---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: IRIN <[email protected]> Date: Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 3:33 PM Subject: CENTRAL AND EASTERN AFRICA: IRIN weekly humanitarian round-up 608 2 December 2011 To: Elisabeth Janaina <[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. SOUTH SUDAN: Sex workers risk violence, HIV in Juba's brothels<https://mail.google.com/mail/html/compose/static_files/blank_quirks.html#133fec5e0c37eade_1> 2. SOUTH SUDAN: Clement John Kandang, "We can't bring more goods because of the mines"<https://mail.google.com/mail/html/compose/static_files/blank_quirks.html#133fec5e0c37eade_2> 3. KENYA: City demolitions highlight urban-rural aid gap<https://mail.google.com/mail/html/compose/static_files/blank_quirks.html#133fec5e0c37eade_3> 4. BURUNDI: A new rebellion?<https://mail.google.com/mail/html/compose/static_files/blank_quirks.html#133fec5e0c37eade_4> 5. UGANDA: No money to implement new prevention strategies<https://mail.google.com/mail/html/compose/static_files/blank_quirks.html#133fec5e0c37eade_5> 6. KENYA: Poor state of mental healthcare<https://mail.google.com/mail/html/compose/static_files/blank_quirks.html#133fec5e0c37eade_6> 7. HIV/AIDS: A deadly funding crisis<https://mail.google.com/mail/html/compose/static_files/blank_quirks.html#133fec5e0c37eade_7> 8. KENYA: Better funding key to improving rural HIV care<https://mail.google.com/mail/html/compose/static_files/blank_quirks.html#133fec5e0c37eade_8> ------------------------------ *SOUTH SUDAN: Sex workers risk violence, HIV in Juba's brothels<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94320> * [image: lead photo]JUBA, 28 November 2011 (PlusNews) - In the tin warehouses at the back of Jebel Market, in Juba, capital of South Sudan, the business of sex is booming; in the rows and rows of tiny, dark, padlocked rooms - a so-called "sex camp" - girls and women practise the world's oldest profession in the world's newest country. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94320> ------------------------------ *SOUTH SUDAN: Clement John Kandang, "We can't bring more goods because of the mines" <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94328>* [image: lead photo]BENTIU, 29 November 2011 (IRIN) - Violence in Sudan's breadbasket border states such as South Kordofan has blocked food to South Sudan since just before it gained independence in July. In the new nation's northern states such as Unity, heavily mined roads have compounded the problem of closed trade routes. Clement John Kandang, 43, who sells sorghum, the state's staple food, in the capital Bentiu, told IRIN that massive price hikes as shortages increased meant many people were going hungry. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94328> ------------------------------ *KENYA: City demolitions highlight urban-rural aid gap<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94329> * [image: lead photo]NAIROBI, 29 November 2011 (IRIN) - Several demolitions of housing near airports in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, have not only displaced hundreds of families but challenged the humanitarian response in urban emergencies. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94329> ------------------------------ *BURUNDI: A new rebellion?<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94346> * [image: lead photo]BUJUMBURA, 30 November 2011 (IRIN) - Amid growing concerns about a wave of political assassinations in Burundi, a former police officer has announced the formation of a new armed group, with the aim of overthrowing a government he accuses of numerous killings, rampant corruption and economic incompetence. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94346> ------------------------------ *UGANDA: No money to implement new prevention strategies<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94348> * [image: lead photo]KAMPALA, 30 November 2011 (PlusNews) - Uganda is keen to implement new policies to put more people on life-prolonging antiretroviral treatment sooner, as recent scientific breakthroughs indicate would be much more beneficial, but officials say the country's poor financial outlook means there is little chance of this. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94348> ------------------------------ *KENYA: Poor state of mental healthcare<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94350> * [image: lead photo]NAIROBI, 30 November 2011 (IRIN) - A shortage of mental health specialists and facilities, ignorance and stigma, are among the challenges facing the provision of quality psycho-social care in Kenya, say specialists. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94350> ------------------------------ *HIV/AIDS: A deadly funding crisis<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94354> * [image: lead photo]JOHANNESBURG, 1 December 2011 (PlusNews) - This World AIDS Day on 1 Dec should have been a much more joyous event: the global HIV/AIDS response has turned a significant corner, with record numbers of people on antiretroviral (ARV) treatment and fewer new HIV infections. But the announcement by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS Tuberculosis (TB) and Malaria, cancelling its next funding round, has cast a shadow over any celebrations and highlighted the precarious nature of HIV/AIDS funding. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94354> ------------------------------ *KENYA: Better funding key to improving rural HIV care<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94356> * [image: lead photo]KAKAMEGA, 1 December 2011 (PlusNews) - When Christopher Okanga and his wife tested positive for HIV in 2006, they halted all plans to have children. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94356> ------------------------------ [This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] Feedback <http://www.irinnews.org/websitefeedback.aspx> | Terms & Conditions <http://www.irinnews.org/copyright.aspx> | [image: RSS feeds] News Feeds <http://www.irinnews.org/plusnews.xml> | About IRIN<http://www.plusnews.org/about.aspx> | Jobs <http://www.irinnews.org/jobs.aspx> | Donors<http://www.irinnews.org/donors.aspx> Copyright © IRIN 2011. All rights reserved. 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