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CONGO: Men called on to support reproductive health issues

africa » congo basin » brazzaville

IRIN

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Congolese men have been urged to step up their role in improving maternal health in a country where the maternal mortality rate is above the African...

BURUNDI: Ancilla Riziki: “We live on rich people’s garbage”

africa » burundi » bujumbura

IRIN

Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Ancilla Riziki, 38, lives with her nine children in Buterere, one of the poorest suburbs of the Burundian capital, Bujumbura. Struggling to find...

SUDAN-UGANDA: Justin Okot: "I was forced to be an LRA rebel for seven years"

africa » sudan » yei

IRIN

Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Twenty-year-old Justin Okot has been a prisoner-of-war at the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) barracks in the town of Yei, South Sudan, since...

NIGERIA: Children dying needlessly from measles and other preventable diseases

africa » nigeria » lagos

IRIN

Monday, July 16, 2007

Measles is a preventable disease yet when it strikes in Nigeria it finds a ready pool of victims most of whom are children. In June more than 50...

CONGO: Women lag behind in top positions

africa » congo basin » brazzaville

IRIN

Monday, July 16, 2007

BRAZZAVILLE Congolese women have been thwarted in their ambition to improve their showing in the National Assembly after the first round in the...

KENYA: Lucy Mugure: "I do not want my children to bring up their children here"

africa » kenya » nairobi

IRIN

Sunday, July 15, 2007

Lucy Mugure, 38, is a single mother of five and a resident of the sprawling Mathare slums. Mugure brews a type of illicit liquor, popularly known as...

AFRICA: Education tops pastoralists’ concerns

africa » kenya » isiolo

IRIN

Saturday, July 14, 2007

Pastoralists across Africa want their children to have access to education that suits their nomadic lifestyles, representatives of pastoral...

LIBERIA: New programme to prevent mother-to-child transmission gains momentum

africa » liberia » monrovia

PlusNews

Friday, July 13, 2007

Thousands of pregnant women have been tested for HIV since Liberia introduced a programme to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmissions (PMTCT) eight...

GLOBAL: Sexuality a human right for HIV positive women

africa » kenya » nairobi

PlusNews

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

NAIROBI Abstinence or a sexually active life? The dilemma, faced daily by HIV-positive women around the world, was discussed by delegates attending...

SWAZILAND: Moves to upgrade informal settlements

africa » swaziland » mbabane

IRIN

Tuesday, July 10, 2007

MBABANE More Swazis live in informal settlements in the mountainous kingdom's urban centres than in established formal neighbourhoods, according to...

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