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1. AFRICA: IDP convention - now the hard work begins
2. GLOBAL: AIDS funding debate heats up
3. Analysis: African IDP convention fills a void in humanitarian law
4. AFRICA: Digesting a "mouthful" of climate change
5. SOMALIA: "Too much, too soon" as 15,000 flee floods
6. GLOBAL: Malaria tests minus the blood
7. AFRICA: AU pushes the envelope on "climate migrants"

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AFRICA: IDP convention - now the hard work begins



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26 October 2009 (IRIN) - Seventeen countries signed the African Union
convention on internally displaced persons (IDPs) after years of
preparation culminated in a week of meetings in the Ugandan capital but
a lot more hard work remains before it becomes effective, according to
observers.
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GLOBAL: AIDS funding debate heats up



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JOHANNESBURG, 26 October 2009 (PlusNews) - The billions of donor dollars
spent on combating HIV/AIDS in the last decade, often at the expense of
other fatal diseases, have done little to strengthen weak national
health systems, some global health experts argue.
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Analysis: African IDP convention fills a void in humanitarian law



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KAMPALA, 27 October 2009 (IRIN) - The African Union Convention for the
Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa is a
comprehensive document that will, if ratified, fill a void in
international humanitarian law, say experts.
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AFRICA: Digesting a "mouthful" of climate change



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MIDRAND, 27 October 2009 (IRIN) - Disaster risk reduction as a tool for
climate change adaptation is a "technical mouthful" said Rachel Shebesh,
chair of the African Parliamentarian Initiative for Climate Risk
Reduction.
full report

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SOMALIA: "Too much, too soon" as 15,000 flee floods



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NAIROBI, 29 October 2009 (IRIN) - Flash floods caused by four days of
torrential rains have displaced more than 15,000 people in the
southwestern town of El-Waq near the Kenyan border and submerged most
homes and businesses, say locals
full report

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GLOBAL: Malaria tests minus the blood



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DAKAR, 29 October 2009 (IRIN) - To detect malaria people might soon be
able to chew a stick of gum and swipe it over a magnet or scan a finger
with ultra-far infrared light. Neither test requires a blood sample.
full report

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AFRICA: AU pushes the envelope on "climate migrants"



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JOHANNESBURG, 29 October 2009 (IRIN) - An African international
agreement has opened the door to a debate on the rights and protection
of people displaced by natural disasters, with a nod to migration as a
result of climate change.
full report

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