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Subject: EAST AFRICA: IRIN Roundup - June 2015
To: Elisabeth Janaina <[email protected]>
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humanitarian news and analysis
Table of contents
1. Beyond the body counts: Why murder rates matter to humanitarians
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2. Bringing drones down to earth <#14dc2b6069a5e6ed_2>
3. Beyond quotas: What else is new in EU migration policy?
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4. Will NGO bill restrict aid efforts in South Sudan? <#14dc2b6069a5e6ed_4>
5. What now for Burundi? Five key risks <#14dc2b6069a5e6ed_5>
6. BRIEFING: Can new pact bring peace to the CAR? <#14dc2b6069a5e6ed_6>
7. Film: When the war came back - A South Sudan village relives the effects
of conflict <#14dc2b6069a5e6ed_7>
8. Migrant crisis spreads to Greek isles <#14dc2b6069a5e6ed_8>
9. Why bin Laden's thoughts matter <#14dc2b6069a5e6ed_9>
10. Photo Feature: Burundi's Endless Exodus <#14dc2b6069a5e6ed_10>
11. Which way is up? Flatpacks alone can't solve global shelter crisis*
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12. "They beat us with chains": Life inside Libya's migrant detention
centres <#14dc2b6069a5e6ed_12>
13. Briefing: Darfur's deepening conflict* <#14dc2b6069a5e6ed_13>
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*Beyond the body counts: Why murder rates matter to humanitarians
<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=101469>*
[image: lead photo]NEW YORK, 8 May 2015 (IRIN) - Murder statistics can
speak volumes about a country and help guide humanitarian intervention.
That's the idea behind the Homicide Monitor, an online data visualisation
tool launched this week. We delve beyond the headline figures.
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=101469>
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*Bringing drones down to earth
<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=101481>*
[image: lead photo]KATHMANDU, 12 May 2015 (IRIN) - Disaster coverage now
seems incomplete without amazing drone footage of the damage, accompanied
by effusive media reports on the technological wizardry of unmanned aerial
vehicles (UAVs) and their humanitarian application. But is that really the
story? Here's a look at the evolution needed for them to better fulfill
their potential.
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=101481>
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*Beyond quotas: What else is new in EU migration policy?
<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=101485>*
[image: lead photo]OXFORD, 12 May 2015 (IRIN) - The European Commission
releases its long-awaited European Agenda on Migration on Wednesday, but a
leaked draft of the new policy is already in circulation.
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=101485>
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*Will NGO bill restrict aid efforts in South Sudan?
<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=101488>*
[image: lead photo]JUBA, 13 May 2015 (IRIN) - South Sudan's parliament has
just passed a bill regulating the activities of NGOs, but humanitarian
agencies fear it is more about restricting aid workers and are warning it
could have "catastrophic effects" for civilians in the war-ravaged nation:
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=101488>
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*What now for Burundi? Five key risks
<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=101497>*
[image: lead photo]NAIROBI, 14 May 2015 (IRIN) - Hours before an army
general in Burundi announced he had ousted President Pierre Nkurunziza, a
group of experts were making predictions before a packed audience in
Nairobi. They turned out right. Here's what else they're warning of.
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=101497>
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*BRIEFING: Can new pact bring peace to the CAR?
<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=101502>*
[image: lead photo]GOMA, 15 May 2015 (IRIN) - Can the Central African
Republic finally turn the page on decades of instability and conflict?
Rebel groups and militias have signed a new peace pact aimed at putting the
horrific violence of the past few years behind them. But will it work?
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=101502>
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*Film: When the war came back - A South Sudan village relives the effects
of conflict <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=101507>*
[image: lead photo]KANDAK, SOUTH SUDAN, 18 May 2015 (IRIN) - Kandak, a
small village in South Sudan's Jonglei state, eight days walk from the
Ethiopian border, has paid a high price for its unfortunate location in the
midst of Sudan's civil wars. This film explores the impact of the current
conflict.
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=101507>
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*Migrant crisis spreads to Greek isles
<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=101512>*
[image: lead photo]ATHENS, 19 May 2015 (IRIN) - Greece appears set for a
summer of migrant chaos, with soaring numbers of people arriving by boat at
southern Aegean islands where tourist bookings and ill-equipped authorities
could soon lead to an accommodation crisis.
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=101512>
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*Why bin Laden's thoughts matter
<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=101526>*
[image: lead photo]LONDON, 21 May 2015 (IRIN) - Osama bin Laden's recently
released writings on humanitarian aid were treated with skepticism and
scorn by many observers. Here's why you should pay attention.
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=101526>
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*Photo Feature: Burundi's Endless Exodus
<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=101534>*
[image: lead photo]KIGOMA, 22 May 2015 (IRIN) - Over 110,000 Burundians
have fled their country amid protests and an attempted coup d'etat. Now a
cholera outbreak has made the journey all the more dangerous.
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=101534>
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*Which way is up? Flatpacks alone can't solve global shelter crisis*
<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=101538>*
[image: lead photo]BELGRADE, 25 May 2015 (IRIN) - IKEA's new flatpack
shelter partnership with the UNHCR is well and good, but how about
reforming the process as well as the product? Now that could make a more
profound difference, Paul Currion argues in his latest column.
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=101538>
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*"They beat us with chains": Life inside Libya's migrant detention centres
<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=101549>*
[image: lead photo]MISRATA, 27 May 2015 (IRIN) - After enduring long,
perilous journeys through the Sahara desert, often experiencing kidnapping
and violence at the hands of smugglers, migrants and asylum-seekers who
eventually reach Libya risk arrest and long periods of incarceration in one
of the country's 20 official detention centres - all of which are
overcrowded and underfunded.
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=101549>
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*Briefing: Darfur's deepening conflict*
<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=101568>*
[image: lead photo]NAIROBI, 2 June 2015 (IRIN) - Violence in Sudan's Darfur
has surged to levels not seen in a decade, with more than 150,000 people
driven from their homes this year alone. The region's long-suffering
residents are also bearing the brunt of a measles epidemic.
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=101568>
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