Kenya risks a polio outbreak following the influx of Somalia refugees, the World Health Organisation has said. WHO Diseases Surveillance Coordinator, Dr John Ogange, said the organisation's surveillance report on Somalia shows that Polio cases increased from 21 to 30 between May and August.

PSI seeks experienced, dynamic candidates for the position of Technical Advisor for its Mali program. The Technical Advisor will be responsible for managing PSI/Mali's behavior change communication efforts in the areas of HIV/AIDS, family planning, malaria, diarrheal disease, and female genital mutilation and providing technical assistance in social marketing.

For the Somali refugees who have been in Dadaab longest, the recent takeover of much of southern Somalia by Islamic militants has sapped any lingering hope they had of going home. They watch the new arrivals stream in - 18 000 so far this year - with the air of experience. "The people who come here now, they think they are going back to Somalia very soon, or that they'll be resettled in another country," said Qarad Ismal Sagal, 34, who has been at Dadaab for 15 years.

Anti-globalisation activists gathered in Mali on Sunday to condemn rich countries' trade and migration policies and call on G8 leaders meeting in Russia to do more to excuse Africa's crippling debt. The three-day meeting, due to conclude on Monday as Group of Eight leaders end their discussions, drew hundreds of people from non-governmental groups from across West Africa, the world's poorest region.