---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: IRIN <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2011 13:51:22 -0000 Subject: CENTRAL AND EAST AFRICA: IRIN weekly humanitarian round-up 591 5 August 2011 To: Jean-Francois Darcq <[email protected]>
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: Controversy over "conflict minerals" law 2. KENYA: Running on empty 3. DRC-UGANDA: Male sexual abuse survivors living on the margins 4. DRC-UGANDA: Luzolo, "He abused me. The pain was awful" 5. KENYA: Clinics struggle to keep patients not yet eligible for ARVs 6. SOUTH SUDAN-UGANDA: Mine clearance to boost agriculture 7. UGANDA: Too many deaths in childbirth 8. HORN OF AFRICA: Fast facts about the drought 9. KENYA: Hunger amid plenty _____ DRC: Controversy over "conflict minerals" law <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93396> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images//200671712t.jpg> WASHINGTON DC, 2 August 2011 (IRIN) - Major industries are seeking to alter the proposed US reporting rules on "conflict minerals" mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93396> _____ KENYA: Running on empty <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93397> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2011/201108011222560184t.jpg> MANDERA/WAJIR, 2 August 2011 (IRIN) - Several hundred thousand people in northeastern Kenya are just a step away from famine and the next rains expected in September/October will not be sufficient to replenish the water table, warns a senior weather official. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93397> _____ DRC-UGANDA: Male sexual abuse survivors living on the margins <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93399> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2011/201108021046120246t.jpg> KAMPALA, 2 August 2011 (IRIN) - Two brothers, Charles* and Jacques*, set off for Uganda in search of safety after the murder of their parents in January in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), only to be waylaid along the border by six men carrying machetes, sticks and guns, who took them into the forest and raped them, leaving them unconscious. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93399> _____ DRC-UGANDA: Luzolo, "He abused me. The pain was awful" <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93400> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2011/201108021050420168t.jpg> KAMPALA, 2 August 2011 (IRIN) - Luzolo*, 27, from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has been living as a refugee in Kampala since 2009. While attempting to flee the conflict at home and seek refuge in Uganda, he was raped in a forest by armed men over nine days. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93400> _____ KENYA: Clinics struggle to keep patients not yet eligible for ARVs <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93401> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2011/201101050945290774t.jpg> NAIROBI, 2 August 2011 (PlusNews) - Jairus Musau tested HIV-positive two years ago, but when he was told he would not immediately be given antiretrovirals, his parents insisted he visit a traditional healer in his eastern Kenya hometown of Kitui. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93401> _____ SOUTH SUDAN-UGANDA: Mine clearance to boost agriculture <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93414> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2011/201108031001080152t.jpg> NGOMOROMO, 4 August 2011 (IRIN) - Farming communities living along the South Sudan-Uganda border are afraid to till their land, with the risk of landmines and other unexploded ordnance (UXOs) remaining high in the region after years of civil conflict. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93414> _____ UGANDA: Too many deaths in childbirth <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93420> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2011/201108041258190512t.jpg> KAMPALA/GULU, 4 August 2011 (IRIN) - Bribes, poorly trained medical staff and the lack of medical care for pregnant HIV-positive mothers are among the reasons for high rates of infant and maternal mortality in Uganda. NGOs want to see more government action. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93420> _____ HORN OF AFRICA: Fast facts about the drought <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93426> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2011/201108010811190684t.jpg> NAIROBI, 5 August 2011 (IRIN) - The Horn of Africa is facing what has been called the worst drought in 60 years, with an estimated 12.4 million people urgently needing food. Here are some points about the ongoing food crisis: Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93426> _____ KENYA: Hunger amid plenty <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93432> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2011/201108051013240449t.jpg> NJORO, 5 August 2011 (IRIN) - Harvests are going to waste in parts of Rift Valley province - Kenya's grain basket - as farmers lack markets for their produce, even though severe drought ravages the country's northern regions. 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