Tag: niger
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After Boko Haram, Nigerians return home to perilous northeast – U.N
By Matthew Ponsford LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Hundreds of Nigerians who fled Boko Haram in northeast Borno State have returned to devastated towns and villages in recent days after the army seized back the militant group's last remaining strongholds, said the United Nations. Families will return to find their homes and farmland destroyed, basic…
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Mexico joins Philippines, Brazil with dengue vaccine
While the world awaits a Zika vaccine, the first ever injection against dengue fever is spreading, with Mexico becoming next week the latest country where people can get the shot. French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi is presenting its Dengvaxia vaccine to doctors at an event in eastern Mexico on Saturday, while people aged nine to 45…
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Syrian refugee crisis is changing women’s roles: aid agency
By Emma Batha LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The Syrian refugee crisis is changing women’s traditional roles with increasing numbers becoming heads of households and the main breadwinners, an international aid agency said on Saturday ahead of a global refugee summit. Most women view the changes negatively with many feeling far more vulnerable to violence,…
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Widen fight against Boko Haram to tackle climate change, migration: U.N.
By Tom Miles GENEVA (Reuters) – The four countries fighting the Boko Haram insurgency in West Africa's Lake Chad region should unite behind a broader strategy to ease the poverty and climate change that are spurring millions to migrate to Europe, a U.N. official said on Monday. Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon have joined forces…
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Taco Bell to switch to cage-free eggs after 2016, ahead of rivals
By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Taco Bell said on Monday its more than 6,000 U.S. fast-food restaurants would stop using eggs laid by caged hens by Jan. 1, 2017, years ahead of the deadlines set by its bigger rivals. The announcement came amid mounting pressure on Taco Bell to remove artificial ingredients, to…
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Philadelphia police investigate infant corpses found near lot
Passersby spotted the deceased baby boy and girl in a patch of grass near a used-car dealership on Sunday and alerted police, the Philadelphia Police Department said in a statement. The examination also found that the bodies had been medical specimens and were used in some medical capacity at an unknown location, city Health Commissioner…