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AFRICA: Can pastoralism surviv...

AFRICA: Can pastoralism survive in the 21st century?

africa » kenya » isiolo
IRIN
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Pastoralism is under threat – from climate change, shifting global markets and increased competition for land and other natural resources – even...
editors, choice, pastoralism, nomads, integration, climate, change, land, resources, farming, livestock, environment
AFRICA: Mass male circumcision...

AFRICA: Mass male circumcision - what will it mean for women?

africa » south africa » johannesburg
IRIN
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Women's voices have gone largely unheard in the debate on male circumcision as an HIV prevention method, but informal discussions with women reveal a...
editors, choice, circumcision, male, women, who, hiv, aids, prevention, culture, tradition
KENYA: Inspiring young people ...

KENYA: Inspiring young people in slums

africa » kenya » nairobi
IRIN
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Kenya's general elections in December hold special promise for Willis "Booster" Mbatia, a resident of the sprawling Mathare slums, one of the largest...
editors, choice, youth, slum, training, hope, education, poverty, inspiration, radio, programme
ZIMBABWE: Operation Murambatsv...

ZIMBABWE: Operation Murambatsvina victims at the back of the queue for housing

africa » zimbabwe » harare
IRIN
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Scarce building materials, earmarked to rehouse victims of Zimbabwe's Operation Murambatsvina, have been diverted to other projects, including work...
editors, choice, victims, housing, operations, projects, markets, homes, criminals, government
KENYA: Clashes, elections and ...

KENYA: Clashes, elections and land - church keeps watch in Molo

africa » kenya » likia
IRIN
Monday, July 23, 2007
 “Onyo! Onyo! Onyo! Warning! Warning! Warning! … A warning has been issued to the people who are not from this region! This is our land from before!...
editors, choice, church, violence, clashes, refugee, migration, politic
SWAZILAND: A winter marked by ...

SWAZILAND: A winter marked by cold and hunger

africa » swaziland » mbabane
IRIN
Sunday, July 22, 2007
As winter deepens, hardship following Swaziland's worst-ever harvest is fastening its grip on growing numbers of people. "This is the coldest winter...
editors, choice, winter, hunger, cold, food
BURUNDI: Sex and drugs leave B...

BURUNDI: Sex and drugs leave Bujumbura's homeless at risk of HIV

africa » burundi » bujumbura
PlusNews
Friday, July 20, 2007
Thousands of children and adults living rough on the streets of Burundi's capital, Bujumbura, face a daily struggle to eat and find a warm corner to...
editors, choice, children, hiv, aids, health, poverty, protection
ZIMBABWE: Social distinctions ...

ZIMBABWE: Social distinctions fade in the face of survival

africa » zimbabwe » harare
IRIN
Thursday, July 19, 2007
A senior Zimbabwean police official has employed five young men to sell foreign currency on the streets of the capital, Harare, but while the police...
editors, choice, money, inflation, economy, exchange
NIGERIA: Privatising schools a...

NIGERIA: Privatising schools and national unity

africa » nigeria » lagos
IRIN
Thursday, July 19, 2007
LAGOS One policy the Nigerian government embarked on at the end of the Biafran civil war in 1970 to try to re-unite the nation was to bring together...
editors, choice, school, national, unity, government, war
MAURITANIA-SENEGAL: “I'll go b...

MAURITANIA-SENEGAL: “I'll go back now in search of justice… and fight for the soul of my country”

africa » mauritania » ndioum
IRIN
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Mohammed Abdullah Dea served in the Mauritanian army before he and more than 60,000 black Mauritanians were expelled to Senegal between 1989 and...
editors, choice, refugee, expelled, return, genocide, survivor
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