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Subject: CENTRAL AND EASTERN AFRICA: IRIN weekly humanitarian round-up 667
25 January 2013
To: Elisabeth Janaina <[email protected]>
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Table of contents
1. Report calls on aid agencies to listen to, work with,
beneficiaries<#13c72dd47d7de752_1>
2. Maternal mortality down sharply in Congo <#13c72dd47d7de752_2>
3. Uncertainty for Angolans stripped of refugee status in
DRC<#13c72dd47d7de752_3>
4. Rainforest riches a curse for civilians in northeast DRC<#13c72dd47d7de752_4>
5. Reprieve for urban refugees in Kenya, but fear persists<#13c72dd47d7de752_5>
6. Education disrupted by teachers' strike in Kenya's Dadaab refugee
camp<#13c72dd47d7de752_6>
7. Analysis: Concern mounts over infant formula additives*<#13c72dd47d7de752_7>
8. Call for targeted investments in cholera-prone areas<#13c72dd47d7de752_8>
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***Report calls on aid agencies to listen to, work with,
beneficiaries<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=97291>
*
[image: lead photo]LONDON, 21 January 2013 (IRIN) - For aid workers
struggling to deliver assistance promptly and effectively, time to think,
time to talk and time to listen are rare luxuries. But a new report from
the US-based CDA Collaborative Learning Projects argues that making this
time will be absolutely necessary to improving the quality and
sustainability of international aid efforts.
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=97291>
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***Maternal mortality down sharply in
Congo<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=97300>
*
[image: lead photo]BRAZZAVILLE, 21 January 2013 (IRIN) - Improved maternal
healthcare and better family planning programmes have led to a sharp
decrease in the Republic of Congo's maternal mortality rate over the past
decade.
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=97300>
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***Uncertainty for Angolans stripped of refugee status in
DRC<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=97311>
*
[image: lead photo]KINSHASA, 22 January 2013 (IRIN) - Some 40,000 former
Angolan refugees in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are living in
limbo, unwilling to go home but lacking legal status in DRC.
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=97311>
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***Rainforest riches a curse for civilians in northeast
DRC<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=97314>
*
[image: lead photo]BUNIA, 23 January 2013 (IRIN) - For the past 10 months,
a little-known conflict in a marginalized corner of northeast Democratic
Republic of Congo (DRC) has left a trail of killing, abduction, rape and
forced displacement, with few signs of an imminent resolution.
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=97314>
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***Reprieve for urban refugees in Kenya, but fear
persists<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=97329>
*
[image: lead photo]NAIROBI, 24 January 2013 (IRIN) - Urban refugees in
Kenya, threated with relocation to overcrowded refugee camps, are breathing
a sigh of relief following a High Court ruling that has provisionally
halted the move.
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=97329>
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***Education disrupted by teachers' strike in Kenya's Dadaab refugee
camp<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=97333>
*
[image: lead photo]DADAAB, 25 January 2013 (IRIN) - Close to 40,000 primary
school children in Kenya's northeastern Dadaab refugee complex have had
their educations interrupted by a two-week-long teachers' strike over
unpaid salaries.
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=97333>
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***Analysis: Concern mounts over infant formula
additives*<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=97334>
*
[image: lead photo]NEW YORK, 25 January 2013 (IRIN) - Yi Lee fell for the
hype. "After I saw TV ads claiming infant formula with DHA [docosahexaenoic
acid] and ARA [arachidonic acid] can help with eye and brain development, I
gave my baby formula," said the 30-year-old mother in the southern Chinese
city of Shenzhen. "Then I learned from books and doctors that breast milk
is actually best."
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=97334>
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***Call for targeted investments in cholera-prone
areas<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=97338>
*
[image: lead photo]DAKAR, 25 January 2013 (IRIN) - Aid groups are urging
donors to invest in water and sanitation in areas known as hotbeds for
cholera. They say while such projects might directly affect a relatively
small population, the indirect impact in terms of cholera reduction could
be immense.
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=97338>
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