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UN Security Council urged to help stabilize Central African
Republic United Nations
envoys asked the Security Council on Wednesday to provide financial, logistical
and technical support to the African Union to help it stabilize the Central
African Republic. CAR is descending into chaos, which threatens its neighbors,
UN aid chief Valerie Amos said. The Security Council said in a statement that it
would look at "all potential options" to bring stability to CAR. Reuters
(8/14), The Guardian (London)
(8/14), BBC (8/15)
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"There’s a
mystery disease ravaging communities in East Africa, and even the world's best
epidemiologists can't figure out where it's coming from. The neurological
disease, which was first documented in Uganda in 1950, is suddenly increasingly
prevalent in parts of South Sudan, Tanzania and northern Uganda. About 4,000
cases and 500 deaths have been reported in the region since 2003." UN Dispatch (8/15)
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Researchers examine barriers to clean-cookstove
adoption Encouraging the
adoption of clean cookstoves requires an examination into the social, cultural,
behavioral aspects of cooking and energy usage, according to research by the
Stockholm Environment Institute. "Our method is trying to get a more
sophisticated understanding of how people make judgments and trade-offs, and
using that to say, 'OK, what would make the most sense?' " said SEI research
fellow Aaron Atteridge. Thomson Reuters Foundation
(8/15), Al Jazeera (8/14)
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