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Zimbabwe's climate change policies need an urban focus

JOHANNESBURG 22 January 2013 (IRIN) - In spite of the political and financial turmoil that Zimbabwe faces, the country seems to be on the right track in adopting strategies to address the effects of climate change.

Aid agencies launch Yemen appeal

DUBAI 22 January 2013 (IRIN) - Yemen needs a major boost in humanitarian support if the transition to political stability is to stand a good chance of succeeding, said aid workers at today’s launch of the 2013 Humanitarian Response Plan.

WASH woes for Myanmar’s Rakhine IDPs

YANGON 18 January 2013 (IRIN) - Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) will be a key issue for thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Myanmar’s western Rakhine State as the weather gets warmer, say aid workers.

Congo prisons chief admits shortcomings in wake of damning report

BRAZZAVILLE 17 January 2013 (IRIN) - The director-general of Congo’s prison service, Paul Morossa, has admitted serious overcrowding in prisons, but does not think imminent improvements are possible.

Women without men vulnerable in South Sudan's refugee camps

MABAN 16 January 2013 (IRIN) - Mahasa sits in the dust outside the hut she built herself, holding her youngest son in her arms. The 29-year-old mother of four knows how vulnerable she is. "I'm scared," she said.

Protecting water pays dividends

JOHANNESBURG 17 January 2013 (IRIN) - As soaring temperatures and rapid urbanization threaten water security, countries are beginning to invest in the protection and preservation of their water sources, a new report reveals.

Analysis: Export oil, import water – the Middle East’s risky economics

DUBAI 05 March 2013 (IRIN) - The world’s driest region, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), is getting drier at an alarming rate.

HEALTH: Developing countries experiencing increased mercury emissions - report

NAIROBI 10 January 2013 (IRIN) - Developing nations are grappling with a rise in mercury emissions that pose a serious health risk to their populations, according to a new study by the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP).

Tracking dollars to fight diarrhoea in Nepal

KATHMANDU 03 January 2013 (IRIN) - Insufficient, fragmented and misdirected investment in the water and sanitation sector has hindered the fight against diarrhoea, leaving it one of Nepal’s leading child killers despite hundreds of millions of dollars having been invested, say practitioners.

Urban water woes

NEW YORK 02 January 2013 (IRIN) - In Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare (population 3,000,000), a man relieves himself in the dirt next to his tin shack, holding his nose to ward off the stench of a nearby overflowing latrine. In Ramallah (population 300,000) in the occupied Palestinian territory a 14-year-old girl wakes with menstrual cramps - and skips class because her school lacks a washroom where she can clean herself in private.
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