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Subject: CENTRAL AND EAST AFRICA: IRIN weekly humanitarian round-up 587 8
July 2011
To: Jean-Francois Darcq <[email protected]>
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Table of contents
1. GLOBAL: The vital statistics of hunger <#131098d3571da3a9_1>
2. KENYA-SOMALIA: Drought decimates livestock, hits incomes<#131098d3571da3a9_2>
3. EAST AFRICA: Famine warning for southern Somalia <#131098d3571da3a9_3>
4. Analysis: Fragile peace holding in Ituri <#131098d3571da3a9_4>
5. FOOD: Predicting food price volatility <#131098d3571da3a9_5>
6. AID POLICY: 10 facts and figures from the 2011 MDG
report<#131098d3571da3a9_6>
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***GLOBAL: The vital statistics of
hunger<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93128>
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[image: lead photo]JOHANNESBURG, 4 July 2011 (IRIN) - Louise Masese-Mwirigi,
an analyst recording nutrition data in southern Somalia with her team, have
on occasion had to turn away from a village because the local authority that
consented to the survey a week ago is no longer in charge or may have
changed their minds when they arrive. Fighting between the government, its
allies and various armed groups in parts of Somalia has severely restricted
humanitarian space.
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93128>
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***KENYA-SOMALIA: Drought decimates livestock, hits
incomes<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93142>
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[image: lead photo]NAIROBI, 4 July 2011 (IRIN) - A severe drought ravaging
the arid and semi-arid parts of the Horn of Africa region is threatening the
livelihoods of pastoral communities, with massive livestock deaths recorded
amid an increase in deadly conflict over resources.
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93142>
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***EAST AFRICA: Famine warning for southern
Somalia<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93151>
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[image: lead photo]JOHANNESBURG, 5 July 2011 (IRIN) - Localized famine could
be witnessed in some of the worst drought-affected areas in southern Somalia
in September, warns the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS-Net).
Using the Integrated Phase Classification (IPC) five-point scale, this would
be phase five: "catastrophe/famine".
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93151>
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***Analysis: Fragile peace holding in
Ituri<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93155>
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[image: lead photo]BUNIA/MAHAGI, 6 July 2011 (IRIN) - Almost eight years
after an estimated 50,000 people perished in a four-year conflict that also
displaced 500,000 from their homes in northeastern Democratic Republic of
Congo, a tenuous calm prevails in the area.
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93155>
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***FOOD: Predicting food price
volatility<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93163>
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[image: lead photo]JOHANNESBURG, 6 July 2011 (IRIN) - A new tool for
measuring food price volatility in global agriculture markets could help
poor countries or aid agencies like the World Food Programme (WFP) decide
where and when to buy staples, says Maximo Torero, director of the US-based
International Food Policy Research Institute's (IFPRI) Markets, Trade and
Institutions Division.
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93163>
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***AID POLICY: 10 facts and figures from the 2011 MDG
report<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93171>
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[image: lead photo]NAIROBI, 7 July 2011 (IRIN) - The 2011 Millennium
Development Goals Report was released on 7 July with a generally upbeat
assessment accompanied by some caveats. Here are some statistics:
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93171>
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