February 10
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Ravaged By Drought - the Number of Malnourished Children Rises
IPS
Mariem Mint Ahmedou sits cross-legged on a worn-out carpet in a basic tent built with mud bricks and layers of sewn-together fabric. Her eight-month-old twins, Hussein and Hassan,... Read more »
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Dutch Funds for Phd Students Gone Missing
RNW Africa
"We have a problem in Uganda": the Dutch government may have been the victim of an extensive fraud case in Kampala. Grant money meant to support 20 Ugandan PhD students has... Read more »
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UNHCR Aid to Countries Receiving People Fleeing Clashes in Northern Mali [press release]
UNHCR
UNHCR is stepping up its response to the Mali crisis with aid shipments by air and road to neighbouring countries for thousands of people fleeing clashes between Tuareg rebels and... Read more »
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UNHCR Steps Up Emergency Response to Crisis [press release]
UNHCR
The UN refugee agency on Friday stepped up its response to the growing displacement crisis in Mali, launching an aid airlift with a flight to Nema in Mauritania carrying 300 tents.... Read more »
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The Back Story to Cida-Mining Partnerships [analysis]
Fahamu
Mining companies' branding of themselves as bringers of development needs to be critically examined against the burgeoning 'resource curse' literature that links mining to... Read more »
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The London Conference - An Act of False Generosity? [opinion]
Fahamu
On 23 February senior representatives from over 40 governments and multi-lateral organisations will come together in London. The aim is to deliver a new international approach to... Read more »
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U.S. Threats to Cut Assistance are 'Unacceptable'
Egypt Online
The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) said Egypt won't succumb to hegemony by any country, adding Egypt's international relations with the United States or any other... Read more »
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UNHCR Aid to Countries Receiving People Fleeing Clashes in North [press release]
UNHCR
UNHCR is stepping up its response to the Mali crisis with aid shipments by air and road to neighbouring countries for thousands of people fleeing clashes between Tuareg rebels and... Read more »
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Israel to Donate Ambulances to Country
New Vision
ISRAEL has offered to donate ambulances to health centres countrywide as their contribution towards improving the health sector in Uganda. Read more »
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Bulambuli Landslide Victims Recieve Aid
New Vision
THE last batch of over 500 victims of the 2011 landslides and floods victims in the eastern district of Bulambuli have received household items from Uganda Red Cross Society. Read more »
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Caritas Supports Over 246 Orphans
New Vision
CARITAS United States (US) a religious Charity organization has supported over 246 orphaned children in Nkokonjeru, Buikwe district. Read more »
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Acid Victim Seeks Help for Medical Bill in South Africa
New Vision
LYING in pain at Mulago hospital, her eyes are cannot see. The brutal acid attack on her last December is visibly vivid. Read more »
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Mrs Kagame Donates to Ugandan Cultural Centre
New Times
First Lady Jeanette Kagame yesterday donated US$10, 000 to Igongo Cultural Centre, the first private museum in Uganda, to facilitate the promotion of culture. Read more »
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ICRC Closes Office in Impfondo [press release]
ICRC
The office of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Impfondo, in the department of Likouala in the north-east of the Republic of the Congo, has just closed its... Read more »
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UNHCR Seeks U.S.$145 Million to Help Tens of Thousands of Refugees [press release]
UNHCR
The UN refugee agency on Friday called on donor nations for an additional US$145 million to fund its emergency aid operation for tens of thousands of civilians fleeing fighting in... Read more »
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Daily Trust
The acting Inspector-General of Police Mohammed Dahiru Abubakar yesterday visited top military officers at the defence headquarters Abuja asking for their support in fighting... Read more »
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Jaliba Kuyateh Donates to AFPRC Hospital
Daily Observer
Jaliba Kuyateh, a renowned Gambian musician, who is also Unicef's Goodwill ambassador, on behalf of the Kombo Sillah Gambia Association based in the United Kingdom and one Saihou... Read more »
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Scottish Rotarians Visit Arusha, Support
Arusha Times
A party of 14 Rotarians and their supporters from Kirkcaldy in Scotland have been in Arusha for the past two weeks delivering humanitarian support in partnership with Rotarians in... Read more »
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Chevron Delivers Food Materials to Shoreline Communities
Daily Champion
Leading oil conglomerate, Chevron Nigeria Limited has completed the delivery of essential food items and life support materials to spill-impacted shoreline communities in Bayelsa... Read more »
February 9
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Oxfam Calls On EU Not to Shut Down 'Pharmacy of the Developing World' [press release]
Oxfam
On the eve of a high-level summit between the leaders of India and the European Union in Delhi, Oxfam is calling on the EU not to pressure India into agreeing new trade rules that... Read more »
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New Twist to Cancer Patient's Appear
New Era
Thirteen-year-old Jade Abrahams who has a cancerous tumour is still in need of financial assistance for an operation despite recent claims by her mother who is divorced from her... Read more »
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"What I am Seeing is Devastating" - 50 Cent
UN News
The rap star Curtis Jackson, known as 50 Cent, was able to see first-hand the food crisis in the Horn of Africa region during a field visit to Somalia and Kenya this week that was... Read more »
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Gates Foundation Invests in Tuberculosis Research [press release]
Gates Foundation
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced $7.7 million in funding for 10 new grants to identify biomarkers for diagnosing tuberculosis (TB) in low-resource settings. Read more »
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Govt Needs More Funds to Demine Cahora Bassa Area
AIM
The Mozambican government is working with donors in an attempt to secure additional resources that will allow the area around the Cahora Bassa dam in Tete province to be cleared of... Read more »
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Japan Embassy Supports Offinso North District
Ghanaian Chronicle
The Government of Japan, under the Japan Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGHSP) scheme, has made available US$109,542 to the Offinso North District... Read more »
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