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------Original message------ From: IRIN <[email protected]> To: "Jean-Francois Darcq" <[email protected]> Date: Friday, September 30, 2011 11:37:48 AM GMT-0000 Subject: CENTRAL AND EAST AFRICA: IRIN weekly humanitarian round-up 599 30 September 2011 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. HEALTH: Defeating kala azar needs more than new treatment 2. SOUTH SUDAN: Heading for severe food shortages 3. KENYA: Flash floods hamper relief efforts 4. KENYA: Education hard hit in drought-affected north 5. In Brief: Dengue fever outbreak in Kenya 6. Film: Soldiers' Stories 7. KENYA: Mau evictees still waiting three years on 8. Analysis: Mixed responses to mixed migration in Africa 9. KENYA: Medics overwhelmed as dengue fever spreads 10. In Brief: Tracking the LRA _____ HEALTH: Defeating kala azar needs more than new treatment <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93825> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2010/201004151245320875t.jpg> NAIROBI, 26 September 2011 (IRIN) - Access to treatment for a killer tropical disease that affects up to half a million people annually is being jeopardized by international inattention, despite the introduction of a new combination therapy, health experts warn. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93825> _____ SOUTH SUDAN: Heading for severe food shortages <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93832> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2011/201102151203290234t.jpg> JUBA, 27 September 2011 (IRIN) - UN agencies are warning that newly independent South Sudan will face chronic food shortages next year due to internal and border insecurity, erratic rains and a huge influx of returnees from the North. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93832> _____ KENYA: Flash floods hamper relief efforts <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93833> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images//200371818t.jpg> EAST POKOT/TURKANA, 27 September 2011 (IRIN) - Flash floods in northwest Kenya are hampering the delivery of emergency relief aid to thousands of pastoralists hard hit by a severe drought there, say officials. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93833> _____ KENYA: Education hard hit in drought-affected north <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93837> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images//20063711t.jpg> GARISSA/WAJIR SOUTH, 28 September 2011 (IRIN) - Gains made in bringing education closer to children from pastoralist families in northern Kenya could be eroded by the ongoing drought, which has especially affected high-school attendance. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93837> _____ In Brief: Dengue fever outbreak in Kenya <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93838> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2008/200812089t.jpg> NAIROBI, 28 September 2011 (IRIN) - An outbreak of dengue fever in the northeastern Kenyan town of Mandera, close to the Somalia and Ethiopia borders, has affected more than 1,000 people, with four unconfirmed deaths, according to the Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation and the World Health Organization. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93838> _____ Film: Soldiers' Stories <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93840> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2011/201109050608240866t.jpg> NAIROBI, 28 September 2011 (IRIN) - IRIN's latest film follows two Ugandan soldiers - a female gunner and a male nurse - serving in the African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) at a critical stage in the battle for Mogadishu, between Al-Shabab militants and the internationally recognized Transitional Federal Government. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93840> _____ KENYA: Mau evictees still waiting three years on <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93843> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2010/201011010731080019t.jpg> NAKURU/NAIROBI, 28 September 2011 (IRIN) - Evicted from their homes in 2009 when the government initiated efforts to restore Kenya's largest water tower, the Mau Forest Complex, thousands of the affected families are still without permanent shelter. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93843> _____ Analysis: Mixed responses to mixed migration in Africa <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93844> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2011/201107180839560213t.jpg> JOHANNESBURG, 28 September 2011 (IRIN) - Abdul worked as a journalist in Somalia before death threats from Al-Shabab militia drove him to leave his native country and head for Mozambique where friends told him he would receive help at Maratane refugee camp in Nampula Province. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93844> _____ KENYA: Medics overwhelmed as dengue fever spreads <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93848> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2011/201106010628490430t.jpg> MANDERA, 29 September 2011 (IRIN) - An outbreak of dengue fever in Mandera, northeastern Kenya, is spreading fast, with at least 5,000 people infected within weeks, due to limited health facilities, a shortage of medical personnel and poor sanitation, officials told IRIN. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93848> _____ In Brief: Tracking the LRA <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93852> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2011/201109300721350852t.jpg> NAIROBI, 30 September 2011 (IRIN) - Detailed updates about the activity of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) are now available in near real-time, thanks to a partnership between two US-based NGOs. 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