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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GHANA: Police crackdown on migrant Fulani herdsmen
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| Thu 29 Apr, 2010. |
Security officials in Ghana are cracking down on migrant Fulani herdsmen, accusing them of rape, vandalism, destruction of farms and armed robbery, but conflict resolution specialists say the herdsmen are being manipulated and the government must abide by regional right-of-passage laws. Read more...
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SOMALIA: Rains displace hundreds in Somaliland
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| Wed 28 Apr, 2010. |
At least 200 families have been displaced and 185 houses destroyed following heavy rains and strong winds, which also killed six people in Hargeisa, capital of the semi-autonomous Somaliland region, officials said. Read more...
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GLOBAL: When volcanic ash gets in your way
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| Tue 27 Apr, 2010. |
Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano - unlike Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines in 1991, the 20th century's second largest eruption - will not contribute to climate change; on the contrary, by grounding flights over Europe for almost a week it helped save thousands of tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions. Read more...
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TANZANIA: Zanzibar's malaria success a potential banana skin
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| Mon 26 Apr, 2010. |
Efforts to combat malaria in Zanzibar have seen the prevalence rate come down from 35 percent before 2008 to below 1 percent, but health officials are worried the gains could be reversed. Read more...
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Analysis: Nigeria’s Delta amnesty at risk of unravelling
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| Mon 26 Apr, 2010. |
The government's amnesty programme whereby militants in the Niger delta are to be disarmed and rehabilitated with a stipend, job training and a micro-credit loan, has been linked to reduced violence in the delta, but critics say it has made the same mistake as almost every other disarmament, demobilization, rehabilitation and reintegration (DDRR) campaign: too much “dd” and not enough “rr”’. Read more...
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TANZANIA: Zanzibar's sewage disposal challenge
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| Fri 23 Apr, 2010. |
Zanzibar’s rudimentary waste management and sanitation facilities are nowhere near keeping pace with the increase in the Tanzanian island’s population, according to officials. Read more...
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