---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: IRIN <[email protected]> Date: Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 1:55 PM Subject: CENTRAL AND EAST AFRICA: IRIN weekly humanitarian round-up 585 24 June 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. DRC: Militias and the displaced<https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&view=js&name=main,tlist&ver=hNFKRYgO7BU.en.&am=!1GS9IZnspIa7Qv3hQtMmgucHGFesJQXgjS03pFGOnuWpluP3xbYsLGMhONx1&fri#130c14be95e00ce2_1> 2. KENYA: Poor adherence threatens paediatric ARV programme<https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&view=js&name=main,tlist&ver=hNFKRYgO7BU.en.&am=!1GS9IZnspIa7Qv3hQtMmgucHGFesJQXgjS03pFGOnuWpluP3xbYsLGMhONx1&fri#130c14be95e00ce2_2> 3. Analysis: Local wisdom key to combating animal diseases<https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&view=js&name=main,tlist&ver=hNFKRYgO7BU.en.&am=!1GS9IZnspIa7Qv3hQtMmgucHGFesJQXgjS03pFGOnuWpluP3xbYsLGMhONx1&fri#130c14be95e00ce2_3> 4. CONGO: Measles kills 32, infects hundreds<https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&view=js&name=main,tlist&ver=hNFKRYgO7BU.en.&am=!1GS9IZnspIa7Qv3hQtMmgucHGFesJQXgjS03pFGOnuWpluP3xbYsLGMhONx1&fri#130c14be95e00ce2_4> 5. SUDAN: Insecurity, land conflicts threaten peace in Upper Nile State<https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&view=js&name=main,tlist&ver=hNFKRYgO7BU.en.&am=!1GS9IZnspIa7Qv3hQtMmgucHGFesJQXgjS03pFGOnuWpluP3xbYsLGMhONx1&fri#130c14be95e00ce2_5> 6. SUDAN: Michael David, "My duty was cleaning guns and shining boots"<https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&view=js&name=main,tlist&ver=hNFKRYgO7BU.en.&am=!1GS9IZnspIa7Qv3hQtMmgucHGFesJQXgjS03pFGOnuWpluP3xbYsLGMhONx1&fri#130c14be95e00ce2_6> 7. SUDAN: Southern Kordofan briefing<https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&view=js&name=main,tlist&ver=hNFKRYgO7BU.en.&am=!1GS9IZnspIa7Qv3hQtMmgucHGFesJQXgjS03pFGOnuWpluP3xbYsLGMhONx1&fri#130c14be95e00ce2_7> ------------------------------ *DRC: Militias and the displaced<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93025> * [image: lead photo]BUKIRINGI, ORIENTALE PROVINCE, 20 June 2011 (IRIN) - Bandits, militias, and alleged abuses by the army are causing access problems for aid workers trying to help large concentrations of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the territory of Irumu, part of the Ituri region in northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93025> ------------------------------ *KENYA: Poor adherence threatens paediatric ARV programme<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93031> * [image: lead photo]NAIROBI, 21 June 2011 (PlusNews) - As Kenya puts more HIV-positive children on life-prolonging antiretroviral drugs, experts are warning that unless more effort is put into ensuring the medicines are taken regularly, widespread treatment failure could result. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93031> ------------------------------ *Analysis: Local wisdom key to combating animal diseases<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93033> * [image: lead photo]NAIROBI, 21 June 2011 (IRIN) - Flush with success over the unprecedented eradication of rinderpest, scientists are setting their sights on the next big livestock disease to rid from the world. Experts are aligning their crosshairs over foot and mouth disease, which affects every continent except Antarctica. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93033> ------------------------------ *CONGO: Measles kills 32, infects hundreds<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93034> * [image: lead photo]BRAZZAVILLE, 21 June 2011 (IRIN) - At least 32 people have died and 800 others have been infected following an outbreak of measles in the southern Pointe Noire and Kouilou regions of the Republic of Congo, say health officials. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93034> ------------------------------ *SUDAN: Insecurity, land conflicts threaten peace in Upper Nile State<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93041> * [image: lead photo]MALAKAL, 22 June 2011 (IRIN) - Looking beyond Southern Sudan's independence on 9 July, officials in Upper Nile State are working to boost peace and reconciliation in a state prone to insecurity, conflicts over land and inter-communal animosity. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93041> ------------------------------ *SUDAN: Michael David, "My duty was cleaning guns and shining boots"<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93051> * [image: lead photo]BENTIU, UNITY STATE, 23 June 2011 (IRIN) - Michael David* has not had a normal childhood. In his 11 years he has been a child soldier and a street child, as well as one of the one million primary school children in Southern Sudan out of school. But his life may be taking a turn for the better: Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93051> ------------------------------ *SUDAN: Southern Kordofan briefing<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93052> * [image: lead photo]JUBA, 23 June 2011 (IRIN) - More than 73,000 people have fled the Northern oil state of Southern Kordofan after heavy fighting broke out on 5 June between the Northern army (the Sudan Armed Forces - SAF) and former members of the ex-rebel Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA). 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