Month: November 2016

Chad pastoralist made to sit on floor now stands for her community

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By Fabiola Ortiz MARRAKESH, Morocco (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – When Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, a member of Chad’s Mbororo pastoralists, first went to talk to the men of her community about climate change, she found herself sitting on the floor. “Being an indigenous woman in Africa is a double marginalisation,” she told the Thomson Reuters Foundation on the sidelines of the U.N. climate talks in Morocco, which finished last weekend. Such opportunities are rare for girls in the culture of the Mbororo, a group of pastoralists living in the Sahel across Chad, Cameroon, Niger, Nigeria and the Central African Republic, she said.
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Suicide bomber kills dozens at Shi’ite mosque in Kabul

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Afghan policemen arrive in front of a mosque where an explosion happened in Kabul, AfghanistanBy Mirwais Harooni KABUL (Reuters) – A suicide bomber killed more than 30 people and wounded dozens on Monday in an explosion at a crowded Shi'ite mosque in the Afghan capital Kabul, officials said, the third major attack on minority Shi&039;ites in the city since July. The attacker entered the Baqir-ul-Olum mosque shortly after midday as worshippers gathered for Arbaeen, a Shi&039;ite ritual marking the end of a 40-day mourning period for the 7th century death of Imam Hussein, grandson of the Prophet Mohammad. Fraidoon Obaidi, chief of the Kabul police Criminal Investigation Department, said at least 27 people were killed and 35 wounded.

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Myanmar health authorities struggle to prepare for Zika outbreak

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Worker fumigates along a street in Yangon, MyanmarBy Shwe Yee Saw Myint YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar is largely unprepared for an outbreak of Zika, experts say, with the health ministry slashing anti-virus measures due to lack of funds, overworked doctors skipping check-ups and pregnant women saying they are in the dark about the dangers. Zika has spread to some 60 countries and territories since the current outbreak was identified last year in Brazil, raising alarm over the rare birth defect microcephaly, as well as other neurological disorders it can cause in infants and adults. The World Health Organization's (WHO) Myanmar country head Dr Jorge M. Luna, warned Myanmar was likely to experience more cases of the mosquito-borne virus that has spread quickly in the region, with the number of infections doubling in Vietnam and 33 fresh cases confirmed in Thailand this week.. Myanmar detected its first Zika-infected patient more than two weeks ago, prompting pledges of increased monitoring and stepped up mosquito-prevention measures.

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