Cambodia's high infant and child mortality rate can be fought by improving hygiene in river communities, a resource development charity said Saturday. Lien Aid, a Singapore-based non-governmental organization, is developing a toilet that can be used in river communities where homes are constructed on floating platforms and moved seasonally. Currently, residents use the river rather than latrines, Resource Development International - Cambodia told the IRIN news agency.

Text of report by Nairobi-based on-line news service of UN regional information network IRIN on 3 September Nairobi, 3 September: A three-day protest against insecurity and attacks targeting educational institutions in Mogadishu has shut down most schools and left thousands of children out of class, locals said.

Text of report by Nairobi-based online news service of UN regional information network IRIN on 17 April Nairobi, 17 April 2008: Djibouti is to implement emergency measures to ensure food security amid soaring prices and persistent drought that have particularly hurt the poor across the Horn of Africa country, the government said.

International and local aid agencies started a vaccination effort in the Central African Republic to curb an outbreak of meningitis, a U.N. agency said.

Text of report by UN regional information network