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Subject: CENTRAL AND EASTERN AFRICA: IRIN weekly humanitarian round-up 620
2 March 2012
To: Elisabeth Janaina <[email protected]>
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Table of contents
1. UGANDA: DRC refugee influx stretching camp facilities<#135d35e6cc424711_1>
2. TANZANIA: Land policy could help control sleeping
sickness<#135d35e6cc424711_2>
3. CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC-CHAD: Military offensive creating humanitarian
problems <#135d35e6cc424711_3>
4. GLOBAL: Measuring women's empowerment in agriculture<#135d35e6cc424711_4>
5. KENYA: XDR-TB case raises questions <#135d35e6cc424711_5>
6. Analysis: Disarmament jitters in South Sudan's Jonglei
state<#135d35e6cc424711_6>
7. GLOBAL: Tinkering with the science of climate change<#135d35e6cc424711_7>
8. BURUNDI: Homeless seek permanent solutions <#135d35e6cc424711_8>
9. KENYA: Male circumcision programme suffers setback <#135d35e6cc424711_9>
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***UGANDA: DRC refugee influx stretching camp
facilities<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94966>
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[image: lead photo]KAMPALA, 27 February 2012 (IRIN) - An influx of refugees
fleeing a mix of increased post-election related violence and continued
militia activity in parts of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is
stretching the capacity of refugee camps in western Uganda to host them,
say officials.
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94966>
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***TANZANIA: Land policy could help control sleeping
sickness<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94967>
*
[image: lead photo]ARUSHA, 27 February 2012 (IRIN) - Tackling land-use
conflicts around game parks must form part of the national strategy to stop
the spread of sleeping sickness, warn doctors fighting the disease in
Tanzania.
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94967>
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***CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC-CHAD: Military offensive creating humanitarian
problems <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94974>*
[image: lead photo]BANGUI, 28 February 2012 (IRIN) - A joint military
offensive between the armed forces of the Central African Republic (CAR)
and Chad to oust Chad's Front Populaire pour le Redressement (FPR) rebel
movement from its stronghold in parts of north-central CAR is hampering
operations to help the displaced, say humanitarian officials.
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94974>
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***GLOBAL: Measuring women's empowerment in
agriculture<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94975>
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[image: lead photo]WASHINGTON, 28 February 2012 (IRIN) - The global
anti-poverty movement has added a new tool to its arsenal with the launch
of an index that measures women's empowerment in agriculture.
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94975>
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***KENYA: XDR-TB case raises
questions<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94977>
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[image: lead photo]NAIROBI, 28 February 2012 (PlusNews) - The Kenyan
government's recent failure to adequately treat a patient with extensively
drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) has some civil society organizations
questioning whether the country's TB programme is equipped to diagnose and
treat such patients.
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94977>
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***Analysis: Disarmament jitters in South Sudan's Jonglei
state<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94978>
*
[image: lead photo]JUBA/PIBOR, 28 February 2012 (IRIN) - South Sudan's plan
to start collecting some 20,000 weapons from civilians in Jonglei state in
March, by force if necessary, is likely to worsen the volatile security
situation there and complicate efforts to deliver essential humanitarian
aid, the UN and several analysts have warned.
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94978>
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***GLOBAL: Tinkering with the science of climate
change<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94983>
*
[image: lead photo]NAIROBI, 29 February 2012 (IRIN) - Huge mirrors in
space, petrifying carbon dioxide, algae farms, and lots of white paint -
these are some of the ideas being proposed to offset global warming amid
fears that temperatures might rise by more than two degrees Celsius by the
end of this century.
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94983>
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***BURUNDI: Homeless seek permanent
solutions<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94984>
*
[image: lead photo]BUJUMBURA, 29 February 2012 (IRIN) - Hundreds of
families forced from their homes in the 1990s, as well as former refugees,
who are living in informal settlements on the outskirts of Bujumbura, the
capital, are seeking a lasting shelter alternative to cramped temporary
sites.
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94984>
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***KENYA: Male circumcision programme suffers
setback<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94992>
*
[image: lead photo]KISUMU, 2 March 2012 (PlusNews) - Kenya's most recent
male circumcision rapid results initiative failed to meet its target, and
officials are stepping up efforts to identify and fix the problems that
could foil the government's campaign to circumcise more than one million
men by 2013.
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94992>
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