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Big Brother Africa: Revolution

Big Brother Africa: Revolution sees housemates from 14 participating countries all in it with the aim of winning the phenomenal USD 200 000 prize money – a breathtaking, life-altering “winner takes all” fortune. Endemol South Africa first produced this world wide successful format in 2000, Big Brother S.A.

UN expands aid to Ivoirian refugees

DAKAR, 23 October 2009 (IRIN) – UN aid agencies are expanding assistance to Ivoirian refugees in Guinea, for whom aid plans have been thrown off repeatedly by gridlock over elections and general uncertainty in Ivory Coast.

Mentors to boost breastfeeding

SAN, 23 October 2009 (IRIN) – Have you checked in with your breastfeeding support group? If you were a woman who gave birth in one of Mali’s 48 baby-friendly hospitals, you should have been assigned to one that checked up on you – often as soon as minutes after the delivery.

Between an IDP camp and unsafe home

GOZ BEIDA, 22 October 2009 (IRIN) – The UN Refugee Agency is colour-coding villages red, yellow and green in eastern Chad marking how safe it is for internally displaced persons to return home: people from areas classified as green safe will no longer be considered as IDPs, but can remain [...]

Beyond cashews and rice

SAN DOMINGOS, 22 October 2009 (IRIN) – Aid agencies are encouraging communities to diversify their agricultural production in Guinea-Bissau, where 90 percent of farmers grow rice or cashews to survive, making them vulnerable to erratic rainfall and price fluctuations.

Low rains, high risks

DAKAR, 22 October 2009 (IRIN) – Irregular and below-average rains in parts of northeastern Nigeria and eastern Niger have shortened the growing season for many farmers, sparking malnutrition and food insecurity concerns among aid groups and analysts.

Falling through the assistance cracks?

SAN DOMINGOS, 21 October 2009 (IRIN) – The International Committee of the Red Cross might seem out of place running agricultural diversification projects in northern Guinea-Bissau, given its mandate to help people in times of conflict and violence. But ICRC staff said the region is falling between the assistance [...]

State of world’s vaccines and immunization

DAKAR, 21 October 2009 (IRIN) – Yellow fever is a ticking time bomb, while measles has been eliminated three years ahead of schedule in parts of Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean. These are among the highlights of the most recent World Health Organization (WHO) report, State of the World’s Vaccines [...]

Aid groups mobilize to help wounded

DAKAR, 21 October 2009 (IRIN) – Aid agencies are mobilizing funds and relief supplies to help more than 1,000 Guineans injured in 28 September violence, as well as to brace for further unrest as the country remains very volatile, according to the UN.

Humanitarian stockpile takes shape on paper

BAMAKO, 21 October 2009 (IRIN) – When a storm hits in Togo, disaster relief items must be flown in from Brindisi, Italy, but that is just too far, according to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), which is formalizing the region’s first government-operated humanitarian stockpile in Mali’s capital [...]

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