---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: IRIN <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2011 13:40:12 -0000 Subject: CENTRAL AND EAST AFRICA: IRIN weekly humanitarian round-up 595 2 September 2011 To: Jean-Francois Darcq <[email protected]>
IRINnews logo <http://www.irinnews.org/> humanitarian news and analysis a service of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Table of contents 1. KENYA-SOMALIA: Border town feels the refugee pressure 2. In Brief: Cholera claims 20 lives in Congo 3. KENYA: Hungry families send children out to beg 4. SLIDESHOW: The journey home from war 5. KENYA: Coping with drought, high food prices 6. HORN OF AFRICA: Thinking outside the traditional funding box 7. Analysis: Sapping the strength of DRC militias 8. KENYA: Dadaab - locals vs refugees _____ KENYA-SOMALIA: Border town feels the refugee pressure <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93611> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2011/201108251054180968t.jpg> LIBOI, 29 August 2011 (IRIN) - As Somali refugees continue to pour into Kenya, pressure is mounting on the government to quickly re-open a transit centre to not only ease their hardship but to take pressure off residents of Liboi, a border town closest to Dadaab, the world's largest refugee complex. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93611> _____ In Brief: Cholera claims 20 lives in Congo <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93613> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2007/200708232t.jpg> BRAZZAVILLE, 29 August 2011 (IRIN) - Cholera has killed 20 people among 341 infected in Congo since an outbreak began in June, officials said. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93613> _____ KENYA: Hungry families send children out to beg <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93618> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2011/201108101236460309t.jpg> MARSABIT, 30 August 2011 (IRIN) - Derrick, 12, has left home and now lives on the dusty streets of northern Kenya's Marsabit town. His parents - who live in a village several miles away - could no longer afford to feed him, and he spends most days begging for food. "At home we don't eat every day. When I eat today, tomorrow there is no food and we just sleep after drinking water - that is why I ran away from home," he told IRIN. "Now I walk into places where people eat and they give me food." Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93618> _____ SLIDESHOW: The journey home from war <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93622> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2011/201108260920200187t.jpg> GOMA, 31 August 2011 (IRIN) - In the past decade, nearly 15,000 foreign combatants and more than 10,000 of their dependants have been demobilized by the UN operation at its Goma facility in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo; 1,435 weapons have been destroyed. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93622> _____ KENYA: Coping with drought, high food prices <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93632> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2011/201109011211370022t.jpg> HOLA-KINANGO, 1 September 2011 (IRIN) - Drought conditions in parts of Kenya have worsened an already poor food security situation, which has been exacerbated by high food and fuel prices. IRIN spoke to residents in parts of Coast region, who highlighted some of the challenges and their coping strategies. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93632> _____ HORN OF AFRICA: Thinking outside the traditional funding box <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93633> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2011/201109011208400413t.jpg> NAIROBI, 1 September 2011 (IRIN) - The race to feed more than 12 million people facing severe food shortages in the Horn of Africa has seen humanitarian agencies make several funding appeals. Donor governments have contributed US$1.46 billion out of the required $2.48 billion. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93633> _____ Analysis: Sapping the strength of DRC militias <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93634> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2011/201109011308170397t.jpg> GOMA, 1 September 2011 (IRIN) - Peter Nhimiyimana, 17, knew the risks of deserting the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR). During his more than two years with the militia group in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), his commanding officer had forced him and other members of his unit to watch the decapitation of two of his friends for their failed escape bid. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93634> _____ KENYA: Dadaab - locals vs refugees <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93635> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2011/201109020844330975t.jpg> DADAAB, 2 September 2011 (IRIN) - For months, the Kenyan government resisted opening an extension of the world's largest refugee complex in Dadaab to accommodate Somalis displaced by drought and conflict, finally relenting in late August. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93635> _____ [This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] Feedback <http://www.irinnews.org/websitefeedback.aspx> | Terms & Conditions <http://www.irinnews.org/copyright.aspx> | RSS feeds News Feeds <http://www.irinnews.org/RSS.aspx> | About IRIN <http://www.irinnews.org/about.aspx> | Jobs <http://www.irinnews.org/jobs.aspx> | Donors <http://www.irinnews.org/donors.aspx> Copyright © IRIN 2011. All rights reserved. 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