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MAURITANIA: Desertification threatens to wipe out livelihoods, communities

http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=81782

Tuesday, December 02, 2008

NOUAKCHOTT Tuesday, December 02, 2008 (IRIN) - Environmental degradation, responsible for the dangerous displacement of sand dunes in Mauritania, has...

NIGERIA: Early marriage adds to socioeconomic woes, NGOs say

http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=81667

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

KANO Wednesday, November 26, 2008 (IRIN) - Just 26 percent of girls in northern Nigeria make it beyond primary school, according to the UN Children’s...

SOMALIA: "One message" on FGM/C in Somaliland

http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=81261

Saturday, November 22, 2008

HARGEISA Monday, November 03, 2008 (IRIN) - Hawa* is determined her young daughter will not undergo female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), which...

How Costly Birds Can Be

http://www.addisfortune.com/How Costly Birds Can Be.htm

Sunday, November 16, 2008

A cancelled cargo flight with about 76 tonnes of flowers for export on board, which was due to fly from Addis Abeba to Brussels, Belgium on October...