Your daily selection of IRIN Africa English reports, 1/15/2015

	humanitarian news and analysis

Table of contents 1. Nigerian lives matter - the Baga controversy 2. IRIN's Top Picks – Cost of War, Haiti and the fear of indicators 3. Cows and conflict: South Sudan's "slow motion" livestock crisis Nigerian lives matter - the Baga controversy NAIROBI, 15 January 2015 (IRIN) - Two thousand killed or 150? Controversy surrounds the death toll in the northern Nigerian town of Baga following an attack in early January by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram. Read report online

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IRIN's Top Picks – Cost of War, Haiti and the fear of indicators

DUBAI, 15 January 2015 (IRIN) - Our top picks from the humanitarian world this week, as selected by our network of specialist reporters.
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Cows and conflict: South Sudan's "slow motion" livestock crisis

KAMPALA, 15 January 2015 (IRIN) - On top of thousands of human casualties, South Sudan's civil war has had a major impact on the movement and health of vast numbers of livestock, in a way that has sparked fresh violence and threatens the country's social, political and economic fabric.
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