November 29

• Turning Remittances Into National Profits in LDCS

  IPS

  Remittances to the world's poorest countries reached a record 27 billions dollars in 2011, according to a report released Monday by the United Nations Conference on Trade and... Read more »

• UN Relief Agencies Working 'Around the Clock' to Assist Displaced in DR Congo

  UN News

  Humanitarian agencies and their partners are working "around the clock" to provide basic services such as water, food and shelter to more than 140,000 people displaced by the... Read more »

• Urgent Needs in Goma and Surrounding Area

  ICRC

  Now that the front lines have shifted to the west of the city of Goma, in North Kivu province, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Red Cross Society of the... Read more »

• UNHCR and Partners Step Up Congo Aid Efforts Amid Uncertainty [press release]

  UNHCR

  Amid continuing political uncertainty in the eastern Congo, UNHCR and its partners have been stepping up efforts to assist tens of thousands of displaced people. Read more »

• Somali Border Police Get Land Cruisers

  The Star

  The police yesterday received 17 vehicles to boost security in refugee camps and along the border the Kenya-Somalia border. The United Nations High Commission for Refugees country... Read more »

• Kibaki Bids Tanzanians Farewell

  Daily News

  KENYAN President Mwai Kibaki has bid farewell to Tanzanians yesterday as he inaugurated the head offices of the East African Community in the city of Arusha. Read more »

• Sh290 Million Grant to Ease Trade Processes

  Capital FM

  The Kenyan government and the Investment Climate Facility for Africa (ICF) have signed a grant agreement for Sh296,744,000 that will support the Kenya Trade Network Agency... Read more »

• Zimdef Spends U.S.$50 Million On Training Apprentices

  The Herald

  THE Zimbabwe Manpower Development Fund has over the past 18 months spent US$50 million on training apprentices and workers in formal employment, Zimdef chief executive Mr Frederick... Read more »

• Peace Corps to Commemorate World Aids Day 2012 [document]

  State Department

  Peace Corps volunteers and staff will join communities worldwide in commemorating World AIDS Day 2012 on December 1. Nearly 40 percent of Peace Corps volunteers conduct HIV-related... Read more »

• MCC Has Set the Standard for Development, Clinton Says [press release]

  State Department

  The U.S. Millennium Challenge Corporation has set evaluation and accountability standards for international development assistance that inform aid officials about which approaches... Read more »

• Winter Approaching - Displaced Across Darfur Face Critical Conditions

  Radio Dabanga

  Camp representatives and activists from across Darfur have asked the authorities and humanitarian organizations to provide blankets, mattresses and covers for the camps, as the... Read more »

• TPA Receives New Fleet of Mobile Cranes

  Daily News

  THE Port of Dar es Salaam has received four new state-of-the-art mobile cranes 'Gottwald' from Germany expecting to improve the day to day operations. Read more »

November 28

• Netherlands to Help 37 Hospitals

  Daily News

  THE Netherlands will donate modern diagnostic equipment to 37 hospitals in the country in a move that will also see the improvement of maternal health services. Read more »

• Sh42.5 Million Project to Boost TB Treatment

  The Star

  The Public Health ministry yesterday launched a new $500,000 (Sh42.5 million) management programme to enhance the treatment of Tuberculosis. The TIBU programme management system... Read more »

• Blind HIV-Positive Nyakato Will Have a House for Christmas

  New Vision

  Joan Nyakato, the blind and HIV-positive mother of four, whose family lives in a hut about to collapse in the faraway Kisindizi village of Masindi district, will have a safe brick... Read more »

• MCC Helps Brighten Prospects for Indigenous Group in Namibia

  State Department

  The U.S. Millennium Challenge Corporation is making prospects brighter for an indigenous minority group in Namibia, the Hai//om San. Read more »

• Volunteer Promotes Special Needs Awareness in Ghana

  State Department

  Peace Corps volunteer Janette Ambauen is confronting the stigma of children living with disabilities in and around her Ghanaian community. Read more »

• Linda Lauches Campaign to Help Pupils With Fees

  New Era

  Teenage singer, songwriter and awards winner at this year's Namibia Annual Music Award (NAMAs), Linda Pendukeni Simasiku, has launched her campaign called "Help a Child, Pay School... Read more »

• Post Flooding - When Flood Victims Return Home Hungry and Homeless

  Vanguard

  Assistance from Salvation Army: When the government announced its phased closure of relief camps penultimate week, it also demonstrated that its planned post-flooding assistance to... Read more »

• Akunyili Says FG Did Not Neglect Bauchi Flood Victims

  Leadership

  Prof Dora Akunyili, Chairman, North-East Presidential sub-Committee on Flood and Rehabilitation, said on Tuesday that the Federal Government did not neglect the victims of flood... Read more »

• Makueni Gets Sh1.11 Billion for County Govt

  The Star

  The Makueni County Council will benefit from 10 million Euros (Sh1.11 billion) set aside by the European Union to develop their social and economic structures when the devolved... Read more »

• Now Angry MPs Move On Amama, Two Ministers

  Observer

  MPs from northern Uganda have decided to put the blame regarding the abuse of donor funds in the Office of the Prime Minister at the feet of the political leadership. Read more »

• Market Women Appeal for Govt Support

  NEWS

  The Acting Superintendent and Table Director of the Old Road Joe Bar Market, Julia Barney has called on the Liberian government to quickly intervene in renovating the unfinished... Read more »

• YMCA Mute On George Bush's One Million Book Donation

  NEWS

  The Young Men Christian Association (YMCA) of Liberia says it is not authorized to disclose information regarding the donation of one million textbooks by former United States... Read more »

• Reaching Out to Humanitarian Professionals [press release]

  ICRC

  With the changing nature of armed conflicts the work humanitarian professionals is becoming more and more complex. For this reason, humanitarian professionals must use a variety of... Read more »