On May 10, a high level meeting chaired by President Donald Kaberuka, former British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, and Tim Berners-Lee, founder of the Web Foundation elicited a lively debate among 10 Ministers of Education and Science and Technology from Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Uganda; who met with officials of Intel, Cisco, Alcatel-Lucent, HP, Adobe, and Microsoft among other leading technology companies in Africa.
Plus de 39 000 Congolais réfugiés au Rwanda et en Ouganda suite aux récentes opérations militaires au Nord-Kivu. L’assistance est en cours pour les milliers de personnes déplacées internes.
Rapatriement des réfugiés congolais en République du Congo : près de 1 300 personnes rapatriées à ce jour.
Plus de 900 000 caprins et ovins touchés par la peste des petits ruminants en Equateur
Choléra : 14 644 cas dont 245 décès enregistrés depuis le début de l’année
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:
Interview with Aggrey Kibet, Programme Co-ordinator at ActionAid Uganda
What is your job at ActionAid?
I work as a Programme Co-ordinator at ActionAid Uganda. I work in Kapchorwa district, eastern Uganda, amongst communities that have been affected by pastoral tribal conflicts related to violent, organised cattle thefts and raids.
Can you tell us about the village of Giriki, one of the areas where you are working?
The security situation in North and South Kivu remained generally volatile and with several armed groups operating in the region, continued fighting had resulted in significant displacement of civilians, both within Congo and across the border into Rwanda and Uganda, Roger Meece, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for the Democratic Republic of the Congo said.
The districts of Kibaale, Hoima,Bullisa and Nebbi have been hit by a cholera epidemic. Uganda Red Cross Society has trained and deployed 103 volunteers to support the Ministry of Health and districts health teams contain the epidemic.
The volunteers have been trained in epidemic control, participatory hygiene and sanitation transformation. Their role is to engage affected households in hygiene promotion.
KAMPALA, 22 May 2012 (PLUSNEWS) - The prevalence of drug-resistant HIV strains in Uganda has risen from 8.6 percent to 12 percent in the last five years, one of the highest rates in Sub-Saharan Africa, according to a recent study.
The PharmAccess African Studies to Evaluate Resistance (PASER) monitoring cohort study report for 2008-2012 found that the prevalence of transmitted drug resistance among people who have never taken life-prolonging antiretroviral (ARV) medication was substantially higher in Uganda.
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This is a summary of what was said by the UNHCR spokesperson at today’s Palais des Nations press briefing in Geneva. Further information can be found on the UNHCR websites, www.unhcr.org and www.unhcr.fr, which should also be checked for regular media updates on non-briefing days.
March was generally wet with the district receiving above normal and evenly distributed rains of 266mm which led to an improvement in the vegetation condition with no shading and yellowing of neem tree and desert dates leaves reported. Mushrooms were also reported appearing by most of the households. The department of meteorology reported that overall, there are high chances for near normal rains in May over several parts of the district.
Reaffirming its commitment and support, the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany signed an agreement with IGAD to enhance the capacity of the organization to achieve its mandate and increase drought resilience in the region.
The Executive Secretary of IGAD, Eng. Mahboub Maalim, who signed the agreement in the presence of Mr. Mathias Richter, The Chargé d'affaires of the German Embassy of Djibouti, underlined the long friendship and cooperation between IGAD and Germany.
Drought Bulletin summary for the Month of APRIL 2012
April was wet with above normal rain of 147mm month that was evenly distributed across all areas of the district. The vegetation turned green and this condition is expected to continue with normal rain in May, as mentioned by the Department of Meteorology.
In this interview, John Prendergast, co-founder of the Enough Project, discusses the international justice system and the new ground forged by Invisible Children's Kony 2012 campaign in galvanizing civil society to engage in an issue which before had gone unnoticed by the public.
April was generally wet with most of the areas receiving above normal rains; 57mm of rainfall was received in the 1st dekad whereas 98mm and 108mm were received in the 2nd and last dekad of the month. The vegetation changes were dominated by most of the trees developing fresh green leaves,
Mosses and Mushrooms appeared because of the immanent rains. Predictions from the department of meteorology indicate that there are chances of near normal rains in May over several parts of the district.
The Uganda Red Cross Society (URCS) has deployed 3, 111 volunteers to support government in mobilizing parents and guardians to participate in a countrywide mass measles campaign scheduled for May 26-28. The campaign is targeting children under 5 years.
In addition to the volunteers, URCS will also deploy 28 staff and 14 vehicles that will be used in the social mobilization exercise. The vehicles will also assistant district health centres to transport health workers and vaccines to the vaccination points.
Grâce au fonds d’aide d’urgence de la Croix-Rouge internationale et du Croissant-Rouge (DREF, Disaster Relief Emergency Fund), la Belgique a financé ces dernières semaines des opérations de secours au Rwanda, en Ouganda et au Pérou. Cette aide humanitaire a été mise en place suite aux fortes pluies survenues dans ces trois pays. La Coopération belge au Développement participe aux actions pour un montant total de 125.000 euros.
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) refugees are often among the most vulnerable and isolated of refugees. This is especially true in places where they are at heightened risk due to violent attacks, discrimination, and laws that criminalize same-sex relations. In addition, in many countries around the world, LGBTI refugees are targets of bias-motivated attacks and sexual and gender-based violence. Around seventy-six countries criminalize consensual same-sex conduct.
As the world marked the International Day Against Homophobia Thursday, in Washington, U.S. activists and officials outlined efforts to protect an extremely vulnerable group - gay refugees in east Africa.
Kenya is host to more than 600,000 refugees, while there are an estimated 135,000 refugees in Uganda.
Both countries criminalize homosexuality. In Uganda, what are called "unnatural offenses" carry a risk of life in prison, with some lawmakers even advocating the death penalty. In Kenya, sex between men can lead to prison sentences of up to 14 years.
Following an introductory keynote address by outgoing ICC Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo, a panel of speakers examined country case studies in order to draw out wider lessons about the role of states and NGOs in achieving more effective strategies for enforcing outstanding arrest warrants.
