http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-humanitarian EssentialAfrica Drum Humanitarian en 60 http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=42061&Cr=democratic&Cr1=congo DR Congo: UN steps up civilian protection after outbreak of violence http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-humanitarian#10389 Wed, 23 May 2012 16:50:04 +0200 http://reliefweb.int/node/498519?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ReliefwebUpdates+%28ReliefWeb+-+Latest+Updates%29 Algeria More than 4,000 mines dating from the colonial era destroyed in April http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-humanitarian#10384 Wed, 23 May 2012 16:43:43 +0200 http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1289999220390&pagename=WAM/WAM_E_Layout&parent=Query&parentid=1135099399852&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter Comoros President hails Sheikh Khalifa's donation to flood affectees http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-humanitarian#10350 Mon, 21 May 2012 15:18:52 +0200 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18119024 US President Barack Obama has announced a $3bn (£1.9bn) plan to boost food security and farm productivity in Africa, US officials say. They say the initiative is aimed at alleviating shortages as world food supplies are being stretched by rising demand in Asia's emerging markets. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-humanitarian#10329 Sat, 19 May 2012 14:36:03 +0200 http://www.ifrc.org/news-and-media/news-stories/africa/burkina-faso/oroukia-and-the-red-cross-create-an-oasis-of-hope-in-the-sahel-57672 In Niaptana, Burkina Faso, the Burkinabe Red Cross Society has set up two women’s groups with community gardens where they grow vegetables that provide a lifeline for families struggling with severe hunger. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-humanitarian#10290 Wed, 16 May 2012 09:58:14 +0200 http://www.afhdr.org/en/ The first-ever African Human Development Reported was released by UNDP. It stresses http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-humanitarian#10289 Wed, 16 May 2012 09:55:36 +0200 http://www.voanews.com/english/news/africa/WFP-Urgent-Funding-Needed-to-Stave-off-Niger-Food-Crisis-150411595.html The executive director of the United Nations World Food Program says the international community "cannot and must not ignore" deepening food shortages in Niger http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-humanitarian#10159 Mon, 7 May 2012 17:24:40 +0200 http://mg.co.za/article/2012-04-24-ngos-plead-for-aid-as-millions-starve-in-the-sahel/ Aid agencies say they are facing a multimillion-dollar funding shortage to deal with a food crisis in the Sahel, http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-humanitarian#10012 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:29:14 +0200 http://www2.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-04-23-kony-who It was less a case of Invisible Children and more a case of Invisible Activists on Friday night. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-humanitarian#9987 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:58:06 +0200 http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE83900X20120410 Malawi's finance minister expects suspended international aid to be restored under its new president, Joyce Banda,... http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-humanitarian#9828 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 10:50:53 +0200 http://af.reuters.com/article/angolaNews/idAFL6E8F91L920120409?sp=true Angola is ending its military mission to help modernise the army in Guinea Bissau as a result of requests from unnamed "sectors" in the country... http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-humanitarian#9822 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 10:35:33 +0200 http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=107305&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter President Barack Obama ordered the State Department to allocate additional humanitarian assistance funds for Sudan http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-humanitarian#9758 Wed, 4 Apr 2012 11:42:57 +0200 http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/02/kony-2012-campaigners-sequel-video Invisible Children says new film will give more details about Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony and Lord's Resistance Army http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-humanitarian#9736 Tue, 3 Apr 2012 10:14:13 +0200 http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/madonna-is-accused-of-abandoning-orphanage-in-malawi-777998 Star has shut down both offices of her charity there and axed £10million project http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-humanitarian#9716 Mon, 2 Apr 2012 09:35:04 +0200 http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/news/new-map-overlays-conflict-climate-change-and-aid-in-africa.html A pilot version of an online mapping tool has been launched in Africa which enables researchers and policymakers to identify how climate change vulnerability, conflict, and aid intersect. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-humanitarian#9682 Fri, 30 Mar 2012 10:49:27 +0200 http://www.voanews.com/english/news/africa/west/Oxfam-Hunger-Crisis-in-Niger-Turning-into-a-Catastrophe-144208685.html Oxfam’s Niger director Samuel Braimah said Monday that “all signs point to an impending catastrophe” in the crisis-hit country http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-humanitarian#9610 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 17:19:24 +0200 http://www.timeslive.co.za/world/2012/03/26/sudanese-refugees-find-unlikely-home-in-rural-australia?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=sabreakingnews A rural Australian gold mining and farming town famous as the birthplace of "Waltzing Matilda" poet Banjo Paterson seems an unlikely home for refugees fleeing decades of conflict in Sudan. