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01 Jun 2004

Uganda
At least 170 killed in northern Uganda in May: army

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— Agence France-Presse
KAMPALA, June 1 (AFP) - At least 170 people, including 55 civilians, 108 rebels and six government soldiers were killed in May during battles with Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels in northern Uganda, the army said on Tuesday.

"We lost six soldiers and nine injured during the same month, while at least 55 civilians were killed by the rebels in different parts of the region. Our forces killed 105 rebels," Lieutenant Paddy Ankunda told AFP from Gulu, quoting the army's monthly report.

He particularly cited the attack on Pagaka

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01 Jun 2004

Colombia + 1 other
IOM press briefing notes 1 Jun 2004: Colombia, Uganda

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— International Organization for Migration
(extract)
Spokesperson: Jean-Philippe Chauzy

COLOMBIA - Housing Subsidies for Displaced and Vulnerable Populations - The Colombian Government, through the Banco Agrario (Agrarian Bank) has approved rural housing subsidies for 449 internally displaced families from different municipalities in the departments of Caquetá, Cauca and Nariño.

IOM, in coordination with the Social Solidarity Network and the municipal mayor's offices, supported the presentation of the rural housing projects, obtaining 50% of the funding that the National

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31 May 2004

Uganda
Displaced families in two Ugandan camps receive seeds and tools

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— Mennonite Central Committee
Families in two northern Ugandan camps for displaced people recently received MCC seeds and hoes. Many people had been forced to forage in the nearby countryside for greens and other food.
by Dave Klassen and Marla Pierson Lester

AMURIA, Uganda - "I now have hope for my children and for our lives," said widow Aero Margaret after receiving a Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) package of seeds and hoes at a camp for displaced people in Katakwi district, northern Uganda.

In early May, 5,828 packages including

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31 May 2004

Democratic Republic of the Congo + 2 others
Humanitarian Update Uganda May 2004 Volume VI, Issue V

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— UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs


I. SECURITY
Security Overview

The conflict in northern Uganda continues to destroy livelihoods, resulting in further displacement and increasing vulnerability. The situation of over 1.6 million people sheltering in 104 crowded camps in four districts (Gulu, Kitgum, Pader and Lira) is Uganda's worst humanitarian crisis.

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:

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31 May 2004

Angola + 30 others
FAO/GIEWS Foodcrops and Shortages No. 2/2004

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— Food and Agriculture Organization
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CROP AND FOOD SUPPLY SITUATION
OVERVIEW

As of May 2004, the number of countries facing serious food shortages throughout the world stands at 35 with 24 in Africa, 5 in Asia, 5 in Latin America and 1 in Europe. The causes are varied but civil strife and adverse weather, including drought predominate. In many of these countries, the HIV/AIDS pandemic is a major contributing factor. Recently published joint FAO/WFP Crop and Food Supply Assessment

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31 May 2004

Afghanistan + 17 others
Nutrition information in crisis situations - Report number 2

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— UN Standing Committee on Nutrition
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Ethiopia - Dire situation of IDPs in Somali region -The nutrition and food security situation has improved in most parts of Ethiopia compared to 2002 and 2003. This may be attributed to better weather conditions and to the humanitarian aid which have probably mitigated the situation. Whilst in some areas, the nutrition situation seems under-control, it is still average to precarious in most parts of Ethiopia. The Somali region is especially at risk, due to poor rainfall and the presence of IDPs. Urgent action is needed in the IDP camps in Somali

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31 May 2004

Burundi + 10 others
FEWS Greater Horn of Africa Food Security Update May 2004: Food and non-food needs under-funded

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— Famine Early Warning System Network


Regional Overview - Food and Non-food Needs are Currently Under-funded
Despite anticipated improvement in food production, the Greater Horn of Africa (GHA) still faces a severe food security threat. Figure 1 shows the areas under different levels of food insecurity. This situation derives from successive unfavorable climatic conditions, chronic food insecurity (due to low agricultural yields, high population densities and poverty) and civil conflicts, among other factors.

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30 May 2004

Uganda
Uganda: Direct Relief's programme activities update May 2004

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— Direct Relief
Recipient: East Africa Medical Mission
Shipment Number: 3844
Shipment Date: 5/19/2004
Value: $50,049
Despite efforts being made to improve the incredibly poor economy in Uganda, the country's health care system suffers in many aspects, including lack of adequate access to the existing facilities. The current leading cause of death in Uganda is AIDS, which reduces the life expectancy to 42 years. Other problematic diseases include malaria, tuberculosis, dysentery, typhoid and venereal diseases. Each year a physician from North Carolina travels to East Africa with a group of
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28 May 2004

Afghanistan + 25 others
WFP Emergency Report No. 22 of 2004

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— World Food Programme


This report includes:
(A) Middle East, Central Asia and Eastern Europe: (1) Afghanistan

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

(C) West Africa: (1) Chad, (2) Liberia, (3) Cote d'Ivoire

(D) Southern Africa: (1) Regional, (2) Angola, (3) Lesotho, (4) Madagascar, (5) Malawi, (6) Mozambique, (7) Swaziland, (8) Zambia, (9) Zimbabwe

(E) Asia: (1) DPR Korea, (2) Myanmar

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28 May 2004

Uganda
Uganda: Children of War Rehabilitation Centre stretched to its limits, as number of rescued children increases

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— World Vision
With an increasing number of children rescued or escaping from LRA captivity in northern Uganda, the capacity of child care agencies working with formerly abducted children is getting stretched.
"The World Vision Centre in Gulu was set up to handle 250 children, with a capacity to stretch up to 400 but we are now nearing the 600 mark," said the Children of War Rehabilitation Centre Coordinator, Michael Oruni.

