Unknown unknowns hamper global malaria fight
KISUMU, 9 June 2014 (IRIN) - Some 60 percent of countries where malaria is endemic lack solid information about the quality of available drugs to treat the deadly disease, according to a new study. Read report online |
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Clans clash in Somalia's Lower Shabelle
MOGADISHU, 11 June 2014 (IRIN) - Inter-clan clashes over the last week in Somalia's southern Lower Shabelle region have killed approximately 30 and have forced over 250 to take refuge in African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) bases, according to the organization. Read report online |
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No easy way forward for Al-Shabab defectors
BAIDOA, 12 June 2014 (IRIN) - Anwar Ahmed*, 50, an Al-Shabab defector, was drawn to Somalia's Salafist armed group both by the promise of a wage and a belief in the Islamic ways of "rights and justice for all". Read report online |
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Soldiers in schools - the impact of military occupations on education
BANGKOK, 12 June 2014 (IRIN) - Schools are targeted in conflicts around the world - they might represent ideas viewed as controversial, the destruction of a civilian building that is important to a community inflicts terror, and a school reduced to rubble can rob an entire generation of education. But attacks are only part of the problem, as significant harm can also be done when educational buildings remain intact and armed forces move in. Read report online |
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A fresh start for climate change refugees
BERHALE/JOHANNESBURG, 12 June 2014 (IRIN) - Firmly attached to her home region and long used to the harshness of her living conditions, Amina Aliyu would probably not see herself as a potential "climate change refugee". But there is a strong probability that in 10 or 15 years the place where she lives will no longer be fit for human habitation and migration to another region, or even another country, will be the only option. Read report online |
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