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DR Congo Army Suffers Setback Against Rebels
Wednesday, 12 December 2007, 7:51 am | IRIN News
The UN Mission in DRC, MONUC, was more specific, with Major Prem Kumar Tiwari, MONUC's spokesman in Goma, North Kivu's capital, saying: "Nkunda's troops have taken up positions around Mushake and Mushake itself. The regular army is no longer present there." More >>
Somalia: Massive Displacements, Aid Appeal Widened
Wednesday, 12 December 2007, 7:51 am | IRIN News
An estimated 600,000 people have fled Mogadishu because of the violence and most have been forced to live in squalid settlements outside the city with little or no food, water, shelter or medical care. More >>
Awareness-Raising Key To Tackling Gender Violence
Tuesday, 11 December 2007, 11:53 pm | IRIN News
Dozens of organisations across the world, with the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), dedicated the 16 days leading up to International Human Rights Day (10 December) to raising awareness of gender-based violence (GBV). More >>
Uganda: Ebola Virus Outbreak Death Toll Up To 28
Tuesday, 11 December 2007, 10:49 am | IRIN News
The death toll in the Ebola outbreak in western Uganda has risen to 28 out of 112 people infected with the deadly virus, with a sense of panic spreading among the population, officials said. More >>
Pakistan: Extremists Target Schoolgirls In North
Tuesday, 11 December 2007, 9:04 am | IRIN News
"This is part of the 'Talibanisation' taking place across the NWFP," said Uzma Hammad, 30, a teacher and social activist in Mansehra District. "We are all terrorised by it," she said. More >>
Global: Climate Change - Heating Up Conflict
Tuesday, 11 December 2007, 8:54 am | IRIN News
Increasing pressure caused by climate change on essential resources like water could not only trigger domestic conflicts but also have a destabilising effect globally, warn UN officials. More >>
Sudan: Water Shortage Fears In Darfur CampsCamps
Monday, 10 December 2007, 10:28 pm | IRIN News
Long queues of women and children at water distribution points are a frequent sight in the Abou Shouk displaced persons camp of North Darfur. But at Mornei camp in West Darfur, the children play under gushing taps and water streams across muddy roads. More >>
No Funds For Hospital In Impoverished Leb. Camp
Monday, 10 December 2007, 3:51 am | IRIN News
A desperately needed hospital in Lebanon's largest and most violent Palestinian refugee camp has been unable to open on time because funds to buy beds and other basic medical equipment have dried up. More >>
Iraq: Returning To Destroyed, Looted Homes
Monday, 10 December 2007, 3:49 am | IRIN News
Iraqi refugee Ibtissam Abdul-Wahab Hassan returned from Syria to her home in Baghdad to find the doors broken down, some furniture stolen and parts of the house gutted by fire. More >>
West Africa: Weekly Round-up 405, 1-7 Dec 2007
Sunday, 9 December 2007, 12:47 pm | IRIN News
CAR refugees in Cameroon diseased, malnourished, lack water. Chad: Rebel fronts multiply in the east. Chad: European force "blocked" for now. Cote D'ivoire: Tend to cattle then go to class. Guinea-Mali: Authorities move to prevent border clashes. More >>
Chad: Mounting Rebel Fronts Hamper Aid Efforts
Sunday, 9 December 2007, 9:31 am | IRIN News
Fighting is breaking out in so many parts of eastern Chad that aid workers say they can't even keep count. Humanitarian agencies such as the UN World Food Programme are working to provide for the basic needs of more than 500,000 people in the area. More >>
Iraq: "Honour Killings" Persist In Kurdish North
Friday, 7 December 2007, 12:09 pm | IRIN News
At least 27 Iraqi Kurdish women have been murdered for having illicit affairs in so-called "honour killings" in Iraq's northern semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan over the past four months. More >>
Afghanistan: Hundreds Flee Fighting In Helmand
Friday, 7 December 2007, 8:54 am | IRIN News
Hundreds of people have left their homes in Musa Qala District, Helmand Province, southern Afghanistan, after Afghan and international forces intensified their joint military operations to drive Taliban insurgents out of the district. More >>
South Africa: Gender Takes Back Seat In Succession
Friday, 7 December 2007, 8:53 am | IRIN News
In little more than a week South Africa's ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), will elect new leaders - a choice likely to decide who becomes the country's next president More >>
Mideast: Only 41% Of Gaza's Food Needs Being Met
Friday, 7 December 2007, 8:52 am | IRIN News
Food imports into the Gaza Strip are only enough to meet 41 percent of demand, the World Food Programme (WFP) has said, though critical UN humanitarian food supplies are being allowed in. More >>
Uganda: Ebola Kills 2 Doctors, Toll Rises To 21
Thursday, 6 December 2007, 6:50 pm | IRIN News
Two Ugandan doctors who had been helping in the fight against an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus have died, bringing the death toll to 21, officials said on 5 December. More >>
Uganda: More Ebola Cases, Fears Of Spread
Tuesday, 4 December 2007, 8:40 am | IRIN News
Medical authorities in Uganda have expressed concern over the possible spread of the deadly Ebola disease in the western region after suspected cases were reported in two neighbouring districts. More >>
Risky Sex On Drugs A Challenge For HIV Prevention
Monday, 3 December 2007, 11:35 pm | IRIN News
South Africa's status as the country with the highest number of HIV infections in the world is well known; its rapidly emerging roles as a major transit route for trafficking illegal drugs and the leading consumer in the region is less well documented. More >>
Nepal: Poor Hygiene Fuel Water-borne Diseases
Monday, 3 December 2007, 9:50 pm | IRIN News
It is an every day occurrence in Kathmandu to see men and women defecating almost everywhere, from the main streets to public parks, near school compounds, government offices and residential areas. More >>
Palestinian Shepherds' Livelihoods In Jeopardy
Monday, 3 December 2007, 10:58 am | IRIN News
Palestinian herders in the southern part of the West Bank are facing increased poverty due to rising costs of fodder and water, as well as limitations on their access to grazing land, the herders and UN officials said. More >>
