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BURUNDI: FNL Prisoner release under way
BUJUMBURA Monday, January 05, 2009 (IRIN) - The release of the first 80 prisoners detained over their affiliation with a rebel group, the Parti pour la Liberation du Peuple Hutu-Forces Nationales de Libération (Palipehutu-FNL), has begun, following a decree issued by Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza on 30 December 2008.
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DRC-UGANDA: Deadly LRA attacks prompt exodus in northeastern DRC
KINSHASA Tuesday, December 30, 2008 (IRIN) - Tens of thousands of civilians have fled their villages in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo after 189 people were killed in attacks blamed on the Lord?s Resistance Army, a Ugandan rebel group, according to the UN?s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
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DRC: Ebola suspected as 11 die in Kasai Occidental (corrected version)
KINSHASA Tuesday, December 30, 2008 (IRIN) - Eleven people have died in a remote area of central Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where the presence of the Ebola virus has been confirmed, according to health officials.
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AFRICA: New hope for malaria vaccine
DAKAR Monday, December 22, 2008 (IRIN) - The world?s most clinically advanced malaria vaccine trials have given new hope in the fight against the disease, which in sub-Saharan Africa kills a child every 30 seconds.
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RWANDA: Make justice a reality for genocide survivors, urges rights group
NAIROBI Friday, December 19, 2008 (IRIN) - Justice, more than reconciliation, plays a fundamental role for the survivors of Rwanda?s 1994 genocide and much more needs to be done to make justice a reality for them, a report by African Rights, a human rights think-tank, recommends.
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