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West Africa: 'Catastrophic Year' as Hunger Crisis Looms
UN agencies, humanitarian organizations and donors will meet in Rome to discuss how to urgently scale up assistance in the region.
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Mali: Thousands of Refugees to Be Relocated
(file photo) The UN, in coordination with regional leaders, has begun work to relocate thousands of refugees away from Mali's volatile border region.
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South Sudan: Deadline for Returnees a 'Massive Challenge'
An imposed deadline on South Sudanese living in Sudan presents a massive logistical challenge.
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Africa: Early Childhood Programs Help Children Thrive
In Africa, entrenched poverty means that 61 percent of children under the age of five years do not grow and learn to their full potential. (Photo courtesy Gates Foundation)
Sierra Leone: Long-Term Development Reforms
The long-term benefits of health, education and infrastructure have been outlined in an attempt to speed up development over the next 50 years. (Photo courtesy UN Photo/Eric Kanalstein)
Science, Technology Seen as Tools for Innovative Development
U.S. President Barack Obama has announced a package of initiatives and partnerships in Africa to tackle the challenges of the future. (Photo courtesy Official White House Photo/Pete Souza)
Mobile Applications to Help African Farmers
Software developers are creating new software for mobile phones and computers to help communities cope with the impact of global warming. (Photo courtesy Neil Thomas/IRIN)
Africa: U.S. Aid Agency to Buy Local
The distribution of food aid in Madagascar. The U.S. Agency for International Development will no longer have to "buy American". (Photo courtesy Jason McLure/IRIN)
International Aid Must Go More Local
A British Airways cargo plane loaded with aid provided by Oxfam and UNICEF for delivery to East Africa. An Oxfam report has stated that humanitarian resources need to be closer to where disasters happen. (Photo courtesy David Levene/Oxfam)
Mali: Clashes Force Thousands Into Exile
Tuareg fighters in Niger and Mali have periodically taken up arms to demand more control of the desert. Recent fighting has forced tens of thousands to flee their homes. (Photo courtesy Phuong Tran/IRIN)
Bill Gates: Aid Can Spur 'Historic Progress'
In his fourth annual letter about the work of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates covers a range of topics related to improving lives by reducing poverty. (Photo courtesy Gates Foundation)
Global Fund Faces Challenges
The Global Fund has saved millions of lives, but as it marks its 10th anniversary it finds itself the subject of questions and concern. (Photo courtesy David Poland/PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative)
East Africa: Some Relief But Aid Must Continue
Six months after the global humanitarian community swung into crisis mode, 13 million people in drought-stricken East Africa have avoided disaster but still need emergency assistance. (Photo courtesy Borja Santos Porra/RNW)
Mozambique: Food Distribution for Flood Victims
The UN World Food Programme has begun distributing rations in Mozambique, where an estimated 70,000 people are in urgent need of assistance after the country was pounded by two tropical storms. (Photo courtesy Tomas de Mul/IRIN)
Call for Multilateral Action on Sahel
The UN Security Council has called for a coordinated and inclusive approach to the problems facing the Sahel region, which include an ongoing humanitarian crisis, lack of socio-economic development, insecurity and the threat of terrorism. (Photo courtesy UN Photo/Devra Berkowitz)
Somalia: Militants Ban Red Cross Aid
Somalia's Al-Shabab insurgents have banned aid distributions by the International Committee of the Red Cross. The UN humanitarian coordinator for Somalia has said the move would reverse gains made in the country's food security. (Photo courtesy Hassan Mahamud Ahmed/IRIN)
Call for Focus on Intra-African Trade
Civil society organizations from across Africa have expressed concern that the 18th African Union Summit's central theme, "Boosting Intra- African Trade," will not receive adequate focus. (Photo courtesy Daniel Hayduck/IRIN)
South Sudan: 80,000 Need Food Aid
Deadly clashes between the Lou Nuer and Murle communities in recent weeks have displaced tens of thousands of civilians and prompted UN agencies to launch a major humanitarian operation to assist those in need. (Photo courtesy Isaac Billy)
Sahel Set to Suffer Consequences of Famine Fatigue
Yet another food crisis may have been averted by better governance, slower population growth, better farming techniques and a generally greener, friendlier Earth. (Photo courtesy Manoocher Deghati/IRIN)
U.S. Forces Rescue Aid Workers Held by Pirates
Naval units patrolling Somali waters. Recently, American Special Forces troops rescued two Western aid workers held hostage in Somalia for three months, President Barack Obama announced on Wednesday. (Photo courtesy EUNOVFOR)
Loss of Aid May Threaten Peace
An Ivoirian child receives a polio vaccination. Experts have appealed to donors for continued funding throughout 2012, adding that help for vulnerable persons is a priority. (Photo courtesy IRIN)
Sudan: Khartoum Rejects Aid Corridor
Sudan has rejected any plan for an aid "corridor" to war-torn southern states after the United States warned of a possible "horrific" famine affecting civilians in the area. (Photo courtesy Isaac Billy)
'Prepare for Further Shocks'
Economic freedom march. Developing countries should prepare for further downside risks, as Euro Area debt problems and weakening growth in several big emerging economies are dimming global growth prospects. (Photo courtesy Phillip de Wet/DailyMaverick)
Africa: Inequality Rises
A man carries a TV through a demolished slum. Too many governments and policy makers have put economic growth first and the interests of poor people second, allowing their incomes to fall further behind those at the top. (Photo courtesy William Oeri/ Nation)
MSF Closes Its Largest Medical Center in Mogadishu
Following the killings of two employees, the humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières sees itself forced to end all activities in Somalia's capital. (Photo courtesy Claire Barrault/ECHO)
Malawi: Stemming the Tide of Health Worker Migration
A recent report estimates that nine African countries have lost U.S. $2 billion worth of investment in training and educating doctors who have subsequently migrated abroad. (Photo courtesy Stephen Mudiari/Daily Nation)
Somalia: Millions Still Need Aid - UN
Market at Bokolmayo refugee camp. The UN says that last year's assistance enabled relief organizations to reduce the number of people at risk of outright famine from 750,000 to 150,000. (Photo courtesy Borja Santos Porra/RNW)
Private Sector Begins to Trump Aid
A worker at a flower farm in Kenya’s Rift Valley packs roses for export. An increasing number of African countries are beginning to step away from aid dependency, as the domestic private sector becomes the engine of growth. (Photo courtesy Liz Muthoni)
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- Madagascar: Unicef Set to Distribute Aid to Cyclone Victims (UN News)
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- Gambia: Volunteers Clear, Rehabilitate Road in Lower Saloum (Daily Observer)
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