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Subject: CENTRAL AND EASTERN AFRICA: IRIN weekly humanitarian round-up 711
29 November 2013
To: Elisabeth Janaina <[email protected]>
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1. Briefing: How to stop a deadly fungus affecting billions<#142a4bb904816c68_1>
2. When fear of being criminalized locks out healthcare
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3. Malaria cases soar in former DRC rebel stronghold <#142a4bb904816c68_3>
4. Religious violence and the seeds of hate in CAR <#142a4bb904816c68_4>
5. Is Africa ready for GM? <#142a4bb904816c68_5>
6. The climate loss and damage mechanism: whys and why nots?*
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*Briefing: How to stop a deadly fungus affecting billions
<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=99196>*
[image: lead photo]NAIROBI, 25 November 2013 (IRIN) - The UN World Health
Organization (WHO) estimates that billions of people in the developing
world are chronically exposed to aflatoxin, a natural poison on food crops
which causes cancer, impairs the immune system, inhibits growth, and causes
liver disease as well as death in both humans and animals.
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=99196>
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*When fear of being criminalized locks out healthcare
<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=99204>*
[image: lead photo]NEW YORK, 26 November 2013 (IRIN) - Drug users will
avoid a needle exchange programme if they spot a police car cruising
nearby, and sex workers will readily toss their condoms in the trash if
they risk getting arrested for soliciting. Around the world, the most
marginalized groups in society - from Roma to HIV-positive people to sex
workers to drug users - are reluctant to access basic health services
because they fear arrest, intimidation and harassment.
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=99204>
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*Malaria cases soar in former DRC rebel stronghold
<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=99211>*
[image: lead photo]KINSHASA, 27 November 2013 (IRIN) - There has been a
threefold increase in the number of malaria cases recorded in the former
M23 rebel stronghold of Rutshuru, in the Democratic Republic of Congo's
(DRC) North Kivu Province, compared to past years. Insecurity is
exacerbating the spread of the disease, say health officials.
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=99211>
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*Religious violence and the seeds of hate in CAR
<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=99216>*
[image: lead photo]BOSSANGOA, 27 November 2013 (IRIN) - Shocked by an
escalation of killings, rapes and other abuses committed by Muslims against
Christians, and vice versa, in the Central African Republic (CAR), leading
clerics from both faiths recently travelled together to preach peace and
listen to tales of horror.
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=99216>
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*Is Africa ready for GM?
<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=99218>*
[image: lead photo]KISUMU/KAMPALA, 27 November 2013 (IRIN) - Even as food
insecurity continues to afflict impoverished and disaster-affected
populations around the continent, African policymakers and consumers remain
deeply divided over the potential harms and benefits of genetically
modified (GM) foods, which advocates say could greatly improve yields and
nutrition.
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=99218>
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*The climate loss and damage mechanism: whys and why nots?*
<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=99224>*
[image: lead photo]JOHANNESBURG, 28 November 2013 (IRIN) - For poor
countries "loss and damage" incurred as a result of a changing climate -
with citizens being forced to relocate, give up on their land, cultural
identity and their right to human dignity - are crucial issues.
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=99224>
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