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01 Jun 2010

Yemen
YEMEN: Fatal clashes strain Saada ceasefire

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SANAA, 1 June 2010 (IRIN) - A fragile ceasefire between the army and Houthi-led rebels in northern Yemen has been put under renewed strain following the deaths of three government followers in clashes with the rebels that left a dozen others injured, local witnesses from the Bani Awair area of Saada Governorate said.

"Both sides used small and medium-sized weapons in the fighting that broke out after Houthis tried to take control of a village in the area [in Bani Awair] to set up a training camp for their followers," Mohamed Shayea, a Bani Awair resident, told IRIN on 31 May.

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01 Jun 2010

World
In Brief: Investment needed to combat hunger in Asia

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BANGKOK, 1 June 2010 (IRIN) - Chronic hunger has worsened in recent years, and Asia - home to two-thirds of those suffering - must invest strongly in agriculture to avert this crisis, says the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). More than one billion people in the world, including 642 million in Asia, live in chronic hunger, up from 840 million in the mid-1990s.

"Maybe you think hunger and poverty are problems in Africa, but the reality is different," said Hiroyuki Konuma, FAO chief for Asia and the Pacific. "The hunger problem is

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01 Jun 2010

Madagascar
MADAGASCAR: A financial crisis on the hoof

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AMBOHITSAHATAZA, 1 June 2010 (IRIN) - Far from the world's financial centres, isolated from sub-prime mortgages, collateralized debt obligations and collapsing investment banks, Madagascar is going through a financial crisis of its own, and stock prices are plummeting.

As in most of rural Africa, wealth is measured in livestock. Joseph Rabemamamtsoa, leader of Ambohitsahataza village in Amphany district in the southwest of the island, told IRIN that the value of his zebu - sturdy cattle with long horns and a fatty hump

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31 May 2010

Bangladesh + 10 others
GLOBAL: Asia most at risk from natural disasters

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NAIROBI, 31 May 2010 (IRIN) - Bangladesh, Indonesia, Iran and Pakistan top a new ranking of countries at "extreme risk" of experiencing natural disasters compiled by a global risk assessment company.

The Natural Disaster Risk Index (NDRI) released on 27 May by Maplecroft, ranks 229 countries according to the human impact of natural disasters in terms of deaths per annum and per million of population, plus the frequency of events as well as the likelihood of earthquakes,

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31 May 2010

Afghanistan
ANALYSIS: "Flawed" peace strategy in Afghanistan

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KABUL, 31 May 2010 (IRIN) - As hundreds of delegates from across Afghanistan arrive in Kabul for a three-day meeting to discuss the prospects for peace, experts are warning of major flaws and risks in the government's draft peace plan.

Making peace with the Taliban will be the main issue for discussion at the Consultative Peace Jirga (assembly) but no insurgent representative has been invited. About 1,500 delegates, handpicked by the government, will assemble under a large German-donated tent in Kabul on 2-4 June to endorse President Hamid Karzai's plans for

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31 May 2010

Nepal
NEPAL: Water crisis intensifies

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KATHMANDU, 31 May 2010 (IRIN) - Access to safe drinking water is deteriorating across parts of Nepal, activists say, despite the prevailing monsoon season from May until September.

According to the Federation of Drinking Water and Sanitation Users Nepal [http://www.fedwasun.org], a national network advocating water and sanitation rights, half the country now faces drinking water shortages.

Although a study has yet to be conducted on the current scenario, water experts claim more than 20 districts in

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31 May 2010

Côte d'Ivoire
COTE D'IVOIRE: Zero tolerance of FGM/C

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ABIDJAN, 31 May 2010 (IRIN) - Progress on a "Zero Tolerance" national campaign in Côte d'Ivoire to eliminate female genital mutilation or cutting (FGM/C) by the end of 2010, has been slowed down by deteriorating health and education infrastructure, aid groups said.

Since the campaign began, 180 villages in Marandallah prefecture, in the north-central Worodougou region, no longer practise FGM/C and the aim is to double this by the end of the year.

