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01 Feb 2006

United Republic of Tanzania + 9 others
Great Lakes stability summit set for August

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— Xinhua
NAIROBI, Feb 1, 2006 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- An eleven-nation summit on restoring stability to Africa's Great Lakes region, earlier scheduled for December, 2005 in Kenya, will now take place in August due to scheduled elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the United Nations announced here on Wednesday.

The summit in the Kenyan capital was to be held on December 15 and 16, 2005, but was put off until later this year, Ibrahim Fall, Special Representative of the Secretary General for the Great Lakes Region, told a news conference in Nairobi.

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01 Feb 2006

Democratic Republic of the Congo + 4 others
Great Lakes: Highlights of draft protocols and programmes of action

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— IRIN
[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations]
NAIROBI, 1 Feb 2006 (IRIN) - Delegates to the fourth and final preparatory meeting for the international conference on Africa's Great Lakes region analysed draft programmes of action to be tabled before a heads-of-state summit to be held in Nairobi later this year.

Below are highlights of the four themes to be covered during the international summit, during which the final version of these protocols and programmes will be adopted:

1. Peace and Security: one protocol,

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01 Feb 2006

Uganda
Northern Uganda: February mission focusing on assistance and protection for displaced

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— Refugees International
Refugees International is conducting an assessment mission to northern Uganda from January 31 to February 14 focusing on the assistance and protection needs of the estimated 1.7 million people displaced by the conflict between the Ugandan government and the Lord's Resistance Army. Advocates Michelle Brown and Sayre Nyce, accompanied by RI Board Secretary Jan Weil, are conducting the mission.

The RI team plans to spend most of their time in the northern part of the country visiting camps for the internally displaced, discussing the situation with the displaced directly, and consulting

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01 Feb 2006

Mali + 22 others
Conference of African Union Ministers of Agriculture 31Jan - 1 Feb 2006 Bamako, Mali

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— African Union
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Min/Agr/Rpt (I)
Report of the Conference of Ministers

1. Background

1. The African Union recognizes the importance of agriculture and the need for Africa to utilize its full potential to increase its food and agricultural production so as to guarantee sustainable food security and ensure economic prosperity for its peoples. It is in this context that African Heads of State and Government adopted numerous decisions and initiatives to address the situation.

2. A number of important Decisions by the Heads of State and Government called upon the African Union Commission

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31 Jan 2006

Burundi + 7 others
JRS Dispatches No. 186

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— Jesuit Refugee Service
(Extract)
Twice monthly news bulletin from the Jesuit Refugee Service International Office

REFUGEE NEWS BRIEFINGS

Côte d'Ivoire: attacks on humanitarian organisations unacceptable

Between 15-19 January, pro-government youths in Côte d'Ivoire demonstrated against a perceived infringement of their country's sovereignty. The demonstrations targeted French and United Nations operations in the government-controlled south of the country. However the protests escalated into violent encounters which resulted in five Ivoirian deaths and major destruction of property. JRS finds violence

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31 Jan 2006

Uganda
40 Ugandan children are born with HIV each day and one in two are malnourished as elections loom

Report
— Save the Children
- As elections loom, Ugandan children are calling on candidates to fight child poverty, end child exploitation and stop the war in the North

With Ugandan elections on February 23 just weeks away, Save the Children is calling on the candidates to pledge support for its Children's Manifesto and address the bleak situation faced by the nation's children.

Save the Children in Uganda (SCiU) is deeply concerned that in Uganda:

  • 2 million Ugandan children under the age of 6 live below the poverty line;

  • Almost 2 million children die each year
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31 Jan 2006

Uganda
Uganda: British aid for humanitarian projects in the north

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— IRIN
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KAMPALA, 31 Jan 2006 (IRIN) - Britain has contributed US $11.8 million to fund emergency health, nutrition and HIV/AIDS projects in strife-torn northern Uganda, United Nations agencies said on Monday.

The World Health Organization (WHO), the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) announced in a joint statement that the funds would be used to speed up humanitarian efforts in war-affected districts.

"Funds would help accelerate the

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31 Jan 2006

Uganda
Archbishop says children bearing the brunt of Uganda's conflict

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— UN Children's Fund
By Jonathan Schienberg
NEW YORK, USA, 31 January 2006 - Children are bearing the brunt of continuing conflict in northern Uganda, Archbishop of Gulu John Baptist Odama said in an interview at UNICEF House.

Describing the 20-year civil conflict as "a war that now has grandchildren", the Archbishop said the fighting can no longer be tolerated.

"When we see that the children's future is curtailed, like in the situation in northern Uganda - where the war has particularly targeted children - we see they are both the victims,

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31 Jan 2006

Democratic Republic of the Congo + 1 other
RDC : Parcours d'un enfant de treize ans, associé aux groupes armés

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— UN Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Par Olivier Charmes / MONUC
Agé de treize ans, Anton* a passé six années de sa vie dans la forêt avec le groupe rebelle des ADF / NALU. En janvier 2006, il a réussi à quitter ce groupe et à rentrer dans son pays, l'Ouganda, o=F9 il bénéficiera de la loi d'amnistie. Du côté des partenaires engagés dans le désarmement et le rapatriement des ADF/NALU, cette première vague de rapatriement d'anciens combattants ougandais pousse à l'optimisme.

