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News

SOMALIA: Schools close in protest over insecurity

05/09/2008 ANA 0

Nairobi, 3 September, 2008— A three-day protest against insecurity and attacks targeting educational institutions in Mogadishu has shut down most schools and left thousands of children out of class, locals said. “Almost 90 percent of […]

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Africa

ANGOLA: Show me a better life and I’ll vote

05/09/2008 ANA 0

Luanda, 4 September, 2008— Last-minute radio jingles have been trying to persuade people like Almerindo Malessu to vote on Friday but, like many other Angolans, the jobless father of two thinks the parliamentary elections – […]

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Business

KENYA: From rubbish dump to cabbage patch

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Nairobi, 3 September, 2008— Rubbish is everywhere in Kibera, Africa’s largest slum, just a few kilometres from the centre of Nairobi. It lies not just between the ramshackle dwellings, but often underneath them, rendering them […]

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ETHIOPIA: Families hard hit by food crisis

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Karat, 3 September, 2008— The crowd that filled Konso Mekane Yesus primary school in Karat town, 600km south of the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, were not pupils, but hundreds of mothers and children forced by […]

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Environment

BENIN: Half million potential flood victims : WHO

05/09/2008 ANA 0

Cotonou, 3 September, 2008— The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates 500,000 people are at risk of additional flooding in Benin. WHO says expected storms, the number of people living in and near recently-flooded areas, coupled […]

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