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Date: 12 Jul 2013 18:50
Subject: CENTRAL AND EASTERN AFRICA: IRIN weekly humanitarian round-up 691
12 July 2013
To: "Elisabeth Janaina" <[email protected]>
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Table of contents
1. Countering Africa's green revolution <#13fd393cbb0d9986_1>
2. Spike in disease and food security fears in CAR <#13fd393cbb0d9986_2>
3. Two years on, South Sudan still faces major challenges<#13fd393cbb0d9986_3>
4. The fuss over intensified farming <#13fd393cbb0d9986_4>
5. Food insecurity threatens 1.2 million in Uganda's
northeast<#13fd393cbb0d9986_5>
6. Irrigation scheme locks horns with Kenya's pastoralists<#13fd393cbb0d9986_6>
7. DRC-based Ugandan rebel group "recruiting, training"<#13fd393cbb0d9986_7>
8. No consensus on implementation of cessation clause for Rwandan
refugees<#13fd393cbb0d9986_8>
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*Countering Africa's green
revolution<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98378>
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[image: lead photo]NAIROBI, 8 July 2013 (IRIN) - Civil society groups are
taking on the policies of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa
(AGRA), which promotes the use of genetically modified (GM) crops and Green
Revolution technologies.
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98378>
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*Spike in disease and food security fears in
CAR<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98386>
*
[image: lead photo]NAIROBI, 9 July 2013 (IRIN) - The precarious security
situation in the Central African Republic (CAR) is worsening seasonal food
insecurity and increasing the burden of disease, especially among children,
warns a humanitarian official.
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98386>
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*Two years on, South Sudan still faces major
challenges<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98387>
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[image: lead photo]NAIROBI, 9 July 2013 (IRIN) - South Sudan marks two
years of independence today, but the millions who continue to face
displacement, hunger, disease and extreme poverty will be hard pressed to
find any reason to celebrate.
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98387>
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*The fuss over intensified
farming<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98391>
*
[image: lead photo]JOHANNESBURG, 10 July 2013 (IRIN) - Spikes in food
prices and extreme climatic events have threatened global food security in
recent years, raising concerns about humanity's ability to feed its growing
population.
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98391>
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*Food insecurity threatens 1.2 million in Uganda's
northeast<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98393>
*
[image: lead photo]KAMPALA, 10 July 2013 (IRIN) - A deteriorating food
security situation in Uganda's northeastern region of Karamoja could affect
an estimated 1.2 million people, according to reports from the government
and aid agencies.
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98393>
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*Irrigation scheme locks horns with Kenya's
pastoralists<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98394>
*
[image: lead photo]NAIROBI, 10 July 2013 (IRIN) - The Kenyan government is
planning to introduce large-scale irrigation in the country's dry lands to
improve food security and unlock agricultural potential - but critics have
blasted the US$170 million scheme as unviable, and a threat to the
pastoralist economy.
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98394>
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*DRC-based Ugandan rebel group "recruiting,
training"<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98400>
*
[image: lead photo]KAMPALA, 11 July 2013 (IRIN) - The Allied Democratic
Forces (ADF), a Ugandan rebel movement based in eastern Democratic Republic
of Congo (DRC), is recruiting, training and reorganizing to carry out fresh
attacks on Uganda, officials say.
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98400>
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*No consensus on implementation of cessation clause for Rwandan
refugees<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98409>
*
[image: lead photo]KAMPALA/JOHANNESBURG, 12 July 2013 (IRIN) - The future
of tens of thousands of Rwandan refugees living in Africa remains uncertain
nearly two weeks after the 30 June deadline recommended by the UN Refugee
Agency (UNHCR) for the discontinuation of their refugee status.
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98409>
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