » | Sep26 08
The government of the Republic of Congo has ordered the demolition of all unauthorized makeshift petrol stations located ...

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