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A crowd cheers a politician returning to Burundi: The country is scheduled to hold general elections mid-2010 (file photo)

ZIMBABWE: Weapons theft stokes fears of instability
HARARE, 19 November 2009 (IRIN) - The recent "suicide" of a senior army officer in the wake of a break-in at a military armoury in Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, is sowing fears that the missing guns may be used to fuel instability.

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A survivor of the 30 September 2009 earthquake waits for aid amid the ruins of her house in Ketaping Village, Padang Pariaman district, West Sumatra (file photo)

HARGEISA, Aden Muhumed Hassan, 46, a divorced father of one, lost his hands 11 years ago after he accidentally picked up unexploded ordnance [UXO] planted during fighting between the Somali National Movement ...

Students at the Galkayo centre for peace and development (file photo): Residents in Galkayo, Mudug region, are threatened by rising insecurity

DUBAI, 18 November 2009 (IRIN) - More people have died from H1N1 influenza in Iran than in any of the 22 countries in the World Health Organization (WHO) Eastern Mediterranean Region, according to WHO’s 14 November update. ...

SOMALIA: Galkayo threatened by rising insecurity
NAIROBI, 18 November 2009 (IRIN) - Escalating violence in the Somali town of Galkayo, Mudug region, is creating a climate of fear, which in turn has adversely affected livelihoods, residents say.

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PHILIPPINES: Funding shortfall brings health, food security risks, UN warns
BANGKOK, 18 November 2009 (IRIN) - The UN has warned of serious health risks and food security problems over a lack of funding to assist the Philippines after the country was hit by three major storms and typhoons.

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JOHANNESBURG, 17 November 2009 (IRIN) - Fearing a resurgence of xenophobic attacks, around 2,500 Zimbabwean migrants have taken refuge in government buildings in De Doorns, a farming town about 140km from ...

KARACHI, 17 November 2009 (IRIN) - As temperatures get closer to freezing in Pakistan's South Waziristan tribal agency near the border with Afghanistan, some people affected by fighting between government troops and militants have begun to move further from the conflict zone. ...

KENYA: The million man cut
KISUMU, 17 November 2009 (IRIN) - The Kenyan government is expanding services to meet the growing demand for voluntary medical male circumcision after the launch of a national campaign a year ago.

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Parents with their severely malnourished babies in a health ministry ambulance leaving al-Mazraq camp for Sanaa-based Sabin Hospital