Copyright 2006, Reuters AlertNet http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/rss/index.xml?nv=0&fb_countrycodes=217199&fb_emergencycodes=KE_VIO en-gb Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:20:03 +0000 5 http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/rss/index.xml?nv=0&fb_countrycodes=217199&fb_emergencycodes=KE_VIO http://www.alertnet.org/images/rtrfndn_alertnet_new_tr.gif http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/photoalbum/1258721936.htm http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/photoalbum/1258721936.htm Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:54:00 +0000 Source: AlertNet

]]> http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/UNHCR/27cdb749a8a68f1cf78bd3d2e58074d7.htm http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/UNHCR/27cdb749a8a68f1cf78bd3d2e58074d7.htm Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:32:09 +0000 Source: UNHCR UNHCR?s senior water and sanitation officer visits refugees camps around the world to plan and build water and sanitation systems, including latrines.

]]> http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LJ502287.htm http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LJ502287.htm Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:00:23 +0000 Source: Reuters * Forest is crucial water catchment area for region * Evictions threaten major political alliances By Daniel Wallis MAU FOREST, Kenya, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Trudging out of the woods in a heavy ...

]]> http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/60ff25e9c8ee9ca0701e32b9eac5caa6.htm http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/60ff25e9c8ee9ca0701e32b9eac5caa6.htm Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:18:35 +0000 Source: IRIN When Dorothy*, a single mother of five, told her neighbours in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, she had tuberculosis (TB), she expected sympathy and maybe even offers of help. Instead, she found herself so severely ostracized, she felt she had to move out.

]]> http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/9d3eacc1953cb5db2b77c253925031a9.htm http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/9d3eacc1953cb5db2b77c253925031a9.htm Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:19:09 +0000 Source: IRIN Good quality food aid can save billions of dollars that would otherwise be spent on saving lives, says a major report from the World Bank, one of two new studies that uncover some unsettling facts about food aid and malnutrition.

]]> http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LI424574.htm http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LI424574.htm Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:26:51 +0000 Source: Reuters * Sierra Leone says corrupt foreigners could face prison * Commissioner determined to avoid oil "resource curse" * Smaller countries leading way in Africa, others falter By Peter ...

]]> http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LI103592.htm http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LI103592.htm Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:16:28 +0000 Source: Reuters * Maersk Alabama escapes second pirate attack * Tanker was seized on Monday in Indian Ocean * Puntland says French hand over 12 pirates (Adds French navy hands over pirates) By Mohamed ...

]]> http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LI104033.htm http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LI104033.htm Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:14:05 +0000 Source: Reuters ROME, Nov 18 (Reuters) - The U.N. emergency food aid agency needs $1 billion to feed 20 million people in east Africa over the next six months, it said on Wednesday. Around half of that money is ...

]]> http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LH589514.htm http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LH589514.htm Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:16:16 +0000 Source: Reuters * Pirates say Spain paid ransom for fishing boat, crew * Chemical tanker hijacked near Seychelles on Monday * Spanish crew said to be in good health (Adds EU naval ...

]]> http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LH628197.htm http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LH628197.htm Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:05:25 +0000 Source: Reuters NAIROBI, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Kenya released a long-awaited draft constitution on Tuesday, the first step in a full review of a document which many Kenyans say gives the president nearly unchecked power ...

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