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MAURITANIA: Military junta launches pro-democracy poll
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NOUAKCHOTT, 23 Jun 2006 (IRIN) - Mauritania’s new military leaders are encouraging voters to massively take part in a referendum on Sunday aimed at promoting democracy and preventing presidents from remaining in office for more than two terms. Full report
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ANGOLA: Cholera death toll continues to rise
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LUANDA, 23 Jun 2006 (IRIN) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has sent a consignment of drugs, re-hydration salts and disinfectant to help fight a cholera outbreak that has claimed close to 1,900 lives in Angola.Full report
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ZAMBIA: Fear of bird flu panics Zambians
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LUSAKA, 23 Jun 2006 (IRIN) - The mysterious death of wild birds this week has panicked Zambians, fearing the arrival of avian influenza in a country long-recognised as vulnerable to the deadly H5N1 virus.Full report
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SOUTH AFRICA: Local languages in schools urged to help students learn
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JOHANNESBURG, 23 Jun 2006 (IRIN) - With South Africa still struggling to improve education standards, a new report has called on the government to consider using local languages as a medium of instruction in schools. Full report
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BURUNDI: EU asks Bujumbura to probe corrupt officials
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BUJUMBURA, 23 Jun 2006 (IRIN) - The European Union, a major donor to Burundi, has asked the government to investigate claims of corruption and forgery in a EU-funded programme that was set up in 2001 to rehabilitate infrastructure in the country that is emerging from 12 years of civil war.Full report
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SOMALIA: Foreign cameraman shot dead in Mogadishu
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MOGADISHU, 23 Jun 2006 (IRIN) - Unidentified gunmen shot and killed a Swedish cameraman covering a demonstration in the Somali capital of Mogadishu on Friday, an act immediately condemned by the leadership of the Islamic courts, which controls the city. Full report
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SWAZILAND: Children in for a better deal
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MBABANE, 23 Jun 2006 (IRIN) - Swaziland has finally got around to drawing up legislation focusing on the protection of children's rights. Full report
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SUDAN: Concerns over implementation of Darfur peace deal
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NAIROBI, 23 Jun 2006 (IRIN) - The implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) is falling behind schedule and threatening the fragile truce in Sudan's western region, observers have warned. Full report
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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC-CHAD: Forgotten refugees face epidemics, food cuts
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GORE, 22 Jun 2006 (IRIN) - In the lush malarial forests of southern Chad tens of thousands of forgotten refugees from Central African Republic squat in tattered tents exposed to shrinking food rations and infection from diseases that could easily be prevented with minimal investment. Full report
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ZIMBABWE: When the going gets tough, the tough turn entrepreneurs
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HARARE, 22 Jun 2006 (IRIN) - Just when it seems life could not conceivably get any tougher for Zimbabweans, it invariably does. Full report
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