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SUDAN: The land is fertile yet food is scarce
KADUGLI Tuesday, January 06, 2009 (IRIN) - Southern Kordofan state used to produce surplus food and cash crops, but poor infrastructure, limited access to markets, conflict and landmines have left large numbers of residents without enough to eat or sell.
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SUDAN: It takes more than a law to stop the cut
KADUGLI Monday, January 05, 2009 (IRIN) - A law passed in November 2008 prohibiting female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) in the state of Southern Kordofan is unique in Sudan. But for it to translate into genuine abolition, deep-seated attitudes and misinformation will have to be overcome.
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DRC: Nine die, dozens infected by suspected haemorrhagic fever
KINSHASA Wednesday, December 24, 2008 (IRIN) - An outbreak of a suspected haemorrhagic fever has killed nine people and infected 92 more in Kasai Occidental, according to medical personnel.
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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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SUDAN: A Kenyan curriculum with a Southern Sudanese twist
KADUGLI Thursday, December 18, 2008 (IRIN) - Nosa Abdalla Anglo, 19, was only a year away from joining a secondary school in Khartoum in 2005, but is still in primary school four years later and worries about her chances of going to high school in 2012.
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