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01 May 2006

Democratic Republic of the Congo + 1 other
Uganda warns Congo on rebel group

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— Xinhua
KAMPALA, May 1, 2006 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Uganda has again warned the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) over the activities of a Ugandan rebel group hiding in Garamba National Park, eastern DRC, state-owned New Vision reported on Monday.

The government also challenged the UN Observer Mission in the Congo, MONUC, to contain Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) who have been fighting it for the last 20 years in a rebellion that has left tens of thousands of people dead in northern Uganda.

"We challenge MONUC to contain the

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30 Apr 2006

Uganda
Displaced population in Northern Uganda - April 2006

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— UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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30 Apr 2006

Uganda
Dispaced population in Northern Uganda - April 2006

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30 Apr 2006

Democratic Republic of the Congo + 1 other
RDC : Invasion Ougandaise - les rapports sont crédibles

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— UN Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo
DPI / MONUC
La Mission de l'Organisation des Nations Unies en République démocratique du Congo (MONUC) a reçu de l'armée congolaise des informations selon lesquelles des affrontements se seraient produits vendredi, 28 avril 2006, dans la zone sud d'Aba, dans le district de l'Ituri, entre ses soldats et les éléments présumés d'un groupe connu sous le nom de Forces de défense populaires de l'Ouganda.

Par mesure de prudence, la MONUC a renforcé sa présence à Aba, déployant une unité de Casques bleus et deux véhicules armés. Elle a également ouvert une enquête et a envoyé des observateurs

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30 Apr 2006

Democratic Republic of the Congo + 1 other
Reports concerning Ugandan incursions into DRC credible

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— UN Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo
DPI / MONUC
The UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) is following up on reports of clashes between the Congolese national army and suspected elements of the armed group known as the Ugandan People's Defence Force, or UPDF, in the area south of Aba in the Ituri District.

As a precautionary measure, MONUC has reinforced its military presence in Aba, with the deployment of one platoon of peacekeepers and two armoured vehicles.

"After verification, we found the reports concerning Ugandan incursions into the DR Congo to be credible,"

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30 Apr 2006

Kenya + 4 others
JRS Dispatches No. 192

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— Jesuit Refugee Service
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Twice monthly news bulletin from the Jesuit Refugee Service International Office.
REFUGEE NEWS BRIEFINGS

SRI LANKA: VIOLENCE AND DISPLACEMENT CONTINUES

On 25 April, in response to an attack by a suicide bomber, the Sri Lankan air force began aerial bombing northeastern Sri Lanka. After a brief pause the next morning the bombing continued, this time supported by navy and army ground troops.

The strikes were the first official military action since a 2002 ceasefire halted the two-decades-old civil war and

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30 Apr 2006

Uganda
Improving the food security of AIDS-affected households in rural Uganda

Report
— International Center for Research on Women
ICRW is working with The AIDS Support Organization of Uganda (TASO) and the National Agricultural Research Organization of Uganda (NARO) to improve food security and nutrition of AIDS-affected households in rural Uganda. The project, "Transcending Boundaries to Improve the Food Security of AIDS-affected Households in Rural Uganda," is addressing the complexities of food insecurity and HIV/AIDS by forging partnerships across sectors - including institutions with expertise in agriculture, nutrition, gender and HIV/AIDS - at the district, community and local
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30 Apr 2006

Sudan + 12 others
Crop prospects and food situation - No.1 Apr 2006

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— Food and Agriculture Organization
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HIGHLIGHTS
- World cereal production in 2006 is forecast to decline marginally from last year's good level. Wheat output is expected to decrease reflecting smaller crops in the United States and the CIS in Europe, due to adverse weather. Production of coarse grains is tentatively forecast to decline mostly as a result of reduced plantings anticipated in the United States. Rice output may increase as very early prospects are favourable.

- In Eastern Africa, recent rains eased somewhat drought conditions in the pastoral areas of the Horn, where 7.9

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28 Apr 2006

Sudan + 1 other
Uganda-Sudan: Repatriation of refugees to start next week

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— IRIN
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Kampala, 28 Apr 2006 (IRIN) - The voluntary repatriation of southern Sudanese refugees who have lived in neighbouring Uganda for decades will begin next week, thanks to better security in the region, the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Thursday.

Security in Sudan has improved, following the signing in 2005 of a peace agreement between the Khartoum-based government and the former rebels of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A)

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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 Apr 2006

Uganda + 1 other
DR Congo protests against Ugandan incursion into territory

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— Xinhua
KINSHASA, Apr 27, 2006 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Thursday lodged a protest against the Ugandan government after Ugandan troops intruded into its territory from southern Sudan Wednesday night.
According to a statement issued by DRC Foreign Ministry Thursday night, about a company of Ugandan soldiers, riding in two vehicles armed with cannons, crossed into the remote northeast DRC region of Adau, 17 km from the border with Sudan.

The statement said the Ugandan soldiers, who claimed to be hunting down the Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army (LRA)

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28 Apr 2006

Uganda
Ugandan army builds buffer zone in volatile northeast

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— Xinhua
KAMPALA, Apr 28, 2006 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The Uganda People's Defense Force (UPDF) is building a buffer zone between the northeastern Karamoja region and its neighbors to block armed warriors from rustling cattle.

The UPDF's Chief of Land Forces Maj. Gen. Katumba Wamala was quoted by state-owned New Vision daily as saying on Friday this is one of the army's security measures as it resettles internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Teso, eastern Uganda.

