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Urban Sector Profiling Assessment Programme Launched in WR

Thursday, August 20, 2009

Tuesday August 18th 2009 witnessed another historic landmark when the Urban Sector Profiling Assessment Programme by UN-HABITAT and the Government of...

Sobeya Holds 13th Graduation Ceremony

Thursday, August 06, 2009

Sobeya Skill Training Centre (SSTC) under the auspices of APGWA, last Friday 31st July 2009, held its 13th graduation ceremony at its centre in...

ETHIOPIA: Children at greatest risk among Afar’s drought-displaced

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Tuesday, December 02, 2008

EREBTI Tuesday, December 02, 2008 (IRIN) - Thousands of vulnerable civilians who left their homes in north-eastern Ethiopia in June because of...

Two groups, two prices of maize flour

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Monday, December 01, 2008

The Government has announced two sets of prices for maize flour one for rural and the other for urban areas.

SOMALIA: Cutting charcoal use in urban Somaliland

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Saturday, November 22, 2008

HARGEISA Monday, November 17, 2008 (IRIN) - Authorities in Somalia's self-declared republic of Somaliland have embarked on efforts to reduce charcoal...

Rural-Urban Migration

Thursday, June 26, 2008

The movement of people from the rural areas to the urban centres is another serious phenomenon posing challenges to many African countries and The...

SOMALIA: Plea for help as drought pushes people towards urban centres

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Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Local leaders in central Somalia have appealed for help as the severe drought being experienced in the region is forcing many nomads who lost their...

Drunk drivers kill!

Friday, January 04, 2008

Urban development comes with a price. So does a good road network, as the Gambia is currently experiencing. Road accidents are now a common place...