The Ministry for Family, Women and Social Affairs is at the forefront of the campaign, which is backed by the UN

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31 May 2010

Kenya
In-Brief: Gang rapes on the rise in Kenya

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NAIROBI, 31 May 2010 (IRIN) - Most cases of gender-based violence (GBV) reported to the Nairobi Gender Violence Recovery Centre between April 2009 and March 2010 occurred in the capital's city centre, according to the centre's annual report, which also recorded an increase in gang rapes.

"A disturbing trend of GBV in the reported year is the continued number of gang rapes where the number of perpetrators per act increased from 2-11 to 2-20," Teresa Omondi, the centre's executive director said.

The centre, at the Nairobi Women's Hospital,

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31 May 2010

Madagascar
MADAGASCAR: « Puissiez-vous avoir sept fils et sept filles »

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ANKILIBORY, 31 mai 2010 (IRIN) - Dans une toute petite hutte d'Ankilibory, un village du sud de Madagascar, Herintsoa, une adolescente âgée de 16 ans à peine, a récemment mis au monde son deuxième enfant, mais l'accouchement s'est mieux passé que la première fois, lorsqu'elle avait 14 ans. « C'avait été bien plus douloureux. Je l'avais fait moi-même à la maison ; mon mari avait coupé le cordon [ombilical] ».

« Nous voulons 10 enfants », a-t-elle expliqué, imperturbable.

Selon les statistiques officielles, dans certaines régions de Madagascar, 70 pour cent des filles de 16 ans ont

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31 May 2010

Myanmar
MYANMAR: Tricked by traffickers

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YANGON, 31 May 2010 (IRIN) - Ko Hla* paid an agent US$800 and then started work on a Taiwanese fishing ship, thinking it was good money at $260 a month. He toiled 18 hours a day.

"We weren't allowed to complain, we weren't allowed to contact our [families]. Often we were beaten and intimidated," the 30-year-old said. "It wasn't what we expected."

He quit 16 months later and returned home to find that the agent, who was supposed to send his salary to his family, had run away without making a single payment.

Due to limited job opportunities and

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30 May 2010

occupied Palestinian territory
ISRAEL-OPT: Gaza food supplies strangled by 1,000-day blockade

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RAMALLAH, 30 May 2010 (IRIN) - The amount and quality of food available to the estimated 1.5 million Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip has been severely restricted by more than 1,000 days of a near-complete blockade, states a UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) report.

[http://www.ochaopt.org/documents/gaza_agriculture_25_05_2010_fact_sheet_english.pdf]

"Sixty-one percent of the Gaza population is food insecure," said Sarah Leppert, FAO's communications adviser

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30 May 2010

Pakistan
PAKISTAN: Ahmadi minority fearful after militants kill at least 80 members

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LAHORE, 30 May 2010 (IRIN) - A brutal assualt on Pakistan's Ahmadi community on 28 May has left them feeling more vulnerable than ever before. Armed assailants laid siege to two mosques in Lahore, capital of Punjab Province, where Ahmadis were praying and killed at least 80 people.

The attack has been described by community leaders, who put the death toll at 93 with 100 injured, is the worst ever faced in the group's 121-year history. Dozens of victims still lie injured in Lahore hospitals, some in a critical state.

"Some are very badly injured, but

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28 May 2010

Sri Lanka
SRI LANKA: Flood IDPs returning home

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GAMPAHA, 28 May 2010 (IRIN) - Residents in southern and western Sri Lanka displaced by heavy flooding last week are returning to their homes, authorities say.

"Living in a tent outside a temple with hundreds of other people is not a positive experience," Prasad Dammika, 36, from the town of Gampaha, one of the worst affected areas, told IRIN. "Tonight I can sleep peacefully."

According to the Sri Lankan Disaster Management Centre (DMC) [http://www.dmc.gov.lk/index_english.htm],

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28 May 2010

Sri Lanka
SRI LANKA: De-mining efforts face funding shortfall

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COLOMBO, 28 May 2010 (IRIN) - The recent death of a French de-miner in northern Sri Lanka highlights the ongoing threat of landmines in preventing the safe return of tens of thousands of conflict-displaced.

