http://www.essentialafrica.com/drum-humanitarian EssentialAfrica Drum Humanitarian en 60 http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/12/us-niger-aid-idUSBRE94B06Y20130512 Some 800,000 people will require food aid in Niger in the coming months despite a good harvest last year due to problems supplying cereals to markets, which have pushed up prices, and an influx of Malian refugees, the United Nations said. The U.N. office for humanitarian coordination (OCHA) said they ... http://www.essentialafrica.com/drum-humanitarian#13886 Mon, 13 May 2013 05:57:12 +0200 http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article46261 Sudan’s indiscriminate bombing of South Kordofan state is fuelling a humanitarian catastrophe in the restive region, disrupting crop production and sparking food shortages and massive displacement, Amnesty International said on Tuesday. A new report released by the organisation highlights the plight of civilians living in areas controlled by the Sudan ... http://www.essentialafrica.com/drum-humanitarian#13848 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 07:45:02 +0200 http://www.nyasatimes.com/2013/04/10/malawi-state-house-responds-to-madonnas-outbursts-full-text/ Claims and misgivings have been expressed by Pop Star, Madonna and her agents, against the Malawi Government and its leadership for not giving her the attention and courtesy that she thinks she merits and deserves during her recent trip to Malawi. According to the claims, Madonna feels that the Malawi ... http://www.essentialafrica.com/drum-humanitarian#13835 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 09:26:07 +0200 http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/apr/11/malawi-madonna-exaggerating-humanitarian-efforts Malawi has launched a scathing attack on Madonna, accusing her of exaggerating her contributions to the southern African country and demanding special treatment during her trip last week. Singer 'saddened' by claims she sought VIP treatment on recent Malawi visit and had overstated her contribution there. http://www.essentialafrica.com/drum-humanitarian#13834 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 09:13:45 +0200 http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97684/Swazi-government-sells-food-aid Swaziland’s government has sold maize donated by the Japanese government to feed hungry Swazis for US$3 million and deposited the money in the Central Bank of Swaziland. The nearly 12,000 metric tons of donated maize was sold by the Ministry of Economic Planning and Development in 2011, but the sale ... http://www.essentialafrica.com/drum-humanitarian#13748 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 15:48:28 +0100 http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article45480 Violence continues to rage throughout Darfur, indeed has dramatically accelerated in recent weeks. This has created an insecurity that endangers not only millions of civilians—within and outside the camps for displaced persons—but humanitarian personnel. Most transportation corridors are unsafe without the heaviest of escorts. Whole sections of Darfur—e.g., Jebel Marra—remain ... http://www.essentialafrica.com/drum-humanitarian#13703 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 09:56:21 +0100 http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2013/03/northeast_ohio_woman_runs_aid.html Jennifer Sapitro laughs about the strange contrasts of life in Kibera, an infamous slum in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi. The 29-year-old Sapitro, whose parents live in Richfield, has excellent wi-fi service in her two-bedroom apartment, but no running water. She has a toilet, but flushes with water delivered in ... http://www.essentialafrica.com/drum-humanitarian#13665 Sat, 9 Mar 2013 20:17:51 +0100 http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97463/Analysis-Girl-child-soldiers-face-new-battles-in-civilian-life Girl child soldiers are often thought of only as “sex slaves”, a term that glosses over the complex roles many play within armed groups and in some national armies. This thinking contributes to their subsequent invisibility in the demobilization processes - in fact, girls are frequently the most challenging child ... http://www.essentialafrica.com/drum-humanitarian#13568 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 10:31:09 +0100 http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2013/feb/11/sudanese-trapped-beyond-aid-agencies NGOs criticised for not securing access to people in South Kordofan and Blue Nile regions as hunger crisis worsens. Mukesh Kapila, who crossed into the war zone without government permission during a visit last month, says there is a "puzzling silence" from aid agencies about the crisis. "Their silence kills," ... http://www.essentialafrica.com/drum-humanitarian#13554 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:12:50 +0100 http://www.cp-africa.com/2013/02/03/south-african-billionaire-patrice-motsepe-to-give-away-half-of-his-billions-to-charity/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CelebratingProgre South African billionaire, Patrice Motsepe is set to give away half of his wealth to charity. Motsepe who is worth about $2.65 billion joins other billionaires around the world such as Warren Buffet and Bill Gates who have similarly pledged to give away half of their wealth to charity through ... http://www.essentialafrica.com/drum-humanitarian#13510 Sun, 3 Feb 2013 18:26:23 +0100 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21259399 South Africa's richest black man, Patrice Motsepe, has announced he is giving away half his wealth to improve the lives of the poor. http://www.essentialafrica.com/drum-humanitarian#13487 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 16:33:33 +0100 http://www.trust.org/alertnet/blogs/alertnet-aidwatch/watch-out-for-dangerous-jargon-in-conflict-reports/ An excellent blog by peacebuilding expert Phil Vernon from International Alert (IA), spotlights the dangers of lazy jargon. He gives a checklist of words used by peacebuilders that are often a sign of lazy thinking and poor analysis of a conflict and can therefore lead to poor responses http://www.essentialafrica.com/drum-humanitarian#13349 Wed, 9 Jan 2013 11:17:31 +0100 http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2013/jan/04/humanitarian-access-central-african-republic The latest upsurge in fighting in the country has abruptly halted the provision of health services to more than 300,000 people. Humanitarian groups have expressed alarm at the lack of access to more than 300,000 civilians caught up in the fighting in the Central African Republic, where rebels have seized ... http://www.essentialafrica.com/drum-humanitarian#13330 Sat, 5 Jan 2013 07:00:20 +0100 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/9766179/Starving-Africa-images-are-counterproductive-says-Oxfam.html The negative portrayal of Africa in the eyes of the British public is undermining efforts to bring an end to hunger on the continent, Oxfam has said. http://www.essentialafrica.com/drum-humanitarian#13272 Thu, 27 Dec 2012 17:41:22 +0100 http://reliefweb.int/report/senegal/casamance-recovers-more-land-lost-landmines People in at least 44 villages in Casamance, southern Senegal, can once again cultivate their fields and rice paddies thanks to Italian government-funded demining efforts, though over 100 other villages - abandoned more than 10 years ago - remain no-go areas. http://www.essentialafrica.com/drum-humanitarian#13269 Thu, 27 Dec 2012 16:17:02 +0100 http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article44988 Sudanese President Omer Al-Bashir issued presidential decree forming a committee to examine the demands of foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to work in Sudan. The presidential decision provides that this committee will be headed by a representative of the defence ministry and include delegates from interior and foreign ministries, besides Darfur ... http://www.essentialafrica.com/drum-humanitarian#13261 Wed, 26 Dec 2012 09:14:56 +0100 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20762278 At Christmas people are especially likely to respond to charity adverts featuring tragic images. But they should ask themselves why, says charity founder Georgie Fienberg. http://www.essentialafrica.com/drum-humanitarian#13258 Wed, 26 Dec 2012 04:19:30 +0100 http://allafrica.com/stories/201211191446.html?aa_source=mf-hdlns Nine years after the guns fell silent, Monrovia's water system is painfully inadequate. http://www.essentialafrica.com/drum-humanitarian#13062 Tue, 20 Nov 2012 10:14:47 +0100 https://www.wfp.org/stories/wfp-reaches-communities-isolated-floods-burkina-faso During the months of the rainy season WFP used multiple means of transportation including donkey-pulled carts and canoes to deliver food to communities in the Sahel region. http://www.essentialafrica.com/drum-humanitarian#13019 Fri, 9 Nov 2012 14:29:27 +0100 http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96720/BURKINA-FASO-NIGER-Aid-agencies-tighten-security Aid agencies have stepped up security measures in Burkina Faso and Niger as the threat of kidnappings by Islamist groups mounts. http://www.essentialafrica.com/drum-humanitarian#12989 Wed, 7 Nov 2012 12:58:01 +0100 http://www.timeslive.co.za/africa/2012/10/31/burundi-wins-2-billion-in-aid Burundi has secured more than $2 billion (1.5 billion euros) in aid from international donors after requesting help toward financing development programmes over the next four years, the United Nations said. http://www.essentialafrica.com/drum-humanitarian#12948 Wed, 31 Oct 2012 12:38:54 +0100 http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/200-held-tortured-in-I-Coast-Amnesty-20121026 