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Italiano NAIROBI – Food security in many parts of Southern Sudan is set to improve after good rains, according to recent crop and precipitation assessments.
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 AfricaVision Online  03/09/2010Dallas – Today a large inbound attack affecting connectivity to all Dallas datacenters. The attack is not being directed at us specifically but another client of the datacenter. Continue reading AfricaVision is undergoing a large DoS attack International Crisis Group 02/09/2010The latest briefing from the International Crisis Group, analyses how the still undefined boundary line has hindered implementation of the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), fuelled mistrust between its two signatory parties and contributed to heightened anxiety along the border. As the country’s oil resources are concentrated in these areas, the political and economic implications of border demarcation have been amplified, and some border areas remain dangerously militarised. International Crisis Group 02/09/2010The situation in Somalia continued to deteriorate as al-Shabaab stepped up its attacks and fighting intensified in Mogadishu. Late in the month the militant Islamist group stormed a hotel in the capital killing at least 35 people, including six MPs; days later four AMISOM peacekeepers were killed when insurgents shelled the presidential palace. Continue reading The situation in Somalia continued to deteriorate IRIN 02/09/2010JIJIGA – Pastoralists’ disproportionate contribution to Ethiopia’s economy is belied by their marginalized status and by policy assumptions that they would be better off farming. But those who raise livestock tend to make the most of marginal land, according to experts, and are often proficient at adapting to changing circumstances. IRIN 31/08/2010SAMBURU – In the remote and rural district of Samburu, northern Kenya, where paved roads are scarce and motorised transport hard to come by, reaching the mostly pastoralist and nomadic inhabitants with HIV/AIDS services requires an unusual approach. IRIN 31/08/2010ENTEBBE – A study of HIV-positive people in fishing communities on the shores of Lake Victoria in central Uganda has found that more than a quarter have “recombinant” viruses that might threaten both treatment and prevention efforts. Continue reading New strains of HIV spreading in fishing communities IRIN 30/08/2010NAIROBI – Three Russian pilots released on 30 August, two days after they were kidnapped in Darfur, were only the latest in a string of foreigners associated with humanitarian operations there to be abducted this year. IRIN 27/08/2010DAKAR – Flooding across Chad has destroyed homes, crops, livestock, wells and latrines in communities already pummelled by food shortages and high malnutrition, according to the UN. IRIN 20/08/2010In southern Africa, prevention campaigns highlighting the HIV risks of having more than one partner at the same time have largely targeted heterosexuals and ignored the fact that men who have sex with men also have multiple partners. |
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