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Italiano DAKAR – Flooding across Chad has destroyed homes, crops, livestock, wells and latrines in communities already pummelled by food shortages and high malnutrition, according to the UN.
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 IRIN  16/07/2010DAKAR – Accusations of child witchcraft are on the rise in sub-Saharan Africa – spurred on by urbanization, poverty, conflict and fragmenting communities, creating a “multi-crisis” for already vulnerable children – says the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF). IRIN 06/07/2010DAKAR – More than half the paediatric fevers treated in public health clinics in Africa are caused by diseases other than malaria, according to a study by Oxford University and other research groups, whose authors caution against the “continued indiscriminate use of anti-malarials for all fevers across Africa.” Continue reading Most paediatric fevers not caused by malaria IRIN 28/06/2010DAKAR – Nearly 17 percent of Niger’s children younger than five suffer acute malnutrition, a 5 percent increase over the same period last year, according to a national survey released by the government. More than 15 percent acute malnutrition is classified as a critical emergency by the UN World Health Organization (WHO). The report links this increase to the poor 2008-2009 harvests. IRIN 28/06/2010DAKAR – Without a major breakthrough in preventing and treating diabetes, the number of cases in sub-Saharan Africa is projected to double, reaching 24 million by 2030, according to the Brussels-based International Diabetes Federation (IDF). IRIN 22/06/2010DAKAR – Nigeriens are likely to take years to recover from selling their weakened livestock at a fraction of its normal value due to drought in the Sahel region. Continue reading Forced to sell cattle for a handful of dollars IRIN 15/06/2010DAKAR – Logistical and funding constraints could cause shortages in the food aid pipeline from July onward, hampering distributions to some of Niger’s 7.8 million food-insecure people, say NGOs and the World Food Programme (WFP). More cash distributions could be the answer. IRIN 10/05/2010DAKAR – Parliamentarians from all over Africa are pushing for a continent-wide ban on female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and are calling on the UN to pass a General Assembly resolution appealing for a global FGM/C ban, as it violates human rights, they say. IRIN 07/05/2010DAKAR – Security sector reform has stalled since the 1 April detainment of the prime minister and his ally the army chief in Guinea-Bissau, and political instability and lack of significant progress on reform is putting the future of the European Union (EU) reform mission into question, say officials. Continue reading Security sector reform hangs in the balance IRIN 04/05/2010DAKAR – Eight of the bottom 10-ranked countries in Save the Children’s annual Mothers Index, which ranks the best and worst places to be a mother, are in sub-Saharan Africa, says the NGO. |
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