---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: IRIN <[email protected]> Date: Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 4:35 PM Subject: CENTRAL AND EAST AFRICA: IRIN weekly humanitarian round-up 570 11 March 2011 To: Jean-Francois Darcq <[email protected]>
[image: IRINnews logo] <http://www.irinnews.org/> humanitarian news and analysis a service of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Table of contents 1. UGANDA: Bleak future for former female fighters<https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&view=js&name=main,tlist&ver=cQM5XMkGyM0.en.&am=!_46YxFMLgCz7BT3CLfY3GpVp98cZdmVN1171cUpsOV5P7xJY7z39Il4vgA&fri#12ea52274e230c88_1> 2. SUDAN: Thousands displaced by Abyei violence "at risk" <https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&view=js&name=main,tlist&ver=cQM5XMkGyM0.en.&am=!_46YxFMLgCz7BT3CLfY3GpVp98cZdmVN1171cUpsOV5P7xJY7z39Il4vgA&fri#12ea52274e230c88_2> 3. In Brief: Kenyan farmers' insurance scheme expands<https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&view=js&name=main,tlist&ver=cQM5XMkGyM0.en.&am=!_46YxFMLgCz7BT3CLfY3GpVp98cZdmVN1171cUpsOV5P7xJY7z39Il4vgA&fri#12ea52274e230c88_3> 4. UGANDA: Food, water crisis looms for thousands<https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&view=js&name=main,tlist&ver=cQM5XMkGyM0.en.&am=!_46YxFMLgCz7BT3CLfY3GpVp98cZdmVN1171cUpsOV5P7xJY7z39Il4vgA&fri#12ea52274e230c88_4> 5. SUDAN: Managing the great trek southwards<https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&view=js&name=main,tlist&ver=cQM5XMkGyM0.en.&am=!_46YxFMLgCz7BT3CLfY3GpVp98cZdmVN1171cUpsOV5P7xJY7z39Il4vgA&fri#12ea52274e230c88_5> 6. KENYA: Stigma keeps Asian population from accessing HIV services<https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&view=js&name=main,tlist&ver=cQM5XMkGyM0.en.&am=!_46YxFMLgCz7BT3CLfY3GpVp98cZdmVN1171cUpsOV5P7xJY7z39Il4vgA&fri#12ea52274e230c88_6> 7. DRC: Security deteriorates in Uelé districts<https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&view=js&name=main,tlist&ver=cQM5XMkGyM0.en.&am=!_46YxFMLgCz7BT3CLfY3GpVp98cZdmVN1171cUpsOV5P7xJY7z39Il4vgA&fri#12ea52274e230c88_7> ------------------------------ *UGANDA: Bleak future for former female fighters<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=92122> * [image: lead photo]GULU, 8 March 2011 (IRIN) - Women and girls returning to northern Uganda from forced conscription into the Lord's Resistance Army struggle to resettle in their home communities because of stigma and a severe shortage of reintegration facilities tailored to their needs, say analysts and returnees. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=92122> ------------------------------ *SUDAN: Thousands displaced by Abyei violence "at risk" <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=92129>* [image: lead photo]JUBA, 8 March 2011 (IRIN) - Up to 25,000 people have fled the contested town of Abyei since an estimated 100 people died in violence last week. With fears still high that the unresolved status of this border region could lead to more fighting, UN agencies and aid groups are worried that the precarious humanitarian situation could quickly deteriorate, leaving those displaced even more vulnerable. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=92129> ------------------------------ *In Brief: Kenyan farmers' insurance scheme expands<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=92139> * [image: lead photo]NAIROBI, 9 March 2011 (IRIN) - The companies behind an innovative micro-insurance scheme for Kenyan farmers have expanded the plan to cover not only inputs but also harvests. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=92139> ------------------------------ *UGANDA: Food, water crisis looms for thousands<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=92146> * [image: lead photo]AGAGO/AMURU, 9 March 2011 (IRIN) - Thousands of people in 36 districts in Uganda are at risk of serious food and water shortages due to drought attributed to the La Niña weather phenomenon. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=92146> ------------------------------ *SUDAN: Managing the great trek southwards<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=92150> * [image: lead photo]KHARTOUM/KOSTI, 10 March 2011 (IRIN) - Southern Sudanese living in the North are on the move. More than 246,000 have left since October 2010, and thousands more continue the trek southwards, filled with hope and excitement at the prospect of starting life in their new country. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=92150> ------------------------------ *KENYA: Stigma keeps Asian population from accessing HIV services<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=92155> * [image: lead photo]NAIROBI, 10 March 2011 (PlusNews) - When 20-year-old Jenna,* a Kenyan of Asian descent, told her family two years ago she had tested positive for HIV, they forced her to terminate her pregnancy, forbad her to seek treatment and kept her locked in the house because of the shame she had brought on the family. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=92155> ------------------------------ *DRC: Security deteriorates in Uelé districts<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=92166> * [image: lead photo]NAIROBI, 11 March 2011 (IRIN) - The presence of Lord's Resistance Army rebels has led to deteriorating security conditions for aid workers and civilians in the northern Democratic Republic of Congo's two Uelé districts, where 31 attacks took place in January alone - as many as in the last three months of 2010. 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