Providing healthcare against the odds in Chad's
Tissi
TISSI,
16 September 2013 (IRIN) - Geographic remoteness, proximity to two volatile
border regions, harsh weather and impassable roads are but a few of the
challenges aid agencies grapple with as they provide healthcare in Chad's
southeastern Tissi area. Read
report online
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Niger demining lessons in Mali, Niger's ex-rebels urge
AGADEZ,
16 September 2013 (IRIN) - Cooperation between ex-rebel fighters and government
authorities in demining parts of northern Niger should inspire government and
non-state actors in Mali to embark on a joint demining project when they are
ready, say ex-rebels and soldiers in Niger. Read
report online
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No
action on homophobic violence in Cameroon
YAOUNDE,
16 September 2013 (IRIN) - In Cameroon, one of the world's most homophobic
countries, not only is intolerance towards same-sex conduct widespread, but
murder and threats against homosexuals and rights activists are met with
inaction from authorities, abetting the violence, rights groups say. Read
report online
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Roger
Jean Claude Mbede, Cameroon: "I was subjected to torture"
YAOUNDE,
16 September 2013 (IRIN) - Cameroon is among the world's most hostile countries
to homosexuality, rights groups say. Homosexuality is punishable by up to five
years in prison, as well as fines. In the past three years, the country has
prosecuted at least 28 people for homosexuality, according to Human Rights
Watch. Read
report online
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Analysis: Sanitizing the truth - when WASH
fails
STOCKHOLM,
17 September 2013 (IRIN) - The success in achieving the Millennium Development
Goals' (MDGs) water target and massive growth in water, sanitation and hygiene
(WASH) programmes have masked a little-discussed secret: WASH interventions
frequently fail. Read
report online
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Analysis: Untangling China's aid to Africa
NAIROBI,
17 September 2013 (IRIN) - This year, the two most powerful men on the globe,
presidents Barack Obama and Xi Jinping, both embarked on Africa tours, pledging
to increase aid and investment and work with the continent to improve
development. Read
report online
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Analysis: Behind China's aid structure
NAIROBI,
17 September 2013 (IRIN) - China's role as an aid donor has been met with
wariness, both from aid experts and recipients. Confusion over the nature of
China's aid arises because the country uses multiple ministries and agencies to
give money, has different strategic priorities than traditional Western donors,
and does not release detailed reports about how much aid it provides. Read
report online
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Guinea's
police to go from "enemy" to partner
CONAKRY,
17 September 2013 (IRIN) - After a group of youths pillaged a restaurant in
Guinea's capital, Conakry, in mid-August - raping three women, according to the
owner - workers there decided not to pursue the case with local authorities for
fear of reprisals. Read
report online
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West
Africa flood round-up
DAKAR,
17 September 2013 (IRIN) - Floods have killed 84 people, displaced 40,445 and
affected 323,396 in West Africa this year, according to the UN Office for the
Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), while 34,000 hectares of
agricultural land has been damaged. Guinea, Sierra Leone, western Mali and parts
of southern Senegal have been the most affected. Read
report online
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Is land
reform working in Burkina Faso?
OUAGADOUGOU,
18 September 2013 (IRIN) - Burkina Faso has been working for years to improve
its land ownership legislation - particularly in rural areas - in large part to
protect rural land owners from unfair deals that have seen wealthier buyers
acquire vast tracts of land at the expense of poor villagers. Read
report online
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New
In-Depth: Humanitarian Futures
DAKAR,
19 September 2013 (IRIN) - In this era of rapid change, humanitarians are being
challenged like never before - by both new threats on the horizon and the
opportunities presented by technology and new partnerships. Read
report online
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New-look
emergency sanitation
LONDON,
19 September 2013 (IRIN) - When disaster strikes, what are the first things you
have to get onto the plane? Shelter materials, blankets, food and medical
supplies, and - for sure - the equipment for water supply and sanitation. Yet
even Oxfam, known among relief agencies for being "good at drains", does not
have as much choice of sanitation supplies in its warehouse as it would like.
Its recent "Design a Bog Day" was organized to get some new ideas from outside
the humanitarian sector for better emergency sanitation in the future. Read
report online
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Hard
start for Mali's new leader
GAO,
19 September 2013 (IRIN) - World leaders and others who have pledged to help
Mali recover from nearly two years of conflict will gather in the Mali capital,
Bamako, today for the official inauguration of the newly elected president,
Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. Read
report online
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