---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: IRIN <[email protected]> Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2013 20:09:53 -0000 Subject: CENTRAL AND EASTERN AFRICA: IRIN weekly humanitarian round-up 430 29 March 2013 To: Elisabeth Janaina <[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. CAR coup comes amid deepening humanitarian crisis 2. Briefing: Devolution to transform Kenya 3. Gender relations are changing along with climate 4. Kony hunt still on after CAR coup 5. Congolese refugee camps in Rwanda "full" 6. In Congo, thousands still homeless one year after munitions blasts 7. Holding politicians to account for aid pledges _____ CAR coup comes amid deepening humanitarian crisis <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=97721> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2013/201303251111520356t.jpg> BANGUI, 25 March 2013 (IRIN) - The humanitarian situation in the Central African Republic (CAR) is worsening as the security and political conditions there rapidly deteriorate, with the Séléka rebel coalition taking the capital, Bangui, in the latest offensive. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=97721> _____ Briefing: Devolution to transform Kenya <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=97726> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2013/201303221224350489t.jpg> NAIROBI, 25 March 2013 (IRIN) - Whatever the outcome of Kenya's disputed presidential race, this month's elections have delivered a mighty boost to the process of decentralizing power from Nairobi, one designed to improve local governance and to reduce marginalization and the risk of conflict between communities. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=97726> _____ Gender relations are changing along with climate <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=97727> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2013/201301091113510766t.jpg> JOHANNESBURG, 25 March 2013 (IRIN) - A changing climate will inevitably have an impact on gender relations in conservative rural communities, but not enough is being done to boost the resilience of women - already disadvantaged by traditions of inequality. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=97727> _____ Kony hunt still on after CAR coup <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=97737> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2010/201011051154390753t.jpg> KAMPALA, 26 March 2013 (IRIN) - The search for the Ugandan rebel group the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in the rainforests of the Central African Republic (CAR) will continue despite the ouster of President François Bozizé by rebel group Séléka, officials say. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=97737> _____ Congolese refugee camps in Rwanda "full" <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=97742> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2013/201303271206540692t.jpg> KIGALI, 27 March 2013 (IRIN) - Camps in Rwanda hosting thousands of refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are running out of space following an influx of people fleeing insecurity in eastern DRC, says a senior government official. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=97742> _____ In Congo, thousands still homeless one year after munitions blasts <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=97751> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2012/201203230906150052t.jpg> BRAZZAVILLE, 28 March 2013 (IRIN) - Thousands of people remain homeless in the Republic of Congo (ROC) one year after being displaced following a deadly munitions blast at an army barracks in the capital, Brazzaville. The 4 March 2012 blast, in the area of Mpila, east of the capital, left some 282 people dead and 2,300 others injured, according to officials. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=97751> _____ Holding politicians to account for aid pledges <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=97752> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2013/201301301835590282t.jpg> DUBAI, 29 March 2013 (IRIN) - The aid community has an increasing number of systems to track how money is spent, but it has few systems to track pledges. UK Minister of State for International Development Alan Duncan says politicians must be held to account for aid pledges. 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