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Crop-eating pests plague southern African farmers

11/02/2014 ANA 0

The rainy season, always welcome in often dry southern Africa, has brought with it favourable breeding conditions for army worms and red locusts. The crop-eating pests are contributing to the woes of subsistence farmers already […]

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Wild poliovirus in the Horn of Africa

29/07/2013 ANA 0

The Horn of Africa is currently experiencing an outbreak of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1). A four-month-old girl near Dadaab, Kenya, developed symptoms of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) on 30 April 2013. Two healthy contacts […]

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Analysis: IDPs as political pawns in Kenya

29/05/2011 ANA 0

Belonging to the “wrong” ethnic group in Kenya’s Rift Valley Province cost Milka Wanjiru her home, her farm and her shop. After elections in 1992, the mother of 11 lost it all to looters and […]

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HORN OF AFRICA: Food insecurity grips region

19/05/2011 ANA 0

The number of people requiring humanitarian assistance in the Horn of Africa could increase sharply in coming months due to below-average rainfall and high food and fuel prices, say aid workers. Moreover, funding shortfalls, drought […]