| 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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In Brief: Hundreds evacuated in Kenya after mudslide death |  NAIROBI, 4 November 2009 (IRIN Global) - Authorities in central Kenya have ordered hundreds of people to evacuate after a girl was killed when a mudslide destroyed her home following heavy rains.
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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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KENYA: Floods displace hundreds of families |  MOMBASA, 29 October 2009 (IRIN Africa) - After days of heavy rain, flash floods in Kenya's coastal Magarini district have displaced at least 500 families, sweeping away houses and livestock, officials said.
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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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AFRICA: Digesting a "mouthful" of climate change |  MIDRAND, 27 October 2009 (IRIN Africa) - 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.
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In Brief: Flood-hit farmers face hunger in Laos |  VIENTIANE, 26 October 2009 (IRIN Global) - Farmers in southern Laos who lost their harvests to floods caused by Typhoon Ketsana face a year of hunger if they do not receive rice seeds soon to replant their crops, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warns.
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AFRICA: Climate change could worsen displacement - UN |  KAMPALA, 23 October 2009 (IRIN Africa) - With increasing natural disasters, including floods, storms and droughts, hitting the continent, more people in Africa are likely to be displaced, creating a challenge for governments, the UN warns.
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BURUNDI: Heavy rains leave more than 1,000 homeless in Bubanza |  BUJUMBURA, 23 October 2009 (IRIN Africa) - Heavy rains have destroyed 214 homes, leaving about 1,070 people without shelter in Gihanga commune, western Bubanza province.
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