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Autism "Relegated to the Sidelines"
By Jonathan Migneault and Jamila Akweley Okertchiri
ACCRA - At first glance Nortey Quaynor looks like any ordinary 29-year-old Ghanaian. If you spend a little time with him, though, you soon realise that something is different.
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"Not a Famine, but an Issue of Food Insecurity"
By Louise Redvers
JOHANNESBURG - Millions of Angola’s poorest families are facing critical food insecurity as a prolonged dry spell across large parts of the country has destroyed harvests and killed off livestock.
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War Widows Turn to Sex Work in Sri Lanka
By Feizal Samath
COLOMBO - On May 18, some 800 women in Sri Lanka’s northern region will hold Hindu religious ceremonies for the welfare of thier husbands who disappeared or surrendered to the military as it moved in to mop up nearly three decades of armed Tamil separatism.
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Major Effort to Reduce Child Mortality Not Enough
By Jonathan Migneault and Jamila Akweley Okertchiri
ACCRA - Ghana has taken a major step towards reducing its under-five mortality rate by becoming the first African country to introduce two new vaccines for rotavirus and pneumococcal disease.
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Child Soldiers Used in Mali Conflict
By William Lloyd-George
NIAMEY - It was tough for Hassan Toure to decide to stay in his small town on the outskirts of Kidal, in northern Mali. The government troops had withdrawn on Mar. 30, and several armed groups, including militias and bandits, were operating in the region.
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Morocco Still Divided Over Marriage of Minors
By Abderrahim El Ouali
CASABLANCA - The widespread practice of marrying minors continues to be one of the most incendiary legal and political issues in Morocco today, causing open confrontations between hard-line Islamists and moderates throughout the country.
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Taking Solace from a Verdict that Can’t Bring Back Loved Ones
By Mustapha Dumbuya*
FREETOWN - Saffa Momoh Lahai was just two years old when his father was killed during Sierra Leone’s civil war. Rebels attacked their family home in Kailahun District, in the eastern reaches of the country, and shot Lahai’s father when he tried to resist.
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Sierra Leone Still Suffers Legacy of Child Soldiers
By Mustapha Dumbuya
FREETOWN - When the verdict against Liberia’s former President Charles Taylor for war crimes in Sierra Leone is handed down on Thursday, it will be of no help to the many former combatants of the country’s brutal civil war who have not been reintegrated into society. Instead, they will continue to pose a threat to Sierra Leone’s future stability.
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Taking Refuge in Hell Camp
By Ashfaq Yusufzai
PESHAWAR - "We have been spending sleepless nights without electricity and clean water. This place is not worth living in but we have no option and will remain here as long as the military operation continues in our area," said Gul Rahim, a former resident of Bara tehsil in Khyber Agency, currently languishing in the Jallozai refugee camp in the Nowshera district of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
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More Toilets in Zimbabwe, Better Livelihoods
By Busani Bafana
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe - Government and sanitation experts say Zimbabwe needs to increase efforts to promote good hygiene and invest in toilets and clean water provision, as the country grapples with a typhoid outbreak.
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Returning Sudanese Child Soldiers Their Childhood
By Andrew Green*
JUBA - As the process of reintegrating South Sudan’s child soldiers into their old lives begins soon, the Sudanese People’s Liberation Army renewal of its lapsed commitment to release all child soldiers from its ranks in March could mean that within two years children will no longer constitute part of the country’s militia groups.
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Latrines Critical to Keeping Kids in South Sudan’s Schools
By Andrew Green*
JUBA - Before Bor B Primary School built latrines on the school grounds two years ago, students would leave during their first break to head home. Most did not come back until the next morning.
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Mauritania – Small Steps Towards Ending Female Genital Mutilation
By Mohamed Abderrahmane
NOUAKCHOTT - A multi-pronged strategy to end female genital mutilation in Mauritania is making gradual progress, though campaigners acknowledge much remains to be done in a country where more than two-thirds of girls suffer excision.
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