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SUDAN: New polio case sparks v...

SUDAN: New polio case sparks vaccination programme

africa » sudan
IRIN
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
UN agencies and Sudanese health officials began a two-day countrywide polio immunisation campaign on 23 October, following reports of a new case of...
regional, UN, agencies, health, polio, campaign, WHO, vaccination
SOMALIA: WFP officer released ...

SOMALIA: WFP officer released from six-day detention

africa » somalia
IRIN
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Somali government officials on 23 October released a senior UN World Food Programme (WFP) staff member who was arrested during a raid on the UN...
regional, government, UN, WFP, law, demonstration, staff, arrest, Idris Osman
SOMALIA-YEMEN: Over 3,000 Soma...

SOMALIA-YEMEN: Over 3,000 Somalis living in harsh conditions, community leader says

asia » yemen » aden
IRIN
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Abu Bakr Hussein, 40, was among 100 Africans who crossed the Gulf of Aden by boat to reach Yemen on 8 October. “Each of us paid US$60 to the...
regional, harsh, smugglers, UN, UNHCR, conditions, refugees, health
DRC-UGANDA: Influx of IDPs to ...

DRC-UGANDA: Influx of IDPs to Uganda as clashes continue in North Kivu

africa » uganda » kampala
IRIN
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
An estimated 8,000 people fleeing violence in the North Kivu province of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have entered Uganda since 19 October,...
regional, violence, UN, UNCHR, people, border, soldiers, troops, government, refugees
AFRICA: Breakthrough in malari...

AFRICA: Breakthrough in malaria vaccine trials

africa
IRIN
Monday, October 22, 2007
An anti-malaria vaccine offering improved protection to children could be registered for use in four years, potentially saving millions of young...
regional, malaria, vaccine, UN, Unicef, protection, breakthrough, trials
ETHIOPIA: UN and government ag...

ETHIOPIA: UN and government agree aid delivery to Somali region

africa » ethiopia
IRIN
Monday, October 22, 2007
In a bid to avert a humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia's Somali region, the government and the UN have agreed measures to ensure that food aid,...
regional, UN, government, delivery, food, aid, crisis, security
SUDAN: WFP condemns death of l...

SUDAN: WFP condemns death of lorry drivers in Darfur

africa » sudan » darfur region
IRIN
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Unidentified assailants have shot and killed three lorry drivers contracted by the UN World Food Programme (WFP) in the war-scarred western Sudanese...
regional, assailants, WFP, death, lorry drivers, UN, killings
SOMALIA: UN compound stormed a...

SOMALIA: UN compound stormed amid escalating violence in Mogadishu

africa » somalia » mogadishu
IRIN
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Dozens of heavily armed government security officials detained the head of the World Food Programme (WFP) office in Mogadishu, Somalia, on 17...
regional, government, security, violence, UN, compound, attack
FAO to commemorate World Food ...

FAO to commemorate World Food Day

africa » gambia » banjul
The Daily Observer Newspaper
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
The country’s  office of the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO), the UN food and agricultural agency, is currently warming up for the...
events, FAO, UN, food, commemoration, celebration, security, fight, hunger
UN Secretary General on Intern...

UN Secretary General on International Day for Disaster Reduction

africa
The Point
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
The Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki Moon, has lamented that recent calamities around the world continue to be reminders of the...
events, UN, Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon, disaster, reduction, statement
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