---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: IRIN <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:22:47 -0000 Subject: CENTRAL AND EASTERN AFRICA: IRIN weekly humanitarian round-up 669 8 February 2013 To: Elisabeth Janaina <[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. Congolese refugees in Rwanda complain of insufficient food, water 2. Uganda's immunization programme needs a shot in the arm 3. Free speech at stake in South Sudan 4. Will more trees cause more rain? 5. Call for humanitarian access after clashes in North Darfur _____ Congolese refugees in Rwanda complain of insufficient food, water <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=97408> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2012/201206270754090020t.jpg> KIGALI, 4 February 2013 (IRIN) - New waves of civilians fleeing the Democratic Republic of Congo [DRC] for Rwanda have added to the challenge of providing the tens of thousands of such refugees there with adequate food supplies. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=97408> _____ Uganda's immunization programme needs a shot in the arm <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=97413> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2012/201207241016190211t.jpg> KAMPALA, 5 February 2013 (IRIN) - Inadequate funding, a shortage of health staff and poor adherence to vaccination schedules are some of the reasons for declining immunization levels in Uganda, which experts say threatens efforts to reduce preventable deaths among children. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=97413> _____ Free speech at stake in South Sudan <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=97425> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2013/201302051439320913t.jpg> JUBA, 7 February 2013 (IRIN) - Increasing reports of harassment faced by journalists and civil society in South Sudan have raised concern that the world's newest country is curtailing the basic freedoms it spent decades fighting its northern neighbour for. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=97425> _____ Will more trees cause more rain? <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=97428> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2012/201205140610400577t.jpg> JOHANNESBURG, 8 February 2013 (IRIN) - It is commonly believed that destroying trees will influence the climate of a region. But scientific evidence to support that deforestation and afforestation influence local climate - affecting temperature and rainfall - has only just started emerging. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=97428> _____ Call for humanitarian access after clashes in North Darfur <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=97434> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2010/201010060757500015t.jpg> KHARTOUM, 8 February 2013 (IRIN) - The African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) is calling for better access to tens of thousands of people displaced by recent inter-tribal fighting in gold-mining areas of Sudan's North Darfur State. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=97434> _____ [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> | RSS feeds News Feeds <http://www.irinnews.org/RSS.aspx> | About IRIN <http://www.irinnews.org/about.aspx> | Jobs <http://www.irinnews.org/jobs.aspx> | Donors <http://www.irinnews.org/donors.aspx> Copyright © IRIN 2013. All rights reserved. This material comes to you via IRIN, the humanitarian news and analysis service of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. The opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the United Nations or its Member States. The boundaries, names and designations used on maps on this site and links to external sites do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the UN. Republication is subject to terms and conditions as set out in the IRIN copyright page <http://www.irinnews.org/copyright.aspx> . -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
