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REFUGEES-ZAMBIA: Making a Home For Themselves By Danstan Kaunda LUSAKA - Zambia is home to over 90,000 refugees, many of whom have been in the country for up to 15 years. A voluntary repatriation programme is now drawing to a close, but many of the refugees will likely remain in a country where they have established themselves. MORE >>
DEVELOPMENT-TOGO: High Cost of Living Exacerbated By Floods By Noël Kokou Tadégnon LOME - Recent flooding in Togo caused the collapse of over 10 bridges connecting the capital of Lomé to the north of the country. The consequences have been increased transportation costs and a steady climb in the price of consumer products. MORE >>
KENYA: Supporting Single Mothers By Najum Mushtaq NAIROBI - There are increasing numbers of single mothers in Kenya. Is it a sign of growing independence of women, or a consequence of poverty and lack of sexual education? MORE >>
POPULATION-KENYA: Women's Choices Change Cities By Rose N. Oronje NAIROBI - This year the world reaches an invisible but momentous milestone: for the first time in history, more than half its population will be living in urban areas. In Kenya, rapid urbanisation is creating deepening poverty among urban residents. MORE >>
HEALTH-NIGERIA: Little Progress on Maternal Mortality By Ibrahim Abdul'Aziz YOLA - Over half a million women die in childbirth annually around the world, according to the World Health Organisation. Nigeria alone accounts for 10 percent of these deaths. MORE >>
ENVIRONMENT-BURKINA FASO: Winning People Over to Fight Deforestation By Brahima Ouédraogo OUAGADOUGOU - In the West African nation of Burkina Faso, millions of trees are planted every year to reverse desertification. However the growing socio-economic needs of local populations pose a constant threat to these efforts. MORE >>
Q&A: How Not to Resettle IDPs By Interview with Prisca Kamungi, director of the Internal Displacement Policy and Advocacy Centre NAIROBI - Operation Rudi Nyumbani (Return Home, in Kiswahili), designed to help about 350,000 IDPs living in camps across the country go back to their homes and farms has achieved its primary objective, at least according to the Kenyan government. Officials claim that most of the camps are closed and only 30,000 are living in the few that remain, but these numbers are disputed by independent analysts. MORE >>
ITALY: Being a Refugee Becomes a Dream By Aldo Ciummo* ROME - Ernestine Kayindo fled Goma town in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1997 amidst fighting between the regular army and rebels of the National Congress for the Defence of the People (NCDP), a Tutsi armed group that is still active. MORE >>
Q&A: Denying Antiretrovirals To Migrants Hurts Us All By Interview with Joanna Vearey, Forced Migration Project, Univ. of Witswatersrand JOHANNESBURG - South Africa has become a destination for people from across the continent and beyond. But in spite of migrants having a legal right to free antiretroviral treatment (ART) for HIV, they are being turned away from government clinics. MORE >>
Q&A: 'With the Right Methods, You Can Be Self-Sufficient' By Interview with Boubacar Amadou, volunteer manager with the UNHCR in Chad GORE - The U.N. High Commission for Refugees says that in the five years since camps were established in Southern Chad for Central African refugees, U.N.-administered agriculture programs have reduced external food assistance to a minimum. MORE >>
Q&A: Family Planning In Its Infancy in South Sudan By Interview with Makur Kariom, Director of Reproductive Health for South Sudan JUBA - With few roads and almost no health and education infrastructure for the estimated 10 million people of South Sudan -- an April census has yet to release any results -- health care workers have an enormous task ahead of them. MORE >>
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