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ERITREA-SUDAN: Samuel, "They told me, ‘We'll put you in custody if you don't bring your son’”

Written by Administrator
Sunday, 20 June 2010
KASSALA Monday, December 14, 2009 (IRIN) - Samuel, a 65-year-old Eritrean, father of two sons, escaped to Sudan in August when the government threatened to detain him unless he brought back his 37-year-old son, who fled forced conscription to the army. Read Full Article Write comment (0 Comments)

In Brief: Migration myths dispelled in UNDP report

Written by Administrator
Sunday, 24 January 2010
BANGKOK Monday, October 05, 2009 (IRIN) - Most migrants do not move from developing to developed countries, and when they do, rather than hurting host economies, they benefit them, according to a new report by the UN Development Programme (UNDP). Read Full Article Write comment (0 Comments)

In Brief: Twenty cities most vulnerable to storm surges, sea level rises

Written by Administrator
Sunday, 24 January 2010
DAKAR Thursday, October 01, 2009 (IRIN) - According to (yet another) new climate change report, this time from development think-tank CGD, these are the 20 cities where the most people will be at the greatest risk from sea level rise and storm surges in the developing world. Read Full Article Write comment (0 Comments)

In Brief: Voices of landmine survivors

Written by Administrator
Sunday, 24 January 2010
DAKAR Thursday, October 08, 2009 (IRIN) - A landmine survivor in Senegal’s Casamance region on 6 October used the recent report, ‘Voices from the Ground’, based on a survey of mine victims worldwide, to remind aid agencies, Senegal’s anti-mine agency and the media of victims’ needs and governments’ responsibilities. Read Full Article Write comment (0 Comments)

How To: Rescue people trapped in a collapsed building

Written by Administrator
Sunday, 24 January 2010
NAIROBI Thursday, October 08, 2009 (IRIN) - When an earthquake strikes a town, or a building is levelled by an explosion, news footage invariably shows search and rescue teams trawling through the rubble looking for survivors. But what does it take to rescue people trapped under tons of concrete? Read Full Article Write comment (0 Comments)

In Brief: When health facilities become casualties

Written by Administrator
Sunday, 24 January 2010
DAKAR Wednesday, October 14, 2009 (IRIN) - Designed to be safe havens in times of disaster, health facilities are vulnerable to upheaval when catastrophe strikes, according to the UN, which is focusing on hospital safety for International Day for Disaster Reduction. Read Full Article Write comment (0 Comments)

AFRICA: Fighting the "double whammy" of obesity and hunger

Written by Administrator
Sunday, 24 January 2010
BANGKOK Thursday, October 08, 2009 (IRIN) - Africa faces a double burden of obesity and hunger as millions take up increasingly sedentary lives in cities and the global financial crisis hits rural populations’ food security, nutritionists warn. Read Full Article Write comment (0 Comments)

AFRICA: Africa's IDP situation at a glance

Written by Administrator
Sunday, 24 January 2010
NAIROBI Thursday, October 15, 2009 (IRIN) - Africa hosts at least 11 million of the world's 25 million conflict-affected IDPs. Millions more are displaced annually by natural disasters. Read Full Article Write comment (0 Comments)

AFRICA: Shining the spotlight on the displaced

Written by Administrator
Sunday, 24 January 2010
NAIROBI Thursday, October 15, 2009 (IRIN) - Forty years after the rights of Africa’s refugees were enshrined in a landmark convention, the continent’s leaders are due to make legal history again by adopting a new instrument to assist people displaced within the borders of their own country. Read Full Article Write comment (0 Comments)

AFRICA: Africa's IDPs in numbers

Written by Administrator
Sunday, 24 January 2010
NAIROBI Thursday, October 15, 2009 (IRIN) - Most IDPs in Africa have been forced out of their homes by conflict, either between government forces and armed opponents or between communities. Read Full Article Write comment (0 Comments)

AFRICA: The objectives of the IDP Convention

Written by Administrator
Sunday, 24 January 2010
NAIROBI Thursday, October 15, 2009 (IRIN) - The objectives of the Convention Read Full Article Write comment (0 Comments)

AFRICA: Talking about forced displacement

Written by Administrator
Sunday, 24 January 2010
KAMPALA Thursday, October 22, 2009 (IRIN) - Civil society and government officials are gathered in the Ugandan capital of Kampala to discuss the Convention on the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Africa and a declaration on refugees, returnees and IDPs. Read Full Article Write comment (0 Comments)

GREATER HORN OF AFRICA: Preparing to mitigate negative impact of El Niño

Written by Administrator
Sunday, 24 January 2010
NAIROBI Monday, October 19, 2009 (IRIN) - As countries across East Africa and the Horn of Africa begin to receive El Niño-related enhanced rainfall, disaster risk reduction experts from 10 countries in the region are meeting in Nairobi to develop strategies for reducing the negative impact of the evolving El Niño phenomenon. Read Full Article Write comment (0 Comments)

AFRICA: IDP convention - now the hard work begins

Written by Administrator
Sunday, 24 January 2010
KAMPALA Monday, October 26, 2009 (IRIN) - Seventeen countries signed the African Union convention on internally displaced persons (IDPs) after years of preparation culminated in a week of meetings in the Ugandan capital but a lot more hard work remains before it becomes effective, according to observers. Read Full Article Write comment (0 Comments)

AFRICA: Climate change could worsen displacement - UN

Written by Administrator
Sunday, 24 January 2010
KAMPALA Friday, October 23, 2009 (IRIN) - With increasing natural disasters, including floods, storms and droughts, hitting the continent, more people in Africa are likely to be displaced, creating a challenge for governments, the UN warns. Read Full Article Write comment (0 Comments)

AFRICA: Digesting a "mouthful" of climate change

Written by Administrator
Sunday, 24 January 2010
MIDRAND Tuesday, October 27, 2009 (IRIN) - Disaster risk reduction as a tool for climate change adaptation is a "technical mouthful" said Rachel Shebesh, chair of the African Parliamentarian Initiative for Climate Risk Reduction. Read Full Article Write comment (0 Comments)

Analysis: African IDP convention fills a void in humanitarian law

Written by Administrator
Sunday, 24 January 2010
KAMPALA Tuesday, October 27, 2009 (IRIN) - The African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa is a comprehensive document that will, if ratified, fill a void in international humanitarian law, say experts. Read Full Article Write comment (0 Comments)

AFRICA: Turning to traditional medicines in fight against malaria

Written by Administrator
Sunday, 24 January 2010
NAIROBI Wednesday, November 04, 2009 (IRIN) - Encouraging the use of traditional African herbal medicines could prevent some of the one million malarial deaths on the continent, according to specialists attending a conference www.mimalaria.org/pamc in Nairobi. Many poor communities, especially in rural settings, cannot afford modern malarial drugs and many people die due to inaccessibility of treatment. Read Full Article Write comment (0 Comments)

AFRICA: AU pushes the envelope on "climate migrants"

Written by Administrator
Sunday, 24 January 2010
JOHANNESBURG Thursday, October 29, 2009 (IRIN) - An African international agreement has opened the door to a debate on the rights and protection of people displaced by natural disasters, with a nod to migration as a result of climate change. Read Full Article Write comment (0 Comments)

AFRICA: Electronic records can streamline health care

Written by Administrator
Sunday, 24 January 2010
NAIROBI Tuesday, October 27, 2009 (IRIN) - Replacing manual data with electronic health records would significantly improve the quality of care and enable African HIV treatment programmes to be scaled up more efficiently, say the authors of a new article on the subject. Read Full Article Write comment (0 Comments)

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