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LIBERIA-COTE D'IVOIRE: Refugee...

LIBERIA-COTE D'IVOIRE: Refugee children taught wrong curriculum

africa » liberia » saclepea
IRIN
Thursday, October 04, 2007
Ivorian children in a Liberia refugee camp have been deprived of an education based on their home country curriculum in a school that opened there...
editors, choice, refugee, camp, curriculum, education, war, school, UNHCR, teachers
The trials and tribulations of...

The trials and tribulations of community involvement in research

africa » south africa » johannesburg
PlusNews
Wednesday, October 03, 2007
Francinah Ndala, pastor and chairperson of the township Ladies Forum, is no ordinary member of the community; she is a statuesque woman with a...
editors, choice, trials, tribulations, community, forum, microbicide gel, scientists
UGANDA: Traditional ways could...

UGANDA: Traditional ways could be a tool against HIV

africa » uganda » kitgum
IRIN
Tuesday, October 02, 2007
The lyrics of the latest Acholi pop songs are a lament: they mourn the loss of "values" in northern Uganda after a two-decade civil war that has...
editors, choice, traditional, hiv, aids, civil war, prostitute, society, sex
SIERRA LEONE: Salimatu Thoronk...

SIERRA LEONE: Salimatu Thoronka, “I have given birth to four children since losing my legs”

africa » sierra leone » makeni
IRIN
Tuesday, October 02, 2007
Salimatu Thoronka had both her legs cut off by rebels in 1999 when she was 19 years old. She is now training to become a seamstress in Makeni in a...
editors, choice, Salimatu Thoronka, rebels, handicap, birth, legs, training, children
SIERRA LEONE: Schools without ...

SIERRA LEONE: Schools without teachers

africa » sierra leone » freetown
IRIN
Monday, October 01, 2007
With only 19 percent of children in school following Sierra Leone’s decade-long civil war, the former government began an ambitious project to...
editors, choice, schools, teachers, education, government, civil war
SWAZILAND: Fetuses in a stream...

SWAZILAND: Fetuses in a stream highlight plight of women

africa » swaziland » mbabane
IRIN
Sunday, September 30, 2007
The discovery of about eighty fetuses in a stream used by a peri-urban community in Swaziland has raised disturbing questions about the desperation...
editors, choice, women, abortion, pregnancy, fetus
WWF works with UN refugee agen...

WWF works with UN refugee agency to protect Congo's Virunga National Park

africa » kenya » nairobi
WWF
Friday, September 28, 2007
WWF is working closely with UNHCR, the UN’s refugee agency, to prevent encroachment into the World Heritage-listed Virunga National Park by displaced...
editors, choice, UN, UNHCR, refugee, agency, conflict, people, national park
MOZAMBIQUE: Businesses invest ...

MOZAMBIQUE: Businesses invest in AIDS fight

africa » mozambique » maputo
PlusNews
Thursday, September 27, 2007
The offices of CETA-Construction and Services in the Mozambican capital, Maputo, are more reminiscent of a health centre than of a company that...
editors, choice, fight, hiv, aids, health, prevention, lab, economy, skilled labour
SOMALIA: Nadifo Gedi:

SOMALIA: Nadifo Gedi: "I have never begged but I am close to it now”

africa » somalia
IRIN
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Nadifo Gedi, a 30-year-old mother of three, is living in a makeshift camp for internally displaced people on the northern outskirts of Mogadishu. She...
editors, choice, camp, market, people, families, killings
History Of Coffee: Africa And ...

History Of Coffee: Africa And Arabia

africa
www.iSnare.com
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
The coffee plant originates from the highland forests of Ethiopia. It is believed that the first plants were found growing wild in the region of...
editors, choice, coffee, history, berries, plant, beans
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