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-humanitarian#9607 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 10:35:13 +0200 http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE82L02Q20120322 Rampant corruption in food aid worsened the suffering of Kenyans hit by drought last year,... http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-humanitarian#9553 Thu, 22 Mar 2012 10:22:13 +0100 http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2012/03/2012317213016144690.html Mourad Dhina, a leading democracy and rights activist has been detained at request of Algeria, in run-up to elections. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-humanitarian#9532 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 10:05:26 +0100 http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/mar/19/libya-un-missions-civilians Thinktank says 'contortion' of security council resolution makes agreement from countries such as China or Russia harder to win.. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-humanitarian#9494 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 06:05:36 +0100 http://edition.cnn.com/2012/03/14/world/africa/hague-first-icc-ruling/index.html?eref=edition_africa&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fedition_africa+%28RSS%3A+Africa%29 The International Criminal Court on Wednesday found a Congolese warlord guilty of turning children into killers, marking the war crimes tribunal's first verdict in its decade of operation. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-humanitarian#9434 Wed, 14 Mar 2012 14:58:02 +0100 http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Congo-blast-injured-2-300-officials-20120308 A blast in a Congolese munitions dump last weekend injured more than 2 300 people and left 14 000 homeless, with the death toll unchanged at nearly 200, the government said on Thursday. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-humanitarian#9365 Fri, 9 Mar 2012 13:57:04 +0100 http://www.dailyethiopia.com/index.php?aid=1119 The Horn of Africa Peace Engagement (HOPE) is currently running a campaign under the title: Make Peace a Reality in the Horn of Africa. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-humanitarian#9288 Mon, 5 Mar 2012 13:45:12 +0100 http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5huYrIA96uyetJ6wKCm8A2suNAC_g?docId=CNG.107187bf1d9600ec3e3ca2c05d5be856.7b1 More funding is needed to avert a humanitarian disaster in Africa's Sahel region where up to 14 million people are suffering from food shortages, the international Red Cross said on Tuesday. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-humanitarian#9075 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 09:45:09 +0100 http://blogs.voanews.com/breaking-news/2012/02/15/un-leaders-aid-groups-to-discuss-sahel-food-crisis/ United Nations officials are meeting with humanitarian organizations and donor governments Wednesday to discuss ways to prevent a major food crisis in Africa's Sahel region. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-humanitarian#9068 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 08:10:11 +0100 http://www.newstimeafrica.com/archives/24261 A drought that destroyed the majority of the harvest in the region has ravaged the country for months, causing rural populations to start running out of food in early February, a good six months before the next rains – if they fall this year. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-humanitarian#9054 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:48:04 +0100 http://www.timeslive.co.za/africa/2012/02/03/somalia-famine-is-over-un Famine conditions have ended in war-torn Somalia six months after they were declared, but the situation remains dire with nearly a third of the population needing emergency support, the UN said on Friday. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-humanitarian#8910 Fri, 3 Feb 2012 09:22:01 +0100 http://www.timeslive.co.za/africa/2012/01/31/somalia-s-al-shabaab-shut-down-red-cross-food-aid Somali insurgents have shut down food aid distribution by a major aid group because they say the organisation is distributing spoiled food... http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-humanitarian#8878 Wed, 1 Feb 2012 10:13:47 +0100 http://www.timeslive.co.za/entertainment/celebrity/2012/01/30/madonna-charity-plans-10-schools-in-malawi Nearly six years after it was created, Madonna's Raising Malawi charity is set to break ground on the construction of schools... http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-humanitarian#8831 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:17:22 +0100 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-16630838 Two major medical centres run by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) in the Somali capital have closed. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-humanitarian#8673 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:57:12 +0100 http://blogs.voanews.com/breaking-news/2012/01/19/explosion-hits-somali-refugee-camp-after-media-visit/ A bomb exploded in a Somali displaced persons' camp Thursday, shortly after a group of international journalists were in the area. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-humanitarian#8671 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:52:27 +0100 http://www.unocha.org/top-stories/all-stories/c%C3%B4te-d%E2%80%99ivoire-helping-displaced-families-return-home Nearly a year after the crisis, more than 186,000 Ivorians remain displaced within the country... http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-humanitarian#8646 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:21:28 +0100 http://www.timeslive.co.za/africa/2012/01/12/somalia-islamists-force-red-cross-food-aid-suspension The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Thursday it had suspended food distribution to 1.1 million people... http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-humanitarian#8551 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:43:40 +0100 http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/No-evidence-of-mass-killings-20120108 The UN's top official in South Sudan on Saturday said "no evidence" had been found of reported mass killings, but warned that 60 000 people were in urgent need of aid. