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23 Nov 2009 15:56:00 GMT
Aid workers in southern Somali town moved to Kenya
NAIROBI (AlertNet) - Aid agencies operating in southern Somalia said on Monday they had relocated 12 expatriate aid workers following a deterioration in the security situation.

Rebel group Al Shabaab controls much of southern Somalia and parts of the capital Mogadishu. The group is fighting government troops and African Union peacekeepers to impose its own harsh version of sharia law throughout Somalia.

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18 Nov 2009 17:52:00 GMT
Victims of Senegal floods face dire conditions two months on
DAKAR (AlertNet) - Crouching on the roof of her house, 48-year-old Ossida Diatta pins up a mosquito net in a shelter made of used sheets and plastic bags. The makeshift dwelling is home to Diatta and her eight children, along with her late husband's second wife and her seven offspring.

They have been living on the roof since August when heavy rains flooded their neighbourhood in Pikine, an impoverished suburb of the Senegalese capital Dakar.

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18 Nov 2009 13:39:00 GMT
Q+A-How can we make humanitarian aid more effective?
LONDON (AlertNet) - For decades experts have been debating how humanitarian aid money donated by governments can be stretched further and provide better assistance to survivors of wars and natural disasters.

These questions are becoming increasingly important as climate change causes more frequent droughts and floods and as the global recession puts aid funding under pressure.

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17 Nov 2009 11:31:00 GMT
Protecting soils to help combat climate change
By Georgina Smith

LUSAKA, Zambia (AlertNet) - A Zambian conservation initiative that goes against conventional farming methods has tripled maize yields in some areas of the country, and shows promise both in protecting yields from extreme weather and in sequestering carbon emissions to help curb climate change, agricultural experts say.

Africa is expected to face increasing difficulty producing enough food as climate change brings more frequent droughts and floods.

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16 Nov 2009 18:47:00 GMT
Conflict, migration hinder birth registration in African states - UNICEF
LONDON (AlertNet) - Conflict and mass migration in some African states pose huge challenges to efforts to register children at birth, a move seen as key to securing children's rights, UNICEF said on Monday.

In countries like Ethiopia, fighting, famine and issues of land tenure mean huge swathes of the population are constantly on the move and thousands of babies go unregistered because of a lack of basic services in many areas, said UNICEF child protection officer Joanne Dunn.

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