Wamala was addressing a consultative meeting called by Prime Minister Apollo Nsibambi to design ways of resettling

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28 Apr 2006

Democratic Republic of the Congo + 2 others
DRC-Uganda: Kinshasa protests troops incursion, Kampala denies claim

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— IRIN
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Kinshasa, 28 Apr 2006 (IRIN) - The Democratic Republic of Congo has protested to Uganda against its army's incursion into northeastern Congo in the so-called pursuit of Ugandan rebels, the Congolese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Friday.

"A note of protest has been handed to the Embassy of Uganda in Kinshasa," the ministry said in a communiqué.

The ministry said the note condemned what it said was fighting between Ugandan and Congolese troops on Wednesday

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28 Apr 2006

Democratic Republic of the Congo + 1 other
DRC: Kinshasa warns Uganda against military incursions

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— Agence France-Presse
KINSHASA, April 28, 2006 (AFP) - The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) warned Uganda against violating its borders on Friday, after the Congolese army reported that Ugandan soldiers had entered the DRC to look for rebel forces from the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA).
The Congolese army report said that armed men in Ugandan military uniform arrived at Aba in northeastern DRC on Wednesday, chasing LRA rebels who were on the run after an attack in neighbouring Sudan.

The Congolese foreign ministry reported a "skirmish" on Wednesday between members of a Congolese battalion

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28 Apr 2006

Sudan + 1 other
Uganda: Cholera hits Agoro IDP camp

Report
— New Vision
THE cholera epidemic in southern Sudan has spread to Agoro internally displaced people's (IDP) camp in Kitgum district where 27 cases were reported recently, the LC5 chairman has said.

Chris Ocowun reports that Nahaman Ojwee said the epidemic spread to the area through interactions at Agoro camp market.

The market attracts business people from Gulu, Kitgum, Pader and southern Sudan every Wednesday, he said.

Ojwee said they suspect the epidemic to have spread from the towns of Ikotos and Torit which border Kitgum.

He said the 27 reported cases had been

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28 Apr 2006

Angola + 28 others
WFP Emergency Report No. 17 of 2006

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— World Food Programme
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This week's report covers the following sectors: Agriculture, Coordination and Support Services, Education, Food, Health, Refugees and IDPs, Security, Shelter and Non-food Items, Water & Sanitation

(A) Highlights

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

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

(D) West Africa: (1) Cote d'Ivoire (2) Guinea (3) Niger

(E) Southern Africa: (1) Angola

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27 Apr 2006

Democratic Republic of the Congo + 1 other
UN probes reports Uganda troops clashed in Congo

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— Reuters - AlertNet
By David Lewis
KINSHASA, April 27 (Reuters) - U.N. peacekeepers in Congo are investigating reports that Ugandan soldiers crossed into Congo in pursuit of rebels and clashed with Congolese troops, the world body said on Thursday.

Security sources in Kinshasa said Ugandan soldiers clashed with the Congolese army on Wednesday near the frontier town of Aba, in the remote northeast, after crossing the border to hunt down Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels hiding there.

"We have received reports from the

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27 Apr 2006

Uganda
U.S. lawmaker, officials pledge more aid for Ugandan children

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— US Department of State
Girl abducted by rebel group in 1996 recites ordeal at House hearing
By Jim Fisher-Thompson, Washington File Staff Writer

Washington - Members of Congress as well as top government officials pledged to increase efforts to help child victims of a vicious insurgency that has wracked northern Uganda for 20 years.

During an April 26 hearing by the House Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and International Operations, Chairman Chris Smith (Republican of New Jersey) told a standing-room-only audience - including Ugandan Ambassador Perezi Kamunanwire - that not enough

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27 Apr 2006

Uganda
Uganda: Army building buffer zone in Karamoja

Report
— New Vision
By Jude Etyang

THE army is building a buffer zone between Karamoja and its neighbours to block the warriors from rustling cattle.

This is one of the army's security measures as it resettles internally displaced persons in Teso, the Land Forces chief, Maj. Gen. Katumba Wamala told a consultative meeting called by the Prime Minister, Prof. Apolo Nsibambi.

Over 20 MPs mainly from the north and east, ministers, the Police chief, three army division commanders and permanent secretaries attended the meeting at Kabira Club.

Nsibambi urged the MPs, most of whom

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27 Apr 2006

Sudan + 6 others
Japan steps up contribution to UNDP operations in Africa

Report
— UN Development Programme


Japan has been one of UNDP's key strategic partners in recent years. Japan's contribution to UNDP regular resources in 2005 was approximately $82.4 million. The regular resources, as the basis for UNDP's core operations, provide UNDP the critical capacity to be a trusted partner to meet global challenges throughout the world. In 2005, Japan was the fifth-largest contributor to UNDP regular resources after the Netherlands, Norway, US, and Sweden. Japan was the top contributor to UNDP regular resources in 2000 and 2001.

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27 Apr 2006

Uganda
Uganda: Drought looming - minister warns

Report
— New Vision
The country is bound to face another severe drought, state minister for water Maria Mutagmba told parliament yesterday, write Mariam Nalunkuuma and Apollo Mubiru.

Mutagamba said reports from the meterological department indicate that, "the rains we are experiencing now are going to be normal or below normal. That means that very soon, we shall experience another severe drought."

She asked the public to take advantage of the current rains.

Mutagamba was appearing before the parliamentary committee on natural resources together with the water, lands and environment

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