| LIBERIA: Disease rife as more people squeeze into fewer toilets |
 MONROVIA, 19 November 2009 (IRIN Africa) - Water and sanitation services in the Liberian capital, Monrovia, are getting worse as a growing urban population tries to squeeze more out of already skeletal services. On 19 November, World Toilet Day, NGOs are calling on the government to up its allocation, and on international donors to reprioritize funding to stamp out cholera and cut child mortality.
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SUDAN: Increasing hunger could fuel conflict in south |  POCHALLA, 16 November 2009 (IRIN Africa) - An increasing number of people in Southern Sudan cannot find enough to eat or adequate pasture and water for their livestock, raising fears of conflict between communities over grazing lands, local leaders warned.
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SUDAN: Kala azar "epidemic" in south |  JUBA, 13 November 2009 (IRIN Africa) - Reported cases of kala azar infection, a deadly disease also known as visceral leishmaniasis, have continued to rise in Southern Sudan, according to medical workers.
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In Brief: Suspected AWD kills eight on Kenyan district of Lamu |  LAMU, 12 November 2009 (IRIN Global) - Eight people have died on the Kenyan district of Lamu and others have been hospitalized following a suspected outbreak of acute watery diarrhoea (AWD), an official said.
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SOMALIA: Saudi livestock move boosts Somaliland economy |  HARGEISA, 10 November 2009 (IRIN Africa) - Days after Saudi Arabia lifted a nine-year ban on livestock imports from Somalia, the market in Hargeisa, Somaliland, has seen a 10-fold increase in sales, according to local traders.
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KENYA: Replacing the bucket latrine |  WAJIR EAST, 5 November 2009 (IRIN Africa) - The sound of the evening bell at a local boarding high-school in Wajir, in the northeast of Kenya, did not always signal the end of the day's classes. Instead it marked the end of the evening bathroom break as “bucket toilets” were emptied for the day.
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GLOBAL: Feeding the world without harming it |  CAPE TOWN, 3 November 2009 (IRIN Global) - Countries with growing populations can boost food production without punishing the environment if they are willing to experiment with less harmful farming practices, experts at a recent conference on biodiversity suggested.
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NIGERIA: Erosion a "state of emergency" |  ABATETE, 3 November 2009 (IRIN Africa) - Severe erosion over many years in Anambra, southeastern Nigeria, has cut off or destroyed hundreds of homes, businesses, farms and schools, prompting the governor to call for a state of emergency in the area where he says thousands of people now risk being displaced.
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SOMALIA: "Too much, too soon" as 15,000 flee floods |  NAIROBI, 29 October 2009 (IRIN Africa) - 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
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AFRICA: AU pushes the envelope on "climate migrants" |  JOHANNESBURG, 29 October 2009 (IRIN Africa) - 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.
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