---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: IRIN <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 17:05:18 +0100 Subject: CENTRAL AND EASTERN AFRICA: IRIN weekly humanitarian round-up 682 10 May 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. Mary Venerato Laki, South Sudan returnee: "We want to go to our own homeland" 2. The long road home to South Sudan 3. Countering the radicalization of Kenya's youth 4. "Super-fly" threatens "Rambo" cassava, food security 5. Analysis: The plight of LGBTI asylum seekers, refugees 6. Trading conflict for coffee in DRC 7. Is more force in the DRC more of the same? 8. Analysis: Sending the right message on mHealth 9. Analysis: Getting governments to cough up for DRR 10. Semi-synthetic artemisinin promises to boost global malaria gains _____ Mary Venerato Laki, South Sudan returnee: "We want to go to our own homeland" <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=97980> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2013/201304301659420536t.jpg> RENK-UPPER NILE STATE, 6 May 2013 (IRIN) - Years ago, Mary Venerato Laki fled conflict in South Sudan, moving north to Sudan, where she worked as a teacher for 42 years. But after a January 2011 referendum paved the way for South Sudan's independence, Mary, now a 60-year-old widow and sole guardian of four nieces, decided to move back home. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=97980> _____ The long road home to South Sudan <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=97981> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2013/201305061029030617t.jpg> RENK, UPPER NILE STATE, 6 May 2013 (IRIN) - George Malual Deng, 24, has spent two years stuck in a transit site waiting to return to his home in South Sudan's Jonglei state. He is among 20,000 people who have made a home of sorts in the river port of Renk, waiting for a barge to take them further south. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=97981> _____ Countering the radicalization of Kenya's youth <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=97982> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2013/201305031222150686t.jpg> NAIROBI, 6 May 2013 (IRIN) - Unemployment, poverty and political marginalization are contributing to the Islamic radicalization of Kenya's youth, a situation experts say must be addressed through economic empowerment and inclusive policies. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=97982> _____ "Super-fly" threatens "Rambo" cassava, food security <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=97986> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2008/2008030531t.jpg> JOHANNESBURG, 7 May 2013 (IRIN) - A tiny, rapidly breeding cyanide-munching insect, dubbed a "super-fly" by scientists, is threatening the food security of millions of Africans. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=97986> _____ Analysis: The plight of LGBTI asylum seekers, refugees <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=97989> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2013/201305070711300235t.jpg> KATHMANDU, 7 May 2013 (IRIN) - Refugees and asylum seekers face a host of challenges when crossing borders, but the obstacles are particularly pronounced for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or intersex (LGBTI) persons, say experts. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=97989> _____ Trading conflict for coffee in DRC <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=97998> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2013/201305081446130806t.jpg> GOMA, 8 May 2013 (IRIN) - Entrepreneur Gilbert Makelele wants armed groups in his part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to wake up and smell the coffee. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=97998> _____ Is more force in the DRC more of the same? <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=97999> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2013/201305081532470009t.jpg> JOHANNESBURG, 8 May 2013 (IRIN) - The imminent deployment of a UN-backed 3,000-strong international force mandated to "neutralize. and disarm" all armed groups in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) marks a switch to a more belligerent international stance towards rebel militia, but has met with scepticism in some quarters. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=97999> _____ Analysis: Sending the right message on mHealth <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98001> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2012/201208091451120607t.jpg> NAIROBI, 8 May 2013 (IRIN) - We've read the stories: From bedridden patients sending text messages to their health workers, to young people receiving HIV prevention messages via SMS, the mobile phone seems to have morphed from communications device to essential life-saver. But is the evidence there yet that mHealth is an effective health delivery intervention for the developing world? Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98001> _____ Analysis: Getting governments to cough up for DRR <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98003> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2013/201301091116460112t.jpg> AQABA, 9 May 2013 (IRIN) - Investing in preparation for potential disasters is a "no brainer", Elizabeth Longworth, director of the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), told a recent disaster risk reduction (DRR) conference in Aqaba, Jordan. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98003> _____ Semi-synthetic artemisinin promises to boost global malaria gains <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98006> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images//2006217t.jpg> NAIROBI, 9 May 2013 (IRIN) - The UN World Health Organization has accepted the first semi-synthetic version of artemisinin, the key ingredient for malaria treatment globally, for use in the manufacture of drugs, boosting hopes that more people will have access to life-saving medication. 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