More than 200 people have been arbitrarily detained and tortured in Ivory Coast, Amnesty International said Friday, urging President Alassane Ouattara to respect human rights. http://www.essentialafrica.com/drum-humanitarian#12937 Sat, 27 Oct 2012 11:17:37 +0200 http://www.uscatholic.org/news/2012/10/former-child-soldier-helps-sierra-leoneans-struggling-poverty Ishmeal Alfred Charles will always remember the day the helicopters saved his life. http://www.essentialafrica.com/drum-humanitarian#12934 Fri, 26 Oct 2012 11:40:33 +0200 http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=43357&Cr=benin&Cr1=#.UIeP28XMh8E At the end of a joint United Nations-Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) mission to Benin, a senior UN humanitarian official highlighted the need for new ways to help people in the West African country cope with recurrent humanitarian emergencies. http://www.essentialafrica.com/drum-humanitarian#12919 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 16:12:36 +0200 http://www.timeslive.co.za/africa/2012/10/18/hunger-critical-in-violent-sudan-region More than 80% of people living in a conflict zone in Sudan's southern region are eating only one meal a day, compared with 10% one year ago. http://www.essentialafrica.com/drum-humanitarian#12908 Thu, 18 Oct 2012 14:45:36 +0200 http://sabahionline.com/en_GB/articles/hoa/articles/newsbriefs/2012/10/10/newsbrief-08 The health centre in Djiboutian village Damerjog received on Monday (October 8th) 17,000 tonnes of food donated by the European Union, Djibouti's La Nation reported. http://www.essentialafrica.com/drum-humanitarian#12894 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 15:10:28 +0200 http://www.naiforum.org/2012/10/how-much-development-through-aid/ Was international aid possibly more successful than many have conjectured? And: what does that mean for the future role of aid in Africa? http://www.essentialafrica.com/drum-humanitarian#12839 Wed, 3 Oct 2012 14:42:42 +0200 http://www.voanews.com/content/remembering-guinea-stadium-massacre-brings-new-violence/1517400.html The third anniversary of Guinea’s stadium massacre falls during a period of political deadlock and serious civil unrest. http://www.essentialafrica.com/drum-humanitarian#12822 Mon, 1 Oct 2012 10:48:20 +0200 http://thinkafricapress.com/lesotho/hunger-emergency-escalates-wfp A poor rainy season has led to a dramatic increase in the proportion of Lesotho's population needing humanitarian assistance. http://www.essentialafrica.com/drum-humanitarian#12784 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 12:48:33 +0200 http://www.voanews.com/content/angola-still-riddled-with-landmines-despite-efforts/1509035.html en years after the end of the civil war in Angola, the country still remains, despite its best efforts, one of the most unexploded mine-affected countries in the world. http://www.essentialafrica.com/drum-humanitarian#12753 Mon, 17 Sep 2012 14:05:26 +0200 http://www.cp-africa.com/2012/09/16/alek-wek-from-civil-war-to-the-catwalk-cnn-african-voices/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CelebratingProgressAfrica+%28CP-Africa%29 Alek Wek is a Sudanese-born supermodel. She was forced to leave the country because of civil war and went to Britain as a child refugee. She continues to campaign to draw attention to the ongoing suffering in her country. http://www.essentialafrica.com/drum-humanitarian#12747 Mon, 17 Sep 2012 11:09:16 +0200 http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE88D00920120914 An outbreak of the Hepatitis E virus has killed 16 people in three South Sudanese refugee camps near the volatile border with Sudan, authorities and the United Nations said on Thursday. http://www.essentialafrica.com/drum-humanitarian#12713 Fri, 14 Sep 2012 09:59:06 +0200 http://www.news24.com/Africa/Zimbabwe/Starvation-stalks-Zimbabwe-villagers-20120913 Zimbabwean villager Connie Garandemo considers it an unusual day when she and her family can scrape together a third meal. http://www.essentialafrica.com/drum-humanitarian#12696 Thu, 13 Sep 2012 10:41:31 +0200 http://www.theafricareport.com/index.php/east-horn-africa/hunger-stalks-south-sudan-501817982.html Half of South Sudan's population does not have enough food, the United Nations says. http://www.essentialafrica.com/drum-humanitarian#12630 Mon, 3 Sep 2012 13:29:17 +0200 http://www.afriquejet.com/senegal-youssou-ndour-to-sing-for-flood-victims-2012083143895.html Senegalese star singer Youssou Ndour, who is his country's Minister of Culture and Tourism, will return to the stage 8 Sept. to sing at a concert http://www.essentialafrica.com/drum-humanitarian#12568 Fri, 31 Aug 2012 10:35:54 +0200 http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE87T05020120830 Senegalese President Macky Sall presented plans on Thursday to scrap the West African nation's upper