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World + 55 others
Global Overview 2012: People internally displaced by conflict and violence

Around 6.5 million people were newly displaced, almost twice as many as the 3.5 million during 2011. The conflicts in Syria and DRC were responsible for around half of the new displacements.

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World + 22 others
Leçons et limites du DDR en Afrique

Par Prosper Nzekani Zena

Points Saillants

  • Malgré des succès louables, quelques initiatives de désarmement, de démobilisation et de réintégration (DDR) incomplètes ou mal conçues ont été les facteurs clés du phénomène fréquent de la reprise des conflits en Afrique.

  • La réintégration est la composante la plus complexe et la plus critique du DDR, mais celle à laquelle est accordée néanmoins la priorité la plus basse.

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World + 9 others
UNEP Annual Report 2012

2012 – A Resounding Endorsement of Environmental Governance

History was made in 2012 with the first institutional reform of the environment programme of the UN since the Stockholm UN Conference on the Human Environment established UNEP in 1972.
At Rio+20, Heads of State and governments decided to strengthen and upgrade UNEP. This was followed by the adoption of a resolution at the 67th session of the UN General Assembly later in the year.

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World + 22 others
The Lessons and Limits of DDR in Africa

By Prosper Nzekani Zena

  • Notwithstanding laudable successes, incomplete or poorly conceived disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) initiatives have been key factors to high rates of conflict relapse in Africa.

  • Reintegration is the most complex and critical yet least prioritized facet of DDR.

  • The decision to integrate former militias into the national army is typically a political expediency that impedes military professionalism and increases the likelihood of human rights abuses and instability.

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Congo - HIV/AIDS and Health Project

Report
World Bank

Ratings for the HIV/AIDS and Health Project for the Republic of Congo were as follows: overall outcome was moderately satisfactory, the risk to development outcome was modest, the Banks performance was satisfactory, and the Borrower performance was moderately satisfactory. Over the past decade, the Government of Congo has systematically promoted appropriate institutional arrangements and participatory mechanism for testing, care, treatment, education, counseling and reducing discrimination against those affected by the virus.

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Côte d'Ivoire + 11 others
The Gulf of Guinea: The New Danger Zone

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

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Algeria + 21 others
Growing greener cities in Africa

Greener cities crucial to African food security

FAO releases first status report on urban gardening in Africa

30 August 2012, Rome - Africa's urban population is growing faster than that of any other region, but many of its cities are not keeping pace with the increasing demand for food that comes with that growth. A new FAO publication says policymakers need to act now to ensure that African cities will be "green" enough to meet their nutrition and income needs in a sustainable way.

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Preventing and Punishing Sexual Violence: The Work of the International Conference of the Great Lakes Region

Efforts to build lasting peace at regional level involve multiple strata of actors, institutions and processes. Regional organisations that are in search of shared peace and security must take cognisance of the various layers of political and social history of many sovereign states. These bodies must accommodate different economies, legal systems and security capacities, cultures and confl icting interests. Challenges such as these are particuraly acute for new regional institutions, especially when they ambitiously set out to solve newly-defi ned problems.

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Africa: Economics of Sanitation Initiative

Report
World Bank

Introduction

Traditionally, sanitation has not received the priority it deserves. It has not been widely recognized how good sanitation policies and practices can underpin socio-economic development and environmental protection. This study provides an estimation of economic impacts on populations without access to improved sanitation in order to provide information on the losses to society of the current sanitation situation.

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Nigeria + 15 others
Vulnerability to Climate Change in West Africa: Adaptive Capacity in the Regional Context

From the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

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World + 4 others
Great Expectations: UN Peacekeeping, Civilian Protection, and the Use of Force

Executive Summary

The proliferation of intra-state conflicts in the post-Cold War era has led to a substantial increase in the number of United Nations (UN) peacekeeping operations, resulting in the creation of forty-eight peacekeeping missions since 1990. The unprecedented challenges faced in the 1990’s – and in particular, the failures in Rwanda, Srebrenica, and Somalia – obliged the UN to revisit and rethink its peacekeeping strategies.

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Afghanistan + 11 others
Urgent Delivery - Maternal Death: The Avoidable Crisis

Report
MSF

Every day, approximately 1,000 women die in childbirth or from a pregnancy-related complication. Maternal death can occur at any time in pregnancy, but delivery is by far the most dangerous time for both the mother and the baby. The vast majority of these deaths can be prevented if access to emergency obstetric care is ensured.

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Is Reintegration Still Worth Doing Eight Years After the Ceasefire?

Report
World Bank

Situational Analysis of Ex-Combatants in the Pool Region, Republic of Congo
Based on fieldwork conducted in May 2011

This study was produced under the Transitional Demobilization and Reintegration Program (TDRP). The findings, interpretations, and conclusions herein are those of the authors only and do not necessarily reflect the views of the TDRP donors, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank and its affiliated organizations, its Executive Directors, or the governments they represent.

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Overview of Displacement in the Central African Republic

Executive Summary

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:

To learn more about OCHA's activities, please visit http://unocha.org/.