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GLOBAL: G20 "must stand by aid pledges"
Wed, 11/19/2008 - 15:09NEW YORK Tuesday, November 11, 2008 (IRIN) - Leaders of the top 20 industrial and big emerging-market countries will be asked to reaffirm their commitments to development assistance at the emergency summit on 15 November convened by President George W Bush to address the global financial crisis.
GLOBAL: New “business model” for humanitarian aid – top UN official
Wed, 11/19/2008 - 15:09DUBAI Monday, November 10, 2008 (IRIN) - John Holmes, UN under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator, has been in Dubai attending the inaugural Summit on the Global Agenda held by the Geneva-based World Economic Forum (WEF) in partnership with the government of Dubai (7-9 November).
DRC: What will stop the fighting?
Wed, 11/19/2008 - 15:09JOHANNESBURG Monday, November 10, 2008 (IRIN) - A pledge by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to complement UN peacekeeping forces in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) with SADC soldiers does not take account of the regional body's limited military capacity, a military analyst told IRIN.
BURUNDI: One word blocking peace process
Wed, 11/19/2008 - 15:09BUJUMBURA Friday, November 07, 2008 (IRIN) - An attempt by regional mediators to revive the peace process between the government and the rebel Forces nationales de libération hit a snag on 6 November after the rebels rejected a name-change proposal.
DRC: At least 20 civilians killed in North Kivu clashes
Wed, 11/19/2008 - 15:09KINSHASA Friday, November 07, 2008 (IRIN) - Tens of civilians were killed and many more wounded during fighting between rebels of the Congrès national pour la défense du people (CNDP) led by renegade general, Laurent Nkunda, and a coalition of regular army and Mai Mai militias in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), UN sources and human rights activists said.
CONGO: Heavy rains cause havoc, raise fears of disease outbreaks
Wed, 11/19/2008 - 15:09BRAZZAVILLE Friday, November 07, 2008 (IRIN) - Days of torrential rain have caused severe damage to the capital of the Republic of Congo and given rise to fears of water-borne disease.
GREAT LAKES: Trying not to repeat history
Wed, 11/19/2008 - 15:09JOHANNESBURG Friday, November 07, 2008 (IRIN) - The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is on the brink of slipping back into the kind of devastating international war that raged from 1998 to 2003, according to one of the architects of the Great Lakes peace accords.
DRC: Tens of thousands displaced in renewed fighting in North Kivu
Wed, 11/19/2008 - 15:09KINSHASA Thursday, November 06, 2008 (IRIN) - Tens of thousands of internally displaced people (IDPs) fled fresh fighting on 6 November between the army and fighters loyal to renegade general, Laurent Nkunda, in two areas of North Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), just as aid workers had started distributing relief aid, UN sources told IRIN.
DRC: Aid workers evacuated as LRA attacks resume
Wed, 11/19/2008 - 15:09BUNIA Thursday, November 06, 2008 (IRIN) - Aid workers have been evacuated after attacks by the Ugandan rebel Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in the north-eastern territory of Dungu, near the Sudan border, which have caused thousands of civilians to flee since September.
BURUNDI: State cracks down on opposition
Wed, 11/19/2008 - 15:09NAIROBI Wednesday, November 05, 2008 (IRIN) - The arrest and detention of Burundian journalist and opposition leader Alexis Sinduhije and a stalemate in the peace process between the ruling party and the rebel Forces nationales de libération (FNL) signal a possible return to instability, rights activists have warned.
DRC: Aid workers evacuated as militia fighting continues
Wed, 11/19/2008 - 15:09KINSHASA Wednesday, November 05, 2008 (IRIN) - Fifteen aid workers have been evacuated from the eastern province of North Kivu after fighting resumed between a rebel group and local militias - despite the declaration of a ceasefire by one of the groups last week.
DRC: Children most vulnerable as thousands need urgent aid
Wed, 11/19/2008 - 15:09KINSHASA Tuesday, November 04, 2008 (IRIN) - Hundreds of children are fending for themselves after being separated from their families in fighting between the army and rebels in the eastern province of North Kivu, aid workers have said.
GLOBAL: Falling foul of the Fund
Mon, 11/17/2008 - 20:23NAIROBI Tuesday, November 04, 2008 (IRIN) - The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria was formed in 2001 for the purpose of setting up an innovative approach to providing finance to combat the three diseases that kill more than six million people worldwide every year.
RWANDA: Aggressive campaign to protect mums and babies
Mon, 11/17/2008 - 20:23KIGALI Monday, November 03, 2008 (IRIN) - While neighbouring countries struggle to get pregnant women to visit antenatal centres, women in Rwanda seem to be flocking to them.
DRC-UGANDA: Facilities overwhelmed as refugees stream to border
Mon, 11/17/2008 - 20:23KAMPALA Friday, October 31, 2008 (IRIN) - Food, water, health and sanitation facilities at several villages on the Uganda-Democratic Republic of Congo border are overstretched as civilians continue to pour into Uganda, the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, said on 31 October.
DRC: Government troops "on the rampage"
Mon, 11/17/2008 - 20:23GISENYI, RWANDA Thursday, October 30, 2008 (IRIN) - Government troops went on the rampage overnight in Goma, according to witnesses in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) town, which renegade general Laurent Nkunda has threatened to overrun.
DRC: Many aid agencies quit Goma
Wed, 11/12/2008 - 22:33GISENYI, RWANDA Thursday, October 30, 2008 (IRIN) - Several aid agencies have evacuated their staff from the eastern town of Goma, where an uneasy calm prevailed on 30 October after days of fierce fighting between government troops and those loyal to renegade army commander Laurent Nkunda.
CONGO: Bibouti - “I work non-stop but never see my salary”
Wed, 11/12/2008 - 22:33BRAZZAVILLE Wednesday, October 29, 2008 (IRIN) - Congolese authorities may have good reason to keep a wary eye on events in Niger, where an international court this week found the government guilty of failing to protect its citizens from slavery.
GLOBAL: UN chief calls for protection of migrants amid financial crisis
Wed, 11/12/2008 - 22:33MANILA Wednesday, October 29, 2008 (IRIN) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on countries battered by the financial crisis to keep their doors open to foreign workers, stressing that migration could be used to help lift them out of economic gloom.
DRC: Instability increasing in Orientale province
Wed, 11/12/2008 - 22:33BUNIA Wednesday, October 29, 2008 (IRIN) - Airplanes may be needed to help some 6,000 people displaced during attacks by Ugandan rebels in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) who are not accessible by humanitarian agencies, officials said.