Il est intimidé. Gêné de toute l'attention que lui et son groupe suscitent, ce matin, à l'aéroport de la MONUC à Mavivi,

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31 Jan 2006

Uganda
Uganda Humanitarian Situation Report No. 2/06, 16-31 Jan 2006

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— UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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I. GENERAL HUMANITARIAN CONTEXT
According to the UN Department for Safety and Security (UNDSS), the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) are now widely dispersed in small groups and are operating in Apac, Lira, Kitgum, Gulu and Pader districts. During the reporting period, there were 18 security incidents including abductions, ambushes/raids, Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF)-LRA clashes and LRA sightings. There were 42 civilians abducted in these districts. There have been no reported incidents or sightings of the LRA rebels in Teso region (Soroti, Kaberamaido, Katakwi and Amuria districts).
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31 Jan 2006

Ethiopia + 3 others
The role of agriculture in development implications for Sub-Saharan Africa

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— International Food Policy Research Institute
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ABSTRACT
This paper provides a nuanced perspective on debates about the potential for Africa's smallholder agriculture to stimulate growth and alleviate poverty in an increasingly integrated world. In particular, the paper synthesizes both the traditional theoretical literature on agriculture's role in the development process and discusses more recent literature that remains skeptical about agriculture's development potential for Africa. In order to examine in greater detail the relevance for Africa of both the "old" and "new" literatures on agriculture,
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30 Jan 2006

Uganda
Swedish election observers to Uganda

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— Government of Sweden
The Government has decided that Sweden will make two long-term and four short-term observers available for the parliamentary and presidential elections in Uganda on 23 February 2006.

The election observers will be part of a joint EU mission.

"By sending election observers to Uganda, we want to help strengthen democratic development in the country," says Minister for International Development Cooperation Carin Jämtin.

The elections are the first multiparty elections to be held in Uganda since President Museveni came to power in 1986.

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30 Jan 2006

Angola + 10 others
Great Lakes: Gearing up for regional summit

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— IRIN
[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations]
NAIROBI, 30 Jan 2006 (IRIN) - The final preparatory meeting for an international conference on Africa's Great Lakes region began on Monday in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, with delegates from 11 countries in attendance.

The three-day meeting, organised by a joint secretariat of the African Union (AU) and the United Nations, is the fourth in the process aimed at bringing lasting peace and security to the region. The participants are due to analyse draft programmes of

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30 Jan 2006

Uganda
Ugandan archbishop calls on UN to bring an end to 20 years of war

Report
— Caritas
Vatican City, 30 January 2006 - Archbishop John Baptist Odama spoke before the United Nations Security Council last week, imploring the international community to finally intervene in Uganda's 20-year war, a protracted conflict marked by mass kidnappings of children and the indiscriminate killing of civilians.
"Some people described this war as the unforgotten war. To many others, this war is largely the most unknown war on the globe," Mr Odama, the Archbishop of Gulu in northern Uganda, stated before the Security Council in New York.

"I come here to bring the cry of

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30 Jan 2006

Angola + 15 others
Nutrition information in crisis situations - Report number 8

Report
— UN Standing Committee on Nutrition
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Highlights
Somalia- Worsening situation in Southern Somalia- Failure of the Deyr rains, compounded by the previous poor Gu season, has led to a rapidly deteriorating food security situation in Southern Somalia, which will not improved at least until the next rainy season in June 2006.

The combined Gu and Deyr harvests are estimated as being the worse in a decade. About 1,700,000 people are expected to be in a humanitarian emergency or acute livelihood crisis until June 2006. The Somali president has appealed for US$ 60 million in aid.

Sudan- Situation still fragile

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30 Jan 2006

Burundi + 7 others
HIV/AIDS and internally displaced persons in 8 priority countries

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— UN High Commissioner for Refugees
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Executive Summary:
Little is currently known about HIV among conflict-affected internally displaced persons (IDPs) despite claims that conflict increases HIV among IDPs, that they have high HIV infection rates, and that they lack adequate HIV interventions. An examination of the literature, National HIV Strategic Plans (NSPs) and approved funding proposals among 8 priority countries with large IDP populations was undertaken to improve our understanding of HIV among IDPs and to make recommendations to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the Office
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29 Jan 2006

Uganda + 1 other
Ugandan army raids rebels hideouts in Sudan

Report
— Xinhua
KAMPALA, Jan 29, 2006 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Uganda People's Defense Force (UPDF) has said that its troops raided rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) hideouts near Juba in southern Sudan on Saturday.
UPDF spokesman Major Felix Kulaije was quoted on Sunday by the Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC) Radio as saying that the Ugandan army killed five LRA rebels during the attack.

The army also rescued two women and their children from the rebel hideouts.

The spokesman said in another operation in Gulu in northern Uganda on Saturday, the UPDF soldiers killed one LRA

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28 Jan 2006

Democratic Republic of the Congo + 3 others
Grands Lacs : le Conseil de sécurité condamne les groupes armés opérant dans la région

Report
— UN Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Conseil de sécurité / DPI
Au terme d'une réunion marathon consacrée à la situation dans la région des Grands Lacs, le Conseil de sécurité a fermement condamné vendredi soir les activités des milices et groupes armés opérant dans cette région, en particulier les Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda (FDLR), le Palipehutu-Forces nationales de libération (FNL) et l'Armée de résistance du Seigneur (LRA) qui continuent d'attaquer les civils et le personnel humanitaire des Nations Unies.

Dans sa résolution 1653 (2006), adoptée

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