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DRC: Displacement and discrimination – the lot of the Bambuti Pygmies
GOMA, 1 September 2010 (IRIN) - Conditions in Mugunga camp for displaced people on the outskirts of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo city of Goma are tough, but tougher still are those endured by hundreds of people from the Bambuti Pygmy community living just outside the camp.
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SOMALIA: A day in the life of a Mogadishu paramedic
NAIROBI, 31 August 2010 (IRIN) - The LifelineAfrica ambulance service was launched in December 2008 by two men who realized the injured often died of blood loss before reaching hospital. Almost 18 months after IRIN first spoke to the founders, we asked Ismail Mohamed how he and his colleagues were coping as fighting enters its ninth day in Mogadishu. NationLink, a telecommunications company, funds the service.
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SRI LANKA: Addressing needs of stressed children
MULLAITIVU, 31 August 2010 (IRIN) - Few studies of children in Sri Lanka have examined the daily stress they continue to face since the tsunami and civil war, focusing instead on the direct impact of both, according to two studies in the latest Child Development journal.
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PAKISTAN: "At least someone can come and listen to our pain"
THATTA, 30 August 2010 (IRIN) - "The water is coming!" was the cry in the streets of Thatta, about 200km east of Karachi, as shutters came down on shops; wives, children and a few belongings were packed into vehicles and sent off to neighbouring Makli in the hills a few kilometres above the threatened city. Merchants closed their shops and did what they could to strengthen their doors against water and thieves.
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SOMALIA: Mogadishu fighting cuts food supplies
NAIROBI, 30 August 2010 (IRIN) - As the latest round of fighting in the Somali capital enters its eighth day, traders and civil society activists warn of food shortages due to the closure of many businesses and markets across the city, increasing pressure on the already food-insecure population.
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