Dominique Morin, who worked for the Swiss Foundation for Mine Action [http://www.fsd.ch/], was killed on 10 May when a device he was handling exploded in the village of Kakkayankulam West, in eastern Mannar District.

"The risk is still there. We need to do more," Nigel Robinson, country programme manager for the NGO

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28 May 2010

Kenya
KENYA: Bamboo project to expand rural housing

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NAIROBI, 28 May 2010 (IRIN) - Kenya should encourage the use of bamboo in building affordable shelters, especially for 60 percent of the population who live in poorly constructed dwellings in rural areas, says a specialist.

"Poor construction means they [houses] serve as breeding grounds for diseases including malaria, amoebic dysentery and respiratory conditions, which commonly claim the lives of many of their inhabitants," Jacob Kibwange, project director of an initiative at Maseno University that aims to encourage bamboo exploitation, told IRIN.

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28 May 2010

Central African Republic + 1 other
RÉPUBLIQUE CENTRAFRICAINE-TCHAD: les humanitaires se préparent au retrait de la MINURCAT

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DAKAR, 28 mai 2010 (IRIN) - Les responsables humanitaires comptent sur le gouvernement tchadien pour protéger les civils et assurer la sécurité des opérations humanitaires après la décision du Conseil de sécurité des Nations Unies du 25 mai dernier de retirer environ 3 000 casques bleus de l'est du pays, o=F9 la situation est toujours instable.

« Le gouvernement tchadien a dit très clairement, en public et en privé, qu'il prendrait la responsabilité de la sécurité [de nos travailleurs humanitaires] » et de celle des autres

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28 May 2010

Madagascar
MADAGASCAR : La faim, difficile à vendre

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ANDROKA, 28 mai 2010 (IRIN) - Aucune mère ne voudrait qu'on lui annonce que son enfant souffre de « malnutrition aiguë sévère », mais dans la région aride du sud-ouest de Madagascar, Donasine, 27 ans, mère de neuf enfants et enceinte de quatre mois, accueille le diagnostic de l'infirmier avec un sourire - l'enfant recevra un traitement gratuit, qui lui sauvera la vie.

Des centaines d'enfants et de mères désespérées se sont rassemblés au centre de santé public d'Androka, une ville du district d'Ampanihy, une zone privée de pluie dans la grande île de l'Océan indien.

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28 May 2010

Ghana + 1 other
GHANA-TOGO: Government prepares for refugees' return

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ACCRA, 28 May 2010 (IRIN) - The Ghanaian government will set up shelters for 1,000 returning refugees who fled to neighbouring Togo to escape violence in Bawku in Upper East region following land disputes that have been mounting since late April.

The Togolese authorities had set up temporary camps in Tandjouare, in the north near the Ghanaian border.

"It's an emergency situation and the sooner a coordinated response can be taken, the better," UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) spokesperson in Ghana, Awurabena Hutchful, told IRIN.

Bawku has frequently experienced clashes

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27 May 2010

Pakistan
PAKISTAN: Ethnic violence stalks Karachi

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KARACHI, 27 May 2010 (IRIN) - A wave of ethnic violence pitching Pashtuns (originally from the northern Khyber-Pakhtoonkh'wa province) against Muhajirs (descendants of people who migrated to Pakistan after Partition in 1947) in Karachi has resulted in at least 34 deaths since 19 May [http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/metropolitan/11-violence-explodes-across-north-karachi-10].

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27 May 2010

Burundi
BURUNDI: Trading accusations over poll results

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BUJUMBURA, 27 May 2010 (IRIN) - Eight opposition parties in Burundi have demanded a repeat of communal elections, held on 24 May, claiming the ruling party - which won a landslide victory - was involved in massive fraud and poll-rigging.

In a joint statement issued on 26 May, the parties urged the national electoral commission "to take a wise decision and annul the elections and organize other communal elections on 28 June, the same day as presidential elections".

Speaking on behalf of the protesting political parties, Chevineau Mugwengezo, spokesman of the Union pour la

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