1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

2. DG ECHO has provided over €105.8 million in humanitariana ssistance in Uganda from 2006 to 2010. This support has been directed principally towards dealing with the effects of continued displacement and the on-going (although largely complete) return process in the conflict-affected north central region of Acholi as well as food insecurity affecting the northeastern Karamoja region.

UK aid is about generating opportunity and prosperity for poor people in developing countries.

This document sets out how we intend to put the private sector centre-stage in doing this.

Our new approach to working with the private sector is about us doing more with and for private enterprise, extending this work in new areas, and doing it better. We want private sector thinking to become as much part of DFID’s DNA as our work with charities and governments.

CHF 166,628 was allocated from the Federation’s Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) on 10 th November 2010 to support the National Society in supporting social mobilization activities during November, December 2010 and January 2011 rounds of polio vaccination in 11 districts targeting 1.2 million under-five-years.

Goma, 30 May 2011 - The Disarmament, Demobilization, Repatriation, Reintegration, and Resettlement (DDR/RR) Section of MONUSCO is responsible for repatriating all foreign combatants in the DRC and assisting the government in demobilizing the Congolese combatants. The following is an exclusive interview with DDR/RR Director Gregory Alex.

What are the operational workings of the DDR/RR Section?

In March and April 2011, FEWS NET conducted field assessments to analyze the impact of the January 2011 referendum on trade flows and livelihoods, particularly along the north/south border. This report provides a summary of the key findings from the assessment.

Key messages

En Afrique subsaharienne, les pertes en grains atteindraient, en valeur, 4 milliards de dollars, selon la FAO et la Banque mondialeL'investissement dans des technologies post-récolte pour réduire les pertes de denrées alimentaires entraînerait une augmentation notable des approvisionnements alimentaires en Afrique subsaharienne, selon un nouveau rapport de la FAO et de la Banque mondiale présenté aujourd'hui au cours d'une réunion d'experts de la région consacrée à cette question.Ce rapport, Aliments perdus : le cas des pertes de grains post-récolte en Afrique subsaharienne

Analyses

► Child soldiers in the Horn – cause to remain at attention!
► Kenya and the International Criminal Court
Role and protection of human rights defenders
► Privatization of security in Somalia
Implications for the Horn of Africa

Human Rights Council

MORNING

30 May 2011

Council Holds General Debate

The Human Rights Council this morning opened its seventeenth regular session, hearing an address by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in which she updated the Council on her Office’s activities and then holding a general debate.

RENGEN, Uganda — Simon Peter Lotia is not only more than twice the age and double the height of his fellow pupils at Rengen primary school in northeast Uganda, but he towers over most of his teachers as well.

For many of the years when he should have been in school, Lotia, 23, was launching bloody cattle raids against other clans across Uganda's remostest and most volatile region, Karamoja.

Now, Lotia has swapped his automatic weapon for an arithmetic book and joined a growing number of former warriors who have decided that it is finally time to start going to school.