house of parliament to raise funds needed to fight annual flooding which killed six and left several neighbourhoods under water last weekend. http://www.essentialafrica.com/drum-humanitarian#12553 Thu, 30 Aug 2012 20:54:56 +0200 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-19407427 Senegal's President Macky Sall has called for the country's Senate to be abolished, with the money saved going to pay for flood relief. http://www.essentialafrica.com/drum-humanitarian#12532 Thu, 30 Aug 2012 10:13:52 +0200 http://newliberian.com/?p=1403 The governments of the Republic of Congo and Benin have signed a land mark agreement to protect children from child trafficking, which in recent years has become a major problem in the Congo. http://www.essentialafrica.com/drum-humanitarian#12524 Wed, 29 Aug 2012 17:45:15 +0200 http://www.afriquejet.com/food-security-2012082843737.html World Food Programme warns on Zimbabwe food situation http://www.essentialafrica.com/drum-humanitarian#12504 Wed, 29 Aug 2012 09:39:53 +0200 http://www.news24.com/Africa/Zimbabwe/Hunger-worsening-in-Zimbabwe-UN-20120828 The United Nations food agency says hunger is worsening in Zimbabwe after erratic rains, shortages of seeds and fertilizer and "poor agricultural practices" in the troubled economy led to a reduction in fields planted with the main staple foods. http://www.essentialafrica.com/drum-humanitarian#12498 Wed, 29 Aug 2012 09:35:55 +0200 http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE87S01D20120829 Nobel peace prize laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu has withdrawn from a seminar in South Africa this week in protest against the presence of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his support for war in Iraq. http://www.essentialafrica.com/drum-humanitarian#12492 Wed, 29 Aug 2012 09:30:07 +0200 http://reliefweb.int/report/lesotho/lesotho-food-insecurity-situation-report-2-august-24-2012 Lesotho Food Insecurity Situation Repor http://www.essentialafrica.com/drum-humanitarian#12483 Tue, 28 Aug 2012 16:15:46 +0200 http://reliefweb.int/report/central-african-republic/children-associated-armed-groups-central-african-republic-win-back Children associated with armed groups in the Central African Republic win back their lives http://www.essentialafrica.com/drum-humanitarian#12476 Tue, 28 Aug 2012 12:35:19 +0200 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-19389625 Women in Togo have been urged to abstain from sex for a week from Monday to push their demand for reform. http://www.essentialafrica.com/drum-humanitarian#12468 Tue, 28 Aug 2012 09:48:45 +0200 http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Gambia-confirms-9-executed-by-firing-squad-20120827 Gambia's interior ministry on Monday said nine death row prisoners had been executed by firing squad, after President Yahya Jammeh vowed to carry out all death sentences by mid-September. http://www.essentialafrica.com/drum-humanitarian#12459 Tue, 28 Aug 2012 08:46:32 +0200 http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/5-Somali-children-killed-by-explosives-20120827 At least five Somali children were killed and more than 10 others wounded in a large blast in a school on Monday, after they played with explosives left over from fighting in the area, officials said. http://www.essentialafrica.com/drum-humanitarian#12458 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 20:08:03 +0200 http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/5-Somali-children-killed-by-explosives-20120827 At least five Somali children were killed and more than 10 others wounded in a large blast in a school on Monday, after they played with explosives left over from fighting in the area, officials said. http://www.essentialafrica.com/drum-humanitarian#12457 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 20:07:59 +0200 http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE87Q04R20120827 Labour strife returned to South Africa's platinum sector on Monday, derailing London-based Lonmin's efforts to restart mining and fanning fears of a resurgence of the violence that has killed 44 people this month. http://www.essentialafrica.com/drum-humanitarian#12448 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 19:35:01 +0200 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19334609 More than 400 African migrants have arrived on the Italian island of Lampedusa over the past three days. Over the weekend Italian coast guards rescued around 350 migrants - mostly from Tunisia and sub-Saharan Africa - near Lampedusa from two boats. A further 81 arrived on Monday. http://www.essentialafrica.com/drum-humanitarian#12363 Wed, 22 Aug 2012 15:42:55 +0200 http://www.africaportal.org/articles/2012/08/21/swaziland-hivaids-and-global-fund Swaziland, HIV/AIDS and the Global Fund http://www.essentialafrica.com/drum-humanitarian#12355 Wed, 22 Aug 2012 12:39:50 +0200