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South Sudan defends law that aid agencies say could be "catastrophic" – TRFN

By Magdalena Mis LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – South Sudan has defended a law limiting the number of foreign aid workers that can work in the country despite concerns from relief groups that the move could have “potentially catastrophic effects” for the millions of people who need help. The law, which is awaiting President Salva Kiir’s signature after being passed on Tuesday, requires non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to limit foreign employees,

Meningitis cases triple in two weeks in Niger, more than 400 dead -WHO

By Tom Miles GENEVA (Reuters) – An outbreak of meningitis with “unprecedented features” is spreading rapidly in Niger, with a tripling of cases in the past two weeks, hundreds of deaths so far this year and vaccines in short supply, the World Health Organization said on Friday. Vaccines against this form of the disease were in short supply and the outbreak was of particular concern because it was affecting more