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------Original message------ From: IRIN <[email protected]> To: "Elisabeth Janaina" <[email protected]> Date: Friday, May 31, 2013 5:12:42 PM GMT+0100 Subject: CENTRAL AND EASTERN AFRICA: IRIN weekly humanitarian round-up 685 31 May 2013 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. Analysis: Potential, pitfalls of "big data" for humanitarians 2. South Sudan's humanitarian crises overshadow development needs 3. Analysis: Media outlets multiply, but aid communication still missing mark 4. Protecting civilians: A little less conversation, a little more action if you please 5. Digital jobs offer skills, promise to Africa's unemployed youth 6. Global land treaty aims for more teeth 7. Analysis: Which technology to use for disaster management? 8. Equity takes centre stage 9. Beyond emergency needs in DRC 10. Rebel amnesty reinstated in Uganda 11. Reshaping the fight against poverty 12. Analysis: AU prepares its shock troops 13. NGOs concerned about new DRC Intervention Brigade _____ Analysis: Potential, pitfalls of "big data" for humanitarians <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98104> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2013/201305271005270991t.jpg> BANGKOK, 27 May 2013 (IRIN) - Humanitarians and crisis-affected communities are increasingly exploiting new technologies to gather near real-time information to prepare for, prevent and handle disasters, even as analysts caution against overreliance on "big data". Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98104> _____ South Sudan's humanitarian crises overshadow development needs <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98108> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2012/201209250830540994t.jpg> JUBA, 27 May 2013 (IRIN) - A 2005 deal to end decades of civil war in southern Sudan led many to hope that conflict-related humanitarian relief would gradually give way to the peace dividend of development aid and economic growth. Eight years later, emergency needs in the now-independent South Sudan remain overwhelming, with aid agencies calling for more than a billion dollars to tackle them in 2013. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98108> _____ Analysis: Media outlets multiply, but aid communication still missing mark <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98109> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2013/201305161005500213t.jpg> BANGKOK, 28 May 2013 (IRIN) - Whether it is Twitter or Sina Weibo (a Chinese Twitter-like microblog), YouTube or Facebook, neighbours or friends, the multiplicity of information outlets is shifting power from aid agencies to disaster-affected communities, according to a recently launched UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) report Humanitarianism in the Network Age. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98109> _____ Protecting civilians: A little less conversation, a little more action if you please <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98113> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2013/201305131351010693t.jpg> DUBAI, 28 May 2013 (IRIN) - As asymmetric warfare becomes the norm and military operations take place in ever more urban and densely populated areas, governments are increasingly recognizing the importance of protecting civilians in the midst of conflict. But a large gap remains between the theoretically robust protection provided to civilians by international humanitarian law (IHL) and the realities on the ground. Recommendations from a recent conference aim to address this gap. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98113> _____ Digital jobs offer skills, promise to Africa's unemployed youth <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98114> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2013/201305281532240097t.jpg> JOHANNESBURG/NAIROBI, 28 May 2013 (IRIN) - Although Africa's economy has expanded rapidly in recent years, it has not kept pace with the growth of its youth population or their need for jobs. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98114> _____ Global land treaty aims for more teeth <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98117> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2012/201202170700300792t.jpg> JOHANNESBURG, 29 May 2013 (IRIN) - Talks have begun on giving a global treaty on land degradation more teeth. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98117> _____ Analysis: Which technology to use for disaster management? <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98127> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2012/201208100917100724t.jpg> BANGKOK, 30 May 2013 (IRIN) - For decades, governments and NGOs have relied on private sector solutions to gather and interpret emergency data for crisis response, but a growing number of them have warmed in recent years to much cheaper "open-source" (OS) technology. IRIN spoke to experts around the world about their search for the most appropriate mix of technology to manage disasters. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98127> _____ Equity takes centre stage <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98130> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images//20059216t.jpg> JOHANNESBURG, 30 May 2013 (IRIN) - As aid officials haggle over ways to reduce developing countries' disasters risks, they are increasingly looking to target the inequalities that make some communities more vulnerable than others. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98130> _____ Beyond emergency needs in DRC <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98131> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2010/201010210751260211t.jpg> NAIROBI, 30 May 2013 (IRIN) - Humanitarian response in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) should broaden beyond emergency needs to encompass underlying dynamics of conflict, according to a report by the international refugee NGO Norwegian Refugee Council. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98131> _____ Rebel amnesty reinstated in Uganda <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98133> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2011/201111211249470019t.jpg> GULU, 30 May 2013 (IRIN) - Civil society in northern Uganda has welcomed the reinstatement of legislation granting blanket amnesty to members of armed groups who surrender. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98133> _____ Reshaping the fight against poverty <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98136> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2013/201305071021100738t.jpg> JOHANNESBURG, 31 May 2013 (IRIN) - After nine months of consultations, the UN High Level Panel on determining the world's post-2015 development agenda has issued a report calling for a path to sustainable development which will transform the lives of the very poorest. Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98136> _____ Analysis: AU prepares its shock troops <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98139> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2013/201305131245260795t.jpg> JOHANNESBURG, 31 May 2013 (IRIN) - A newly sanctioned African Union (AU) force for quick deployment in conflicts such as in Mali is being promoted as a stop-gap measure ahead of the planned formation of the "rapid deployment capability" (RDC) African Standby Force (ASF). Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98139> _____ NGOs concerned about new DRC Intervention Brigade <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=98140> lead photo<http://www.irinnews.org/images/2013/201305300513560216t.jpg> GOMA, 31 May 2013 (IRIN) - Nineteen international NGOs have sent a joint letter to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to express concern over the peace process in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and future military operations by a new UN Intervention Brigade. 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