Brussels/Nairobi, 25 January 2010: It is with immense shock and sadness that International Crisis Group announces the sudden death of our dear colleague Arthur Kepel, who succumbed to cardiac arrest on 24 January 2010. Arthur, an analyst with Crisis Group for the last two and a half years, dedicated his life to peace in his country, the Congo.
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 AfricaVision Online  22/01/2010The US Department of Justice has announced that two Algerian detainees, Hasan Zemiri and Adil Hadi al Jazairi Bin Hamlili, have been transferred from the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to the custody and control of the government of Algeria. IRIN 22/01/2010KANO, 22 January 2010 (IRIN) – In Kuru Karama village, 30km from Nigeria’s central city of Jos, only four of some 3,000 residents remain; the rest have fled or been killed, said village chief Umar Baza. Every home has been destroyed. IRIN 22/01/2010MOGADISHU, 21 January 2010 (IRIN) – As conflict continues in Somalia, the main hospital in Mogadishu, the capital, lacks orthopedic specialists to handle the increasing number of patients with broken limbs, a doctor has said. IRIN 22/01/2010DAKAR, 19 January 2010 (IRIN) – The UN on 18 January allotted US$100 million to 14 neglected emergencies, where significant humanitarian needs remain but funding is scarce. Continue reading UN gives $100 million to neglected emergencies IRIN 22/01/2010BELETWEYNE, 19 January 2010 (IRIN) – Thousands of internally displaced in Somalia’s central town of Beletweyne are on the move again following 10 days of fighting between rival Islamist militias, amid reports of continuing heavy shelling in parts of the town. Continue reading IDPs on the run again as fighting hits Beletweyne IRIN 21/01/2010DAR ES SALAAM, 21 January 2010 (IRIN) – At least 28,000 people are dependent on emergency food and other relief supplies in the central Tanzanian regions of Dodoma and Morogoro following floods, which also damaged transport infrastructure, according to officials. AfricaVision Online 21/01/2010The Rape-aXe anti rape condom was developed by a South African woman , Sonnet Ehlers, after witnessing first hand the horrific aftermath of an sexual assault. She felt that something had to be done to stop this growing thread against woman. and start to work on the anti rape condom the Rape-aXe. IRIN 20/01/2010DAKAR, 20 January 2010 (IRIN) – Aid workers in volatile eastern Chad are anxiously watching discussions over the possible exit of UN peacekeepers, after the government has said it wants the mission out when its mandate ends on 15 March. Continue reading Aid agencies anxious over peacekeepers possible exit IRIN 20/01/2010OUAGADOUGOU, 20 January 2010 (IRIN) – Disappointed by the failure of the Copenhagen talks to adequately help poor countries adapt to climate change, the Burkina Faso government and farmers are working to adjust farming techniques to changing weather patterns. |
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