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01 Jan 2006

Angola + 15 others
Africa: Malaria- Africa health initiative Appeal No. MAA60002

Report
— IFRC
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This appeal seeks a total of CHF 34,095,0001 to fund programmes and activities to be implemented in 2006 and 2007. These programmes are aligned with the International Federation's Global Agenda, which sets out four broad goals to meet the Federation's mission to "improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity".

Global Agenda Goals:

- Reduce the numbers of deaths, injuries and impact from disasters.

- Reduce the number of deaths, illnesses and impact from diseases and public health

emergencies.

- Increase local community, civil society

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01 Jan 2006

Djibouti + 1 other
Horn of Africa Sub-regional Programmes Appeal no. MAA64004

Report
— IFRC
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This appeal seeks CHF 3,668,821(1)t o fund programmes and activities to be implemented in 2006 and 2007. These programmes are aligned with the International Federation's Global Agenda, which sets out four broad goals to meet the Federation's mission to "improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity".
Global Agenda goals:

1. Reduce the numbers of deaths, injuries and impact from disasters.

2. Reduce the number of deaths, illnesses and impact from diseases and public health emergencies.

3. Increase local community, civil society

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01 Jan 2006

Angola + 15 others
Africa: Health initiative - Measles and polio Appeal No. MAA60001

Report
— IFRC
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This appeal seeks a total of CHF 3,011,000(1) to fund programmes and activities to be implemented in 2006 and 2007. These programmes are aligned with the International Federation's Global Agenda, which sets out four broad goals to meet the Federation's mission to "improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity".

Global Agenda Goals:

- Reduce the numbers of deaths, injuries and impact from disasters.

- Reduce the number of deaths, illnesses and impact from diseases and public health emergencies.

- Increase local community, civil society

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28 Dec 2005

Algeria + 19 others
Africa: Weather hazards assessment 29 Dec 2005 - 4 Jan 2006

Report
— Famine Early Warning System Network


Weekly Introduction
Update of Seasonal Outlooks at Four-Months Lead: April – June 2006

Northern Horn of Africa

Climatology is expected across most of the region, except locally over northwestern and southwestern Sudan, where there is a slight tilt in the odds favoring below normal rainfall. There is a slight tilt in the odds favoring above normal rainfall locally over eastern Ethiopia, northern Somalia, and portions of Djibouti. Climatology is expected elsewhere.

Gulf of Guinea

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22 Dec 2005

Djibouti + 4 others
IGAD workshop report on the avian influenza hazard

Report
— Intergovernmental Authority on Development
Introduction
Workshop on Avian Influenza organized by IGAD Secretariat was convened from 21-22 December 2005 at Palais du Peuple, Djibouti. The participants of the Workshop included representatives from the IGAD member states: from the Veterinary departments, Ministries of Health and Wildlife authorities and from other partner organizations- WHO, FAO and AU/ABAR, represented during this Workshop. All IGAD member states except Eritrea were represented in the Workshop.

The objectives of the Workshop were to discuss how to manage and mitigate the risk of disaster of the Avian Influenza

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19 Dec 2005

Afghanistan + 20 others
U.S. has spent more than $1 billion dollars on land mine removal

Report
— US Department of State


State Department releases chronology of activities spanning 143 years

The United States has spent more than a billion dollars in the past dozen years on humanitarian land mine removal efforts around the world.

This money has been spent to remove land mines, pay for educational messages on the risks posed by mines, help victims of mine injuries, and fund research and development to improve existing humanitarian mine removal programs.

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14 Dec 2005

Algeria + 10 others
Africa: Weather hazards assessment 15 - 21 Dec 2005

Report
— Famine Early Warning System Network


Weekly Introduction:
Update of El Niño:

Synopsis: ENSO-neutral or weak La Niña conditions are likely during the next 6-9 months.

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13 Dec 2005

Angola + 38 others
Food supply situation and crop prospects in Sub-Saharan Africa Dec 2005

Report
— Food and Agriculture Organization
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INTRODUCTION
This is the third and final issue for 2005 of this report prepared by the FAO Global Information and Early Warning System (GIEWS) on the food supply situation and cereal import and food aid requirements for all countries in sub- Saharan Africa. The report is designed to provide the latest analysis and information on the food situation in these countries to governments, international organizations and other institutions engaged in humanitarian operations.

