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JOHANNESBURG, 26 November 2009 (IRIN) - Workers living on a farm settlement about 35km from Harare, Zimbabwe's capital, bury their dead children secretly because parents cannot afford to get them to a clinic or hospital in time. (IRIN)

LILONGWE, 26 November 2009 (IRIN) - The story of Esinati Chimpere, 29, a single mother living in Kanyumbaaka village, in the Balaka district of southern Malawi, reveals how stigma is refusing to die in some societies. (IRIN)

OUAGADOUGOU, 26 November 2009 (IRIN) - The Burkina Faso government says thousands of flood-displaced families have till 30 November to quit temporary camps throughout the capital Ouagadougou. Some of those affected are worried about the deadline. (IRIN)

NAIROBI, 26 November 2009 (IRIN) - Kenyan men and women are continuing to have unprotected sex with multiple partners - despite numerous national media campaigns to sensitise the public to the dangers of sex without a condom and multiple partners. (IRIN)

JOHANNESBURG, 26 November 2009 (IRIN) - The ground-breaking Mine Ban Treaty (MBT), which came into force 10 years ago, will hold its second five-year review conference from 29 November to 4 December in the port city of Cartagena in northern Columbia. (IRIN)

NAIROBI, 26 November 2009 (IRIN) - A new Ugandan study adds to a growing body of evidence that providing home-based antiretroviral (ARV) care in low-income settings can be as effective as facility-based interventions. (IRIN)

JOHANNESBURG, 25 November 2009 (IRIN) - That women and girls are particularly vulnerable to HIV and AIDS is well established, but a new report reveals how little we know about what countries are doing, or not doing, to address their vulnerability. (IRIN)

Travelling within the Caribbean is way too hard, says Dr Compton Bourne, president of the Caribbean Development Bank. (webremix.info)

by ARETHA WELCHPORT-OF-SPAIN - Travelling within the Caribbean is way too hard says Dr Compton Bourne, president of the Caribbean Development Bank.Speaking during a Commonwealth Heads of Government Bu... (webremix.info)

President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf says Liberia's development has been greatly impacted by the measures implemented by China under the China-Africa Cooperation initiative, as China has pledged US$10 billion in concessional loans to Africa. (webremix.info)

A groundbreaking partnership that will link African governments' commitment to agricultural development with concrete programs in seeds, soil health, policy, and markets was launched in Abuja on Monday between The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) and the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) (webremix.info)

JOHANNESBURG, 25 November 2009 (IRIN) - Two near misses by huge storms rolling in from the Indian Ocean have signalled an early start to Madagascar's cyclone season, prompting the humanitarian community to appeal for "urgent" preparedness funding. Meteorologists forecast that four to five intense cyclones could strike Madagascar during the 2009/10 season. (IRIN)

NAIROBI, 25 November 2009 (IRIN) - The Kenyan government has launched an ambitious HIV campaign to test at least one million people across the country over a three-week period. (IRIN)

BUJUMBURA, 25 November 2009 (IRIN) - One of the guards of a provincial governor in Burundi seriously beat up a man in early November over a dispute involving a bicycle. The man died after a few days in hospital. The case received wide media coverage in Burundi, with human rights organizations condemning the incident and calling for legal action to be taken against the perpetrator. (IRIN)

DAKAR, 25 November 2009 (IRIN) - It would take US$8.8 billion annually over several years to halve the number of malnourished children worldwide, currently at some 178 million, says Save the Children in a new eight-point action plan. (IRIN)

Africa should have a research fund to accelerate development- Effah (webremix.info)

The Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) and the New Partnership for Africa Development (NEOAD) are partnering to boost agricultural development in Africa. (webremix.info)

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) -- Over 50 delegates from across the region are expected to converge in Barbados for the Caribbean Sub-regional Meeting on Tobacco Surveillance and Policy Development, slated for November 16 to 20. Health Minister, Donville Inniss, will deliver the feature address. (webremix.info)

The Curacao-based Foundation Youth Into Media is responsible for the sustainable development of a youth news program - Caribbean Kids News - on television and the internet for the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba. (webremix.info)

Africa must adopt best practices to enhance development (webremix.info)

JOHANNESBURG, 24 November 2009 (IRIN) - The rate of new HIV infections worldwide has declined by 17 percent in the past eight years and prevention efforts can take some of the credit, according to the annual UNAIDS update on the epidemic released on 24 November. (IRIN)

ADDIS ABABA, 24 November 2009 (IRIN) - The Ethiopian government has vehemently rejected accusations that it has excluded some opposition supporters from a food-for-work programme, charges that are the focus of growing international concern in the run-up to elections in 2010. (IRIN)

EMUHAYA, 24 November 2009 (IRIN) - Fifteen years ago, Dan On'gayi was the first person in the western Kenyan village of Emuhaya to go public with his HIV status; at the time, the reaction from his community was so vitriolic he considered taking his own life. (IRIN)

JUBA, 24 November 2009 (IRIN) - Suspected Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) fighters have attacked Nzara region of Southern Sudan at least three times this month, forcing civilians to flee their homes, local officials said. (IRIN)

DURBAN, 24 November 2009 (IRIN) - During school hours the pupils of Claireville Primary in the port city of Durban are spared the jibes and taunts of not being South African nationals, but the welcome ends when they leave the grounds. (IRIN)

NAIROBI, 24 November 2009 (IRIN) - Somalia's Islamist Al-Shabab militia group has taken control of the southern town of Afmadow, 620km south of the capital Mogadishu, causing hundreds of families to flee in fear of violence. (IRIN)

DAKAR, 24 November 2009 (IRIN) - Some 1.6 million children throughout Guinea are receiving vaccinations, nutritional supplements and mosquito nets in a bid by UNICEF and the Health Ministry to shore up children's health, which experts say has been hit hard by unrest in recent years. (IRIN)

The South African government has urged the Korean government to quadruple its development aid to Africa. (webremix.info)

South Korea currently provides some US$100 million in development assistance to African nations, which accounts for over 18 percent of Korea's official development assistance. Speaking at a summit ... (webremix.info)

The package is destined to boost the development of football on the continent. (webremix.info)

The World Bank and the Africa Development Bank have agreed to support efforts at climate change adaptation by Nigeria and South Africa with the sum of $200m. (webremix.info)