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CENTRAL AND EASTERN AFRICA
IRIN-CEA Weekly Round-Up 447
6 - 12 September 2008


CONTENTS:

DRC: Many thousands on the move again amid Kivu clashes
CONGO: Government urged to curb domestic petrol storage
TANZANIA: Cholera kills four in northern districts
KENYA: Acute diarrhoea kills seven, 94 affected
KENYA: Separated children eking a living in Rift Valley town

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[Full report: http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=80310]


DRC: Many thousands on the move again amid Kivu clashes

Thousands of civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's North
Kivu province, many of them repeatedly displaced have been forced to
flee again amid heavy clashes between government forces and troops loyal
to renegade Gen Laurent Nkunda a medical charity has said.

"Everyone in the villages of Katsiro, Kasoko and Nyanzale have fled
north. In the space of three days, the 250,000 displaced people who
lived in camps on the road between Katsiro and Butare have left, as have
the villagers in this area," Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), said on its
website.

[Full report: http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=80303]


CONGO: Government urged to curb domestic petrol storage

Although there are plenty of petrol stations in the capital of the
Republic of Congo, a growing number of Brazzaville residents are selling
fuel from stocks kept at home.

"This is an increasing problem and should be forcefully denounced
because it frequently causes damage and human casualties," said
Dieudonne Moussala, the head of the Congolese Consumers' Association
(ACC).

Since the start of 2008, the ACC has recorded at least 10 accidents in
Brazzaville involving domestic fuel stores. In some cases lives were
lost.

[Full report: http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=80245]


TANZANIA: Cholera kills four in northern districts

Four people have died of cholera and dozens were admitted to health
centres in the northern Tanzanian region of Mara, according to health
officials.

Mara Regional Medical Officer Stephen Kebwe said four patients died in
the first week of September in Tarime district, which borders Kenya. At
least 16 patients were still admitted at health centers in the two
districts until Wednesday morning, Kebwe said.

[Full report: http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=80274]


KENYA: Acute diarrhea kills seven, 94 affected

At least seven people have died and 94 been affected following an
outbreak of acute watery diarrhoea (AWD) in the neighbouring districts
of Bungoma West, Mt. Elgon and Teso in the Western Province of Kenya, a
senior health official said.

"A sample taken from one of the affected people in Teso tested positive
for cholera," Shahnaaz Sharif, the senior deputy director of medical
services, said. The outbreak has been attributed to the contamination of
the Malakisi River which provides water for residents in the three
districts.

[Full report: http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=79799]


KENYA: Separated children eking a living in Rift Valley town

Months after the Kenyan government began resettling hundreds of
thousands of people displaced during clashes that followed the December
elections, hundreds of children are living without their parents in
harsh conditions in Rift Valley province.

"At least 1,123 children have been separated from their parents in
Molo," said Irene Mureithi, executive director of the Child Welfare
Society of Kenya (CWSK), a charitable organization, protecting and
promoting children's rights. At least 490 boys and 633 girls, mainly
younger than 12, live in rented rooms in the slum areas of the town,
160km north west of the Capital Nairobi.

[Full report:
http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=80267]


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