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KENYA: Private agony of public...

KENYA: Private agony of public clinics

africa » kenya » nairobi
IRIN
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Margaret Wanjiru would rather forget the experience of having her first baby at one of the public hospitals in Nairobi, Kenya's capital. "I remember...
editors, choice, public, hospitals, women, labour, nurses, health, poor, delivery
MALI: Rural youth rarely find ...

MALI: Rural youth rarely find fortunes in the city

africa » mali » bamako
IRIN
Monday, October 15, 2007
When Nouhoum Sangaré left his wife, three children and village in southern Mali for the capital Bamako 240km away, he expected to find stable work...
editors, choice, youth, city, poverty, exodus, work
SOUTH AFRICA: When a microbici...

SOUTH AFRICA: When a microbicide trial goes wrong - Part 1

africa » south africa » durban
PlusNews
Sunday, October 14, 2007
This is the fourth article in a six-part series on the challenges of HIV-prevention research in South Africa. On Wednesday 10 October...
editors, choice, hiv, trial, research, prevention
NIGER: Uranium - blessing or c...

NIGER: Uranium - blessing or curse?

africa » niger
Friday, October 12, 2007
(IRIN) - As the global demand for nuclear energy rises, analysts say the large amount of uranium in Niger is not a benefit to the country’s people...
editors, choice, uranium, blessing, curse, mining, fighting
Study: Growing more rice with ...

Study: Growing more rice with less water

asia » india » tripura
WWF
Thursday, October 11, 2007
A new method to grow rice could save hundreds of billions of cubic metres of water while increasing food security, according to a study by WWF...
editors, choice, rice, water, food, security, cultivation
SOUTH AFRICA: Hospital project...

SOUTH AFRICA: Hospital project attempts to revive Johannesburg inner city

africa » south africa » johannesburg
PlusNews
Tuesday, October 09, 2007
A new focus on healthcare in South Africa's most densely populated inner-city suburb, is to help regenerate a community hard hit by HIV/AIDS, poverty...
editors, choice, health, hospital, hiv, aids, poverty, crime, project
ZIMBABWE: Charities lend the e...

ZIMBABWE: Charities lend the elderly a hand

africa » zimbabwe » bulawayo
IRIN
Monday, October 08, 2007
Despite help from relatives abroad, Zimbabwe's elderly people are struggling to cope with food shortages and high transport costs, brought on by an...
editors, choice, charities, elderly, food, shortage
DRC: Call to address sexual vi...

DRC: Call to address sexual violence in the east

africa » dem rep congo
PlusNews
Saturday, October 06, 2007
The international community must take urgent action to eliminate rampant sexual violence in war-torn eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),...
editors, choice, sexual, violence, women, abuse, hiv
ZIMBABWE: People living with H...

ZIMBABWE: People living with HIV/AIDS use new ways to handle hard times

africa » zimbabwe » harare
IRIN
Friday, October 05, 2007
Dire shortages of such essentials as electricity and water are forcing Zimbabweans living with HIV/AIDS to combat the country's hardships with new...
editors, choice, hiv, aids, health, hardship, food, aid
Children risk their lives to e...

Children risk their lives to escape Zimbabwe poverty

africa » zimbabwe
Save the Children
Thursday, October 04, 2007
Zimbabwean children as young as seven are walking alone through hostile territory to cross the South African border in a bid to escape...
editors, choice, children, poverty, shelters, criminals, brides, borders, starving
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