In this introductory part, countries in the subregion facing serious overall food shortages or other causes

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07 Dec 2005

Kenya + 12 others
Africa: Weather hazards assessment 8 - 14 Dec 2005

Report
— Famine Early Warning System Network


Weekly Introduction:
Locust Update:

The FAO (http://www.fao.org/ag/locusts/en/info/info/index.html) was last updated on November 29 indicating that the Desert Locust situation remains calm in the summer breeding areas in the Sahel in West Africa. Small-scale breeding is occurring in Mauritania and Algeria.

Lake Tanganyika Earthquake:

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02 Dec 2005

Angola + 34 others
WFP Emergency Report No. 49 of 2005

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— World Food Programme
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This week 's report covers the following sectors: Agriculture, Food, Health, Protection / Human Rights / Rule of Law, Refugees and IDPs, Security, Shelter & Non-food items, Water & Santitation
(A) Highlights

(B) Middle East,Central Asia and Eastern Europe: (1) Occupied Palestinian Territories (2) Pakistan (3) Russian Federation (Caucasus)

(C) East & Central Africa: (1) Burundi (2) Djibouti (3) Ethiopia (4) Rwanda (5) Somalia (6) Sudan (7) Tanzania (8) Uganda

(D) West Africa: (1) Chad (2) Guinea (3) Liberia (4) Niger

(E) Southern Africa: (1) Angola

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30 Nov 2005

Angola + 19 others
Africa: Weather hazards assessment 1 - 7 Dec 2005

Report
— Famine Early Warning System Network


Weekly Introduction:

Update of Seasonal Outlooks at Four Months Lead:

March – May 2006

Southern Africa

The outlook for March-May 2006 southern Africa rainfall at four months lead shows a tilt in the odds favoring below normal rainfall across Namibia and locally over western Botswana. There is a tilt in the odds favoring above normal rainfall over southern and northern Angola, portions of central and northeastern Zambia, northern Mozambique, Malawi, and portions of southern Tanzania.

East Africa

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30 Nov 2005

Sudan + 8 others
Report of the scenario development and humanitarian analysis workshop for countries of the Horn of Africa - Nov 2005

Report
— UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
The Regional Scenario Development workshop for the Greater Horn of Africa region took place on 2-3 November in the Ballroom of the Norfolk Hotel in Nairobi. Regional representations from UN, INGOs, and donors joined their respective colleagues from countries in the region to provide a fairly comprehensive and complementary perspective and analysis of recent and forecasted regional events.
In addition to its objective to give primary focus to events with regional or cross border significance, this workshop also made a more concerted attempt to work out the basic elements
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:

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

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28 Nov 2005

Sierra Leone + 10 others
ACHPR: Contribution on the situation of defenders in Africa

Report
— World Organisation Against Torture
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African Commission for Human and Peoples' Rights
38th ordinary session, Banjul, November 2005

Contribution by: The International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT).

Under their joint programme: The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders

Under the topic on the agenda: "Situation of Human Rights Defenders"

The FIDH and the OMCT, under their joint programme, the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, would like to draw the attention of the members of the African Commission

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25 Nov 2005

Kenya + 3 others
FEWS Greater Horn of Africa Food Security Watch 25 Nov 2005 - Poor rains in pastoral/agropastoral areas

Report
— Famine Early Warning System Network


Poor October - December Rains Threaten Pastoral and Agropastoral Areas in Somalia, Kenya, Djibouti and Ethiopia

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25 Nov 2005

Angola + 25 others
WFP Emergency Report No. 48 of 2005

Report
— World Food Programme
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This week 's report covers the following sectors: Agriculture, Food, Health, Protection / Human Rights / Rule of Law, Refugees and IDPs, Security, Shelter & Non-food items, Water & Santitation

(A) Highlights

(B) Middle East,Central Asia and Eastern Europe: (1) Pakistan

(C) East & Central Africa: (1) Burundi (2) Congo, DR (3) Djibouti (4) Ethiopia (5) Kenya (6) Rwanda (7) Sudan (8) Tanzania (9) Uganda

(D) West Africa: (1) Chad (2) Liberia (3) Niger

(E) Southern Africa: (1) Angola (2) Lesotho (3) Madagascar (4) Malawi (5) Mozambique (6) Swaziland (7)

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23 Nov 2005

Algeria + 14 others
Africa: Weather hazards assessment 24 - 30 Nov 2005

Report
— Famine Early Warning System Network


Weekly Introduction:

Update of Seasonal Outlooks at One Month Lead:

December 2005 – February 2006 Forecasts for Southern Africa:

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