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1. SOMALIA: Activists laud ban on FGM/C, say implementation will
require more
2. ETHIOPIA: Surge of doctors to strengthen health system
3. SOMALIA: Next stop Kismayo
4. KENYA-SOMALIA: Repatriating Dadaab refugees "unrealistic"
5. SOMALIA: Political transition could be deadly for journalists
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SOMALIA: Activists laud ban on FGM/C, say implementation will require
more
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NAIROBI, 13 August 2012 (IRIN) - Activists have welcomed a ban on
female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) in the new constitution of
Somalia - a country where 96 percent of women undergo one of the more
extreme forms of the practice - but warn that translating the law into
action will require more than just a legal declaration.
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ETHIOPIA: Surge of doctors to strengthen health system
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ADDIS ABABA, 14 August 2012 (IRIN) - Ethiopia is preparing for a flood
of medical doctors within "three to four years", an influx meant to
save a public health system that has been losing doctors and
specialists to internal and external migration.
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SOMALIA: Next stop Kismayo
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NAIROBI/MOGADISHU, 15 August 2012 (IRIN) - Even before it kicks off in
earnest, the assault on Somalia's port city of Kismayo is causing
jitters. A preliminary push by UN-backed African Union troops on the
last bastion of Somalia's Al-Shabab insurgency has already added to
Somalia's civilian casualties, and there are fears that more may lie
ahead as air, ground and naval operations in the strategic city
escalate.
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KENYA-SOMALIA: Repatriating Dadaab refugees "unrealistic"
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JOHANNESBURG/DADAAB, 16 August 2012 (IRIN) - Repeated calls in recent
months by Kenyan government officials to repatriate half a million
Somali refugees currently living in the Dadaab refugee complex to
so-called safe areas of southern Somalia have been described as
unrealistic by aid agencies and by the refugees themselves.
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SOMALIA: Political transition could be deadly for journalists
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MOGADISHU, 16 August 2012 (IRIN) - The recent murders of two Somali
journalists have brought to 10 the number of media workers killed in
the country since December 2011. Journalists and rights groups fear
that more targeted killings lie ahead as the country prepares for a new
government.
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