Washington, DC - The United Nations Foundation's Nothing But Nets campaign launched a worldwide fundraiser challenge today to raise money to send lifesaving bed nets to refugee camps in Africa, where malaria is the number one killer of refugees. Supporters are holding hundreds of fundraisers across the country in the lead-up to World Malaria Day on April 25, 2009. Individuals can view where events

The Northern Uganda Transition Initiative (NUTI) is a three-year post-conflict transition program working in the four districts of north-central Uganda in the Acholi sub-region. This region was hardest hit by the 23-year insurgency and, as a result, experienced massive internal displacement, high levels of abductions, and significant levels of infrastructure destruction.

Since a 2006 peace process and a subsequent military offensive against the remnants of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in Garamba National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the security

WASHINGTON, D.C., March 31, 2009 -- The World Bank Board of Executive Directors today approved a $150 million International Development Association (IDA) credit* to support post primary education in Uganda. The credit builds on the Bank-supported Universal Primary Education (UPE) initiative that started in 1996.

The Universal Post Primary Education and Training Program (UPPET)seeks to improve access, quality and relevance of post primary education and training. Particular attention will be paid

- NEARLY 11,500 PEOPLE IN ABIM DISTRICT HAVE RELOCATED TO NEW SETTLEMENTS IN 2009 DUE TO INCREASED SECURITY

- VIOLENT STORMS DAMAGE HOUSES, CROPS, SCHOOLS AND A HEALTH CENTRE ACROSS ACHOLI REGION AS RAINY SEASON BEGINS

- WFP TO INCREASE RATIONS SIZE IN KARAMOJA AS FOOD INSECURITY INCREASES

- FIRST ROUND OF POLIO VACCINATIONS COMPLETED, REACHING ABOVE 100% OF TARGETED POPULATION ON AVERAGE

II. SECURITY AND ACCESS

SECURITY

The security situation in northern Uganda continued to be stable throughout the reporting period. The Uganda People's

Great Lakes

ADB supports DDR in the Great Lakes region

According to a communiqué issued in Tunis on 25 February 2009 the Board of the African Development Bank (ADB) group has approved a grant of 14 million units of account (US$ 20.9) to help fund the multi-country transitional support programme for demobilization and reintegration (MDRTSP) in the Great Lakes region. The programme is intended to ensure the effective reintegration of ex-combatants in the region with the aim of consolidating peace and revitalizing the economy.

1. Le rapatriement et la réintégration des réfugiés burundais.

2. Protection et assistance de 27 787 réfugiés et demandeurs d'asile, dont 17 983 Congolais installés dans les camps de Gihinga (Mwaro), de Gasorwe (Muyinga), de Musasa (Ngozi), au site de Songore (Ngozi). 235 réfugiés Rwandais vivent dans le camp de Giharo (Rutana). Le HCR au Burundi assiste sous diverses formes et veille également à la protection de quelque 9 522 réfugiés urbains et demandeurs d'asile, dont 99 % sont originaires de la République Démocratique du Congo (RDC).

Highlights:

- Joint force kills three LRA rebels in Nzara

- Over 6,000 returnees expected in Raja

- Gunmen fire on Kenyan de-mining convoy

- JIU issues statement on inflammatory rumours

- Force Protection Unit training begins in Bentiu

Sector I - Juba

Joint force kills three LRA rebels in Nzara

On 28 March, a joint force made up of Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) and Uganda People's Defense Force

The need for attention is especially acute in the education sector, where community schools are in shambles. Classrooms have little or no furniture, there are no latrines, and teachers live far from the workplace. Fortunately, there is growing recognition