August 02

• Bar-Codes Speed Up Distribution of Food in Refugee Camps [press release]

  UNHCR

  Bar code technology more commonly seen in supermarkets is enabling the UN refugee agency to greatly improve the speed at which monthly rations of food and relief items are... Read more »

• Escalating DRC Conflict Pushes Humanitarian Situation to Crisis Levels [press release]

  Christian Aid

  Despite intermittent peace talks in neighbouring Uganda, the conflict between the DRC national army (FARDC) and the M23 rebel group continues on the ground in eastern DRC. Read more »

• As WIMSAL Protests Against Girls' Injustice

  Concord

  Sierra Leone's Attorney General and Minister of Justice has assured the women of Sierra Leone of robust measures to address the spate of rape and other sexual offences in the... Read more »

• The Corruption in Anti-Corruption Watch

  Vanguard

  The world over, Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs) are agencies, organizations or social movements that open up the liberal political space, engender equalization of... Read more »

• Ghana Coalition of Civil Society Organisations for Scaling Up Nutrition Launched in Accra [press release]

  Ghana Govt.

  The Co-chairman of the Ghana Parliamentarians Against Hunger and Malnutrition Caucus, Hon. Kwabena Appiah Pinkrah, has pledged to work through legislation and advocacy to... Read more »

• NGO Seeks to Transform Tarime Youths' Lives

  Daily News

  TANZANIA Youth Alliance for Development and Cooperation (TYADCO) has selected Tarime as its first beneficiary district in Mara Region. Read more »

• Governor Tells NGOs to Stop Duplication of Projects

  The Star

  WEST Pokot Governor Simon Kachapin yesterday asked non governmental organizations in the county to utilise their resources well and avoid duplication of projects. Read more »

• Group to Aid Poor Farmers

  The Star

  A Bungoma based group that started as an initiative of the social media is set to launch a drive to help give farmers inputs to small scale farmers in the region this weekend. Read more »

• Introduction of Life-Saving Pneumococcal Vaccine Targets 1.3 Million Infants [press release]

  GAVI

  Sudanese children have begun receiving pneumococcal vaccine that will protect them from a leading cause of pneumonia, the biggest killer of children under five in low income... Read more »

• Observations On the Concept Note Development Process in Zimbabwe [press release]

  GFO

  The country coordinating mechanism (CCM) and the Ministry of Health and Child Welfare in Zimbabwe have released a report describing the country's experience submitting a concept... Read more »

• Results Vindicate Freedom House Survey

  Zimbabwe Independent

  EMERGING results from Wednesday's general elections seem to vindicate the Freedom House survey findings last year that Zanu PF was recovering electoral ground while the MDC-T... Read more »

• Foundation Seeks Donors to Help Save Baby

  Leadership

  An Abuja-based charity organisation, Dependable Basic Child Foundation, has appealed to good-spirited Nigerians to quickly come to the aid of a dying baby, Master Abdullahi... Read more »

August 01

• Aid Worker Job Specs in the Network Age [analysis]

  IRIN

  The evolving humanitarian field, with multiple new actors, an ongoing IT-led information explosion, and a growing focus on accountability and coordination is reshaping the role of... Read more »

• Row Erupts After Mugabe Party Claims Election Win

  allAfrica

  Zimbabwe's most credible civil society election monitors have raised serious questions about the credibility of the country's polls, as President Robert Mugabe's party claimed on... Read more »

• ICC Watchers Should Stay Tuned to Kenyan Court [press release]

  HRW

  People interested in the upcoming International Criminal Court trial of Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta should keep their eyes on developments before a Nairobi court. Read more »

• Medical Needs Urgent for 100,000 People As Violence Continues in Jonglei [press release]

  MSF

  An estimated 100,000 people still have dangerously inadequate access to emergency medical care, almost three weeks after the latest mass movement into the bush to escape violence... Read more »

• MSF Treats Wounded in Tissi After Renewed Clashes in Darfur [press release]

  MSF

  Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is responding to a fresh wave of violence that has broken out in some areas of Sudan's Darfur region along the border with Chad. Read more »

• How Breastfeeding Helps Save Lives [press release]

  IFRC

  Today sees the start of World Breastfeeding Week, a time to promote the benefits of breastfeeding for both mothers and children. Breastfeeding provides the safest and most... Read more »

• Major Flaws in Zimbabwe's Elections [press release]

  HRW

  Zimbabweans are waiting for official results from yesterday’s presidential elections but President Robert Mugabe’s ruling ZANU-PF party seems confident of victory. Read more »

• Inadequate Funding Paralyzes Nsanje Macoha

  Malawi News Agency

  Inadequate funding is said to be paralyzing the operations of the Malawi Council for the Handicapped (MACOHA) in Nsanje. Nsanje MACOHA Rehabilitation Technician, Fred Mazoko... Read more »

• GOL Urged to Abolish Corporal Punishment

  Heritage

  The Executive Director of Defense for Children International-Liberia (DCI-Liberia), a child rights organization operating here, has urged the Government of Liberia (GoL) to abolish... Read more »

• Respect Right to Protest, Protect Right to Life [press release]

  HRW

  Egypt's civilian government should order a halt to any immediate plans to disperse the two Muslim Brotherhood sit-ins in Cairo by force and deal peacefully with any problems... Read more »

• ENWVA Secures Material Support From Members in Germany

  Shabait

  The Eritrean National War-disabled Veterans Association (ENWVA) has secured material support from members in Germany. Read more »

• International Solidarity Protests Against Anglo American and Vedanta Plc [press release]

  Earthlife

  On the 1st of August 2013, activists protested Vedanta Plc's unholy alliance with Anglo American Thermal Coal in both Johannesburg and London. Read more »

• 4 000 Govt Positions Under Scrutiny

  Namibian

  POSITIONS of about 4 000 civil servants were found to have been faulty and are currently being re-evaluated, says Secretary to Cabinet Frans Kapofi. Read more »