MYANMAR: Nargis recovery needs more funds
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| Fri 30 Apr, 2010. |
Two years after Cyclone Nargis devastated Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady Delta, funding remains key in sustaining ongoing recovery efforts, the UN says. Read more...
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Storms set to intensify
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| Fri 30 Apr, 2010. |
Storms are set to intensify in Papua New Guinea (PNG), specialists warn, as the Pacific island nation grapples with the effects of climate change. Read more...
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SUDAN-SOMALIA: Dangerous for minorities
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| Fri 30 Apr, 2010. |
//CORRECTED// Somalia and Sudan are ranked first and second respectively among countries where minority communities face the greatest risk of violence from armed conflict, political violence, displacement and absence of the rule of law, according to a new analysis. Read more...
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YEMEN: Protests threaten stability
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| Wed 28 Apr, 2010. |
A wave of protests in cities throughout Yemen earlier this month is prompting concerns that if the government does not react appropriately, the country’s stability and unity could be at risk. Read more...
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In Brief: Polio outbreak in southwestern Tajikistan
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| Tue 27 Apr, 2010. |
The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported 120 cases of “acute flaccid paralysis” in southwestern Tajikistan, of which seven have been confirmed as Type-1 poliovirus. Read more...
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WEST AFRICA: Funding shortfall threatens measles campaign
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| Tue 27 Apr, 2010. |
Sixteen countries in West and Central Africa are short of around US$16 million to reach the $39 million needed to run measles prevention campaigns in all of them this year, say the World Health Organization (WHO) and UN Children's Fund (UNICEF). Read more...
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Analysis: Dangerous divisions in Sudan
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| Fri 23 Apr, 2010. |
This month’s chaotic elections have widened divisions within the Sudan Peoples’ Liberation Movement (SPLM), according to analysts, who warn of risks to a referendum on southern secession, to future relations between two potentially independent states, and to the very stability of Sudan as a whole. Read more...
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AFGHANISTAN: Drought warnings in northeast
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| Fri 23 Apr, 2010. |
Below average rainfall has hit food production in eastern and northeastern Afghanistan where some rain-fed fields have dried out, officials and farmers said. Read more...
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