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Health

ZIMBABWE: Cholera spreads to Limpopo River

03/12/2008 ANA 0

Johannesburg, 3 December, 2008— The Limpopo River, which delineates the border between Zimbabwe and South Africa before flowing through Mozambique into the Indian Ocean, has tested positive for cholera, according to local media reports. According […]

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Middle East

ISRAEL-OPT: How Gaza gets power – analysis

03/12/2008 ANA 0

Gaza, 3 December, 2008— Gaza’s sole power station supplies about 30 percent of Gaza’s electricity; 10 lines from Israel supply about 62 percent; and two lines from Egypt about 8 percent. The station supplies about […]

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Africa

GUINEA-BISSAU: Coup attempt highlights vulnerability

24/11/2008 ANA 0

Dakar, 24 November, 2008— An apparent coup attempt in Guinea-Bissau on 23 November has underscored the country’s chronic political volatility. In recent years political decay has meant the increasing vulnerability of Guinea-Bissau’s population, who face […]

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Africa

GHANA: Police gear up to prevent election violence

24/11/2008 ANA 0

Accra, 21 November, 2008— As Ghana counts down to its presidential and parliamentary elections on 7 December, the national police service says it has identified 1,399 violence-prone areas which could see unrest. “Most of these […]

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Middle East

YEMEN: Tens of thousands beyond reach of aid agencies

21/11/2008 ANA 0

Sanaa, 20 November, 2008— The government’s policy of restricting humanitarian access to Saada Governorate, northern Yemen, has left tens of thousands of civilians beyond the reach of aid agencies, the US-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) […]

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Environment

SWAZILAND: The crescent of drought

21/11/2008 ANA 0

Mbabane, 20 November, 2008— November, often the rainiest month of the year, has left most of Swaziland awash with flash floods: but in the eastern Lowveld, no rain has fallen, and the fear is of […]

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