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Date: Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 1:52 PM
Subject: HORN OF AFRICA: IRIN weekly humanitarian round-up 586 1 July 2011
To: Jean-Francois Darcq <[email protected]>
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Table of contents
1. SUDAN: Southern Kordofan briefing <#130e55ab05dbc201_1>
2. FOOD: G20 not biting off more than they can chew <#130e55ab05dbc201_2>
3. ETHIOPIA-SUDAN: Over 4,000 Ethiopian troops for Abyei peace
mission<#130e55ab05dbc201_3>
4. EASTERN AFRICA: Severe food crisis hits region <#130e55ab05dbc201_4>
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***SUDAN: Southern Kordofan
briefing<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93052>
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[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).
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93052>
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***FOOD: G20 not biting off more than they can
chew<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93064>
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[image: lead photo]NEW YORK - JOHANNESBURG, 24 June 2011 (IRIN) - The
agriculture ministers of major economies, rich as well as emerging, meeting
for the first time as the world verges on another food crisis in only four
years, have disappointed. Their decisions, summed up in a 24-page Action
Plan on Food Price Volatility and Agriculture, lacked the teeth to bite the
neck of the crisis, according to food experts and NGOs.
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93064>
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***ETHIOPIA-SUDAN: Over 4,000 Ethiopian troops for Abyei peace
mission<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93078>
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[image: lead photo]ADDIS ABABA, 27 June 2011 (IRIN) - The 4,200-strong
Ethiopian brigade due to be deployed on a proposed peace-keeping mission in
Sudan's troubled Abyei region will focus on civilian protection, according
to the Ethiopian government.
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93078>
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***EASTERN AFRICA: Severe food crisis hits
region<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93092>
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[image: lead photo]NAIROBI, 28 June 2011 (IRIN) - Eastern Africa is
experiencing what has been described as the "most severe food crisis in the
world today", with at least 10 million people affected in Djibouti,
Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Uganda, according to the UN Office for the
Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93092>
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