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      Sunday 12 February RNW - NEWS, ANALYSIS AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION IN 10 LANGUAGES, WORLDWIDE 24/7 ON RADIO, TV AND ONLINE
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      Rwandan children stand in their house in Rugenge, a poor quarter of Kigali in 2005. The proportion of Rwanda's population living in poverty dropped from 57 percent in 2006 to 45 percent in 2011, according to data released Tuesday.
      Bulletin: Rwanda says slashed poverty rate in five years

      Bulletin: Rwanda says slashed poverty rate in five years

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      A former soldier in the Portuguese colonial army in Mozambique looks at fellow veteran Paulo Salazar's military identity documents outside the Portuguese embassy. Salazar served on a Portuguese warship during Mozambique's long liberation war, leaving him stranded on the wrong side of history.
      Bulletin: Former colonial soldiers in Mozambique hope for pensions

      Bulletin: Former colonial soldiers in Mozambique hope for pensions

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      A man from Niger is pictured in his ravaged field due in 2011. More than five million people are going hungry in Niger, the impoverished west African country's premier said Wednesday.
      Bulletin: More than 5 mln going hungry in Niger: PM

      Bulletin: More than 5 mln going hungry in Niger: PM

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      Somali women displaced from southern Somalia by famine sit at an IDP (internally displaced persons) camp, as they wait to receive tarpaulin with which to construct makeshif shelters in the Somalia capital Mogadishu, August 2011. US Somalis said Friday that a Minnesota bank group's decision to cut off their money transfer business would have a devastating impact on people in the African country.
      Bulletin: US Somalis say transfer cutoffs will devastate country

      Bulletin: US Somalis say transfer cutoffs will devastate country

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      A German factory employing up to 300 workers opened in Namibia in February 2011. Namibia's urban population is growing while poverty and inequality have become less glaring, new statistics showed Friday.
      Bulletin: Poverty in Namibia declines as urban population grows

      Bulletin: Poverty in Namibia declines as urban population grows

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      Villagers from Western Niger flee toward the capital city in October 2011. Almost six million people living in more than half of Niger's villages are facing a food and nutrition crisis, the UN warned on Friday.
      Bulletin: Half of Niger villages face food shortage, UN says

      Bulletin: Half of Niger villages face food shortage, UN says

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      The bull's carcass rots in the northern part of Niger. Around a million people in Niger will need urgent food aid next year if the country's drought persists, the World Food Programme has warned.
      Bulletin: Niger's drought threatens one million: UN agency

      Bulletin: Niger's drought threatens one million: UN agency

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      When Sylvester Barasa, whose legs have been withered by polio, is not begging at the side of a highway in the Kenyan capital he is part of a contemporary dance troupe.
      Bulletin: Part-time Kenyan beggar, part-time dancer

      Bulletin: Part-time Kenyan beggar, part-time dancer

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      French football legend Zinedine Zidane, a United Nations goodwill ambassador, will visit Mali this week to draw attention to the nation's efforts to fight poverty, the UN said.
      Bulletin: Ex-footballer Zidane to spotlight poverty in Mali

      Bulletin: Ex-footballer Zidane to spotlight poverty in Mali

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      Burkina Faso Prime Minister Luc Adolphe Tiao called on foreign mining companies active in the country to do more to help alleviate poverty hitting 42 percent of the 16 million population.
      Bulletin: Ougadougou urges mining firms to help beat poverty

      Bulletin: Ougadougou urges mining firms to help beat poverty

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