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Texting to help child domestic workers

by IRIN | 1 » | May13 11

Naba Wangré, manager of the child labour project at the Burkina Faso Red Cross, sends bluntly worded text messages to ...

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Getting the recipe right for US food aid

by IRIN | 0 » | May13 11

Changing the food the US government supplies as aid could deliver better results and still save money, a new study ...

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Fighting rumours with fact

by IRIN | 0 » | May13 11

Thousands of refugees in eastern Liberia want to know what has happened to their family members, about the state of ...

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An app for lost loved ones

by IRIN | 0 » | Sep7 10

KAMPALA - An online database of people separated from relatives by conflict or natural disasters can now be accessed ...

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Aid agencies granted access to Kalma amid expulsions

by IRIN | 0 » | Aug17 10

NAIROBI - Fourteen days after Sudanese authorities cut off aid to Kalma, the largest internally displaced persons (IDP) camp ...

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Public irritated by yet another condom shortage

by IRIN | 0 » | Jul2 10

At the Kampala headquarters of an NGO that looks after sex workers, staff members make calls to the government, ...

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Acute child malnutrition increases by 5%

by IRIN | 0 » | Jun28 10

DAKAR - Nearly 17 percent of Niger’s children younger than five suffer acute malnutrition, a 5 percent increase over the ...

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The problems of demining in Chad

by IRIN | 0 » | Jun18 10

N'DJAMENA - Almost US$27 million - half from donor funds and the rest from the government - was invested ...

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Demining survey launched in Chad

by IRIN | 0 » | Jun16 10

N'DJAMENA - Nine years after an international NGO identified 249 communities in Chad living near landmines - putting at ...

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HIV carries moral stigma

by IRIN | 0 » | Jun4 10

Many Kenyans see HIV as a punishment for immoral behaviour, which tends to perpetuate stigma against people infected with ...

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