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COMOROS: AU pre-election mission reports back
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JOHANNESBURG, 6 Feb 2006 (IRIN) - As the Comoros prepare for upcoming elections that will test their new power-sharing arrangement, South Africa is gearing up to do its part in ensuring the April elections are free and fair.
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TANZANIA: Continued drought means power rationing, says Kikwete
DAR ES SALAAM, 1 Feb 2006 (IRIN) - Power rationing is now inevitable in Tanzania following a prolonged dry spell that has led to a severe drop in water levels at dams that feed the country's hydroelectric power plants, President Jakaya Kikwete has said.
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GHANA: Chieftaincy tussle brews conflict in northern town
ACCRA, 31 Jan 2006 (IRIN) - Police and soldiers are maintaining a dusk to dawn curfew for a fourth week in the northern Ghanaian town of Bimbilla after a long running chieftaincy dispute erupted in violence, said local officials.
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BURUNDI: Government needs US $75 million to mitigate drought
BUJUMBURA, 31 Jan 2006 (IRIN) - At least US $75 million of the Burundian government's $168 million emergency plan for 2006 has been earmarked to feed the country's drought-affected populations.Full report
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BURUNDI-RWANDA: Tension increases in ongoing land dispute
BUJUMBURA, 31 Jan 2006 (IRIN) - A land dispute that resulted from a river changing its course due to heavy rains some 50 years ago continues to vex neighbouring agricultural...Full report
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SOMALIA: Drought bites southern region
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WAJID, 30 Jan 2006 (IRIN) - It took eight days for Nuriya Yusuf Ahmed and her family to walk the 115 km from Lahello village to a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) near Wajid town, southern Somalia.
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EASTERN AFRICA: More effort needed to prevent avian flu
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NAIROBI, 30 Jan 2006 (IRIN) - Eastern Africa, which lies in the migratory path of birds that may be infected with avian influenza, must establish more effective measures against the deadly virus, an official of the UN World Health Organization (WHO) warned.
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MOZAMBIQUE: Emergency preparations in full swing as rivers rise
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MAPUTO, 27 Jan 2006 (IRIN) - Mozambique's disaster contingency plans could be put to the test as continued heavy rains threaten serious flooding in the central regions of the country.
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ANTANANARIVO: Authorities on alert as tropical storm heads toward island
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JOHANNESBURG, 27 Jan 2006 (IRIN) - A tropical storm threatens Madagascar's southeast coast but officials believe the Indian Ocean island is better prepared for the cyclone season this year.
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SOMALIA: Multisector approach needed to combat crisis
NAIROBI, 27 Jan 2006 (IRIN) - Humanitarian agencies should employ a "twin-track" approach that addresses both the immediate and medium-term needs of vulnerable Somali populations in order to prevent the creation of relief-dependent communities, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization's Food Security Analysis Unit (FSAU) Somalia has said.
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