The number of children at the World Vision Centre is increasing by an average of 15 children a day. In addition to

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28 May 2004

Uganda
Uganda: Carol Bellamy meets war-affected people in the north

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— IRIN
KAMPALA, 28 May 2004 (IRIN) - The executive director of the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), Carol Bellamy, on Thursday ended a two-day visit to northern Uganda, where she visited internally displaced persons (IDPs). She also met children recovering from war trauma, some of them born to mothers who had themselves been children when they were abducted by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels.
Religious leaders in the region told Bellamy of the need for international intervention in the 18-year conflict in which thousands of people have lost their lives. She was briefed by
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This article does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations or its agencies. Refer to the IRIN copyright page for conditions of use.

Cet article ne reflète pas nécessairement les vues des Nations Unies. Voir IRIN droits d'auteur pour les conditions d'utilisation.

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28 May 2004

Uganda
A snapshot - the night commuters of northern Uganda

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— UN Children's Fund
UGANDA, 28 May 2004 - The thick grasslands, glittering streams and rich fields that surround Gulu town in northern Uganda, belie the harsh life that most people lead in this province.
Over the past year, a surge of attacks by the Lord's Resistance Army has driven nine of every ten inhabitants into Internally Displaced camps that are scattered throughout the land. Well over a million women and children have been affected, and the number is growing each day.

Instead of the sun and the rains, terror rules the rhythm of life for most people in northern Uganda.

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27 May 2004

Ethiopia + 3 others
USAID awards $6 million to support medical injection safety programs

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— US Agency for International Development
Funding Accelerates Goals of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief

WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) today awarded $6 million in funds to enhance medical injection safety programs to reduce the transmission of HIV in developing countries, sometimes the result of unsafe and unnecessary medical injections. The awards will support projects operating in six African countries - Ethiopia, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria and Uganda -- as part of the $15 billion President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.

The World Health Organization estimates

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27 May 2004

Sudan + 1 other
Sudan deal expected to help bring peace to northern Uganda

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— Agence France-Presse
KAMPALA, May 27 (AFP) - The Ugandan army said Thursday that accords signed by the Sudan government and the country's main rebel group to help end a war in the south of Sudan should bring neighbouring northern Uganda closer to peace.

Khartoum and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A) late Wednesday signed three agreements on power-sharing and the administration of three disputed regions, paving the way for a comprehensive peace deal to end Africa's longest-running war.

"This is a great step forward because

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27 May 2004

Uganda
Uganda's displaced people get WFP donations

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— Xinhua
KAMPALA, May 27, 2004 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The World Food Program (WFP) has donated over 25 tons of food items to 702 households of people displaced from Lukode camp in northern Uganda.

Head of the WFP in Gulu-sub-office Pedru Amulat was quoted Thursday by local media as saying that the food ration was enough to feed the people of Lukode for 15 days.

The people were given yellow beans and some clothes.

Amulat also said in Pagak camp in Lamogi Amuru sub-county, the WFP distributed about 268 tons of food items.

About 30 to 40 Lord's Resistance Army

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27 May 2004

Uganda
Bellamy demands more help for Uganda's war-scarred children

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— UN Children's Fund
Children flee their homes to escape abduction
GULU, Uganda, 27 May 2004 - Every evening at sunset families hurry along the road to Gulu in northern Uganda, desperate to reach the town before darkness falls. They are among the tens of thousands of people who abandon their homes at night to escape attack from rebel forces and to save their children from being abducted by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA).

It is estimated that 12,000 children have been abducted since 2002. They are forced to fight for the LRA, made to work or used for sex. Up to three thousand more have become separated

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26 May 2004

Democratic Republic of the Congo + 1 other
DRC-Uganda: ADB extends $80.2 million for recovery programmes

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— IRIN
KAMPALA, 26 May (IRIN) - African Development Bank (ADB) has announced a grant and loan package of US $80.18 million to support recovery programmes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to target the educational, health and agricultural sectors, the bank's spokesman, Eric Chinje, told IRIN on Wednesday.
The health-care project, worth $36.3 million, targets areas in eastern DRC devastated by ethnic fighting which claimed thousands of lives. The project will be directed at improving the health status of the population, especially the vulnerable groups.
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This article does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations or its agencies. Refer to the IRIN copyright page for conditions of use.

Cet article ne reflète pas nécessairement les vues des Nations Unies. Voir IRIN droits d'auteur pour les conditions d'utilisation.

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26 May 2004

Uganda + 7 others
Africa: Drought and floods hazards assessment 26 May 2004

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— Famine Early Warning System Network


CCA Guidance for September - October - November at Four Months Lead This week we focus on the outlooks for September - November for east Africa, divided into two areas.
East Africa

The outlook for Sep-Nov 2004 East Africa rainfall at four months lead show climatology in all areas, except locally over western Uganda, where there is a tilt in the odds favoring above average rainfall (eafSON4.gif).

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