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-humanitarian#8464 Sun, 8 Jan 2012 10:20:52 +0100 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-16362616 Two aid workers shot dead in the Somali capital have been identified as Belgian and Indonesian nationals...MSF said one of their workers shot Belgian Philippe Havet, 53, and Indonesian Andrias Karel Keiluhu, 44. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-humanitarian#8354 Fri, 30 Dec 2011 21:12:23 +0100 http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Egypt-cops-grab-52-migrants-in-Sinai-20111226 Egyptian border police have detained 52 African migrants in the past 24 hours after they attempted to cross into southern Israel from the Sinai Peninsula, security officials said on Monday. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-humanitarian#8267 Mon, 26 Dec 2011 22:47:04 +0100 http://edition.cnn.com/2011/12/23/world/africa/somalia-aid-workers-killed/index.html Two U.N. World Food Programme workers and a third colleague from a local agency were shot to death in Somalia Friday, the organization said. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-humanitarian#8244 Sat, 24 Dec 2011 11:40:32 +0100 http://thinkafricapress.com/somalia/resilience-face-famine Despite the myriad problems facing the country, some of these scenes reveal in them the promise that Somalia is still a living and battling nation that can dust itself out of the ruins. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-humanitarian#8157 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:00:46 +0100 http://www.wfp.org/stories/helicopter-service-delivers-relief-somali-refugees-ethiopia?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=twitter_update&utm_campaign=content WFP has launched a helicopter air service to deliver urgently needed food assistance to camps in Ethiopia hosting Somali refugees. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-humanitarian#7982 Tue, 6 Dec 2011 12:56:45 +0100 http://mg.co.za/article/2011-11-28-alshabaab-rebels-loot-aid-agencies-banned-in-somalia/ Al-Shabaab rebels banned some UN and international aid agencies from working in Somalia on Monday and began seizing and looting some of their offices... http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-humanitarian#7832 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:06:56 +0100 http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/11/201111742522450242.html UN chief condemns attack that left two other peacekeepers wounded while on patrol and urges Khartoum to ensure justice. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-humanitarian#7486 Mon, 7 Nov 2011 06:37:08 +0100 http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/25533/Egypt/Politics-/Alaa-Abdel-Fattah-Portrait-of-a-revolutionary.aspx Brief biography of prominent blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah, summoned on Sunday by military prosecutors to answer charges of incitement to violence http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-humanitarian#7389 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 13:04:43 +0100 http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Illegal-mining-poisons-Nigerian-children-20111028 llegal gold mining has left at least 2 000 children with lead poisoning in several northern Nigerian villages, where 400 children have already died from contamination, an official said on Friday. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-humanitarian#7367 Sun, 30 Oct 2011 21:28:53 +0100 http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2011/09/15/opinion/09152011kristof-2.html Jane Ngoiri with her son, Anthony, in Nairobi's Mathare slums, where she lived before moving to a safe suburb. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-humanitarian#7294 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 11:45:18 +0200 http://reliefweb.int/node/455552?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ReliefwebHeadlines+%28ReliefWeb++-++Headlines%29 Conflict and expected poor harvest likely to result in emergency levels of food insecurity http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-humanitarian#7274 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 08:48:39 +0200 http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Somali-fighting-chokes-aid-deliveries-20111026 Recent heavy fighting in Somalia including Kenya's military assault in the south is deepening the world's worst humanitarian crisis in the war-torn nation, aid agencies warned on Wednesday. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-humanitarian#7260 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 19:56:25 +0200 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15450826 Gunmen have abducted three aid workers employed by the Danish Demining Group in north-central Somalia. The Danish aid agency said a Somali national was taken along with two international staff members taken - a US woman and a Danish man. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-humanitarian#7223 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 22:31:44 +0200 http://blogs.voanews.com/breaking-news/2011/10/24/us-pledges-100-million-for-drought-stricken-horn-of-africa/ The United States has pledged another $100 million to help people in drought-affected areas of East Africa. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Monday the aid will be primarily in the form of food assistance to those in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-humanitarian#7193 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 09:28:52 +0200 http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/17/world/africa/al-qaeda-brings-food-aid-to-somalia-famine-victims.html?_r=1&smid=tw-nytimes&seid=auto Al Qaeda is not known for its philanthropic activities, but this weekend i http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-humanitarian#6974 Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:43:42 +0200 http://www.aljazeera.com/video/africa/2011/10/2011101416013369171.html In Mogadishu alone, fifteen children out of every 10,000 die each day as a result of famine and drought. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-humanitarian#6940 Sat, 15 Oct 2011 08:25:29 +0200