http://www.irinnews.org/irin-fp.aspxUpdated everydayen-gbTue, 15 May 2012 17:31:04 GMTTue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>JOHANNESBURG 15 May 2012 (IRIN) - The UN Development Programme (UNDP) launched its first Africa Human Development Report today, stressing food security as a means to a better quality of life for all. http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=95459JOHANNESBURG 15 May 2012 (IRIN) - The UN Development Programme (UNDP) launched its first Africa Human Development Report today, stressing food security as a means to a better quality of life for all. ]]>Wed, 09 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>JOHANNESBURG 09 May 2012 (IRIN) - Africa’s crises are both honing and stalling the formation of the African Standby Force (ASF) of the African Union (AU) - a quick reaction force that could eventually number about 30,000 troops to be deployed in a range of scenarios, from peacekeeping to direct military intervention.http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=95426JOHANNESBURG 09 May 2012 (IRIN) - Africa’s crises are both honing and stalling the formation of the African Standby Force (ASF) of the African Union (AU) - a quick reaction force that could eventually number about 30,000 troops to be deployed in a range of scenarios, from peacekeeping to direct military intervention.]]>Wed, 09 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>BANGKOK 09 May 2012 (IRIN) - A vaccine against one of the most neglected yet fatal tropical diseases is being tested for the first time in a clinical trial in India and the US. After malaria, leishmaniasis is the second largest parasitic killer, and the visceral form is the most deadly.http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=95431BANGKOK 09 May 2012 (IRIN) - A vaccine against one of the most neglected yet fatal tropical diseases is being tested for the first time in a clinical trial in India and the US. After malaria, leishmaniasis is the second largest parasitic killer, and the visceral form is the most deadly.]]>Thu, 03 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>OLD FANGAK 03 May 2012 (IRIN) - In the dusty courtyard of a crowded clinic in Old Fangak, in South Sudan’s Jonglei state, throngs of people, some of them under mosquito nets strung between trees, wait to get tested for kala-azar, amid the worst continuous outbreak in three decades.http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=95407OLD FANGAK 03 May 2012 (IRIN) - In the dusty courtyard of a crowded clinic in Old Fangak, in South Sudan’s Jonglei state, throngs of people, some of them under mosquito nets strung between trees, wait to get tested for kala-azar, amid the worst continuous outbreak in three decades.]]>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>KHARTOUM 30 April 2012 (IRIN) - As Sudan and South Sudan sink deeper into full-scale conflict and hostile rhetoric nine months after the country split in two, people from both sides of the border are tweeting a very different message, one of peace, solidarity and frustration with their leaders.http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=95385KHARTOUM 30 April 2012 (IRIN) - As Sudan and South Sudan sink deeper into full-scale conflict and hostile rhetoric nine months after the country split in two, people from both sides of the border are tweeting a very different message, one of peace, solidarity and frustration with their leaders.]]>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>BENTIU 27 April 2012 (IRIN) - Teresa Nyakuoth, a 24-year-old mother of two, recalls how she was shopping in the market next to her home in Rubkhona, a district of the South Sudanese town of Bentiu, when a Sudanese bomb fell on 23 April. The blast killed one teenage boy instantly, and another died later that day in hospital, where he had been admitted with severe burns and head wounds.http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=95375BENTIU 27 April 2012 (IRIN) - Teresa Nyakuoth, a 24-year-old mother of two, recalls how she was shopping in the market next to her home in Rubkhona, a district of the South Sudanese town of Bentiu, when a Sudanese bomb fell on 23 April. The blast killed one teenage boy instantly, and another died later that day in hospital, where he had been admitted with severe burns and head wounds.]]>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>KHARTOUM 23 April 2012 (IRIN) - The weekend ransacking of a church compound in Khartoum illustrates the increasing hostility faced by some of the hundreds of thousands of residents of the Sudanese capital whose origins lie in what is now the independent state of South Sudan.http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=95335KHARTOUM 23 April 2012 (IRIN) - The weekend ransacking of a church compound in Khartoum illustrates the increasing hostility faced by some of the hundreds of thousands of residents of the Sudanese capital whose origins lie in what is now the independent state of South Sudan.]]>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>NAIROBI 13 April 2012 (IRIN) - Once again the disputed and oil-rich borderland area of Heglig is at the centre of a confrontation between Sudan and the newly-independent South Sudan, giving rise to renewed fears of a resumption of all-out war.http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=95285NAIROBI 13 April 2012 (IRIN) - Once again the disputed and oil-rich borderland area of Heglig is at the centre of a confrontation between Sudan and the newly-independent South Sudan, giving rise to renewed fears of a resumption of all-out war.]]>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>KHARTOUM/TALODI 13 April 2012 (IRIN) - Sudan and South Sudan appeared to edge closer to war this week amid an escalating confrontation over the oil-rich borderland region of Heglig.http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=95286KHARTOUM/TALODI 13 April 2012 (IRIN) - Sudan and South Sudan appeared to edge closer to war this week amid an escalating confrontation over the oil-rich borderland region of Heglig.]]>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>ABOTHOK 10 April 2012 (IRIN) - Almost a year after fleeing fighting in Abyei, a disputed region on the border between South Sudan and Sudan, thousands of civilians are struggling to get by in villages such as Abothok in South Sudan.http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=95261ABOTHOK 10 April 2012 (IRIN) - Almost a year after fleeing fighting in Abyei, a disputed region on the border between South Sudan and Sudan, thousands of civilians are struggling to get by in villages such as Abothok in South Sudan.]]>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>NYINTAR 04 April 2012 (IRIN) - Akec Tut is among 110,000 civilians who fled Abyei when the contested region on the border between Sudan and South Sudan was occupied by Khartoum’s troops in May 2011.http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=95234NYINTAR 04 April 2012 (IRIN) - Akec Tut is among 110,000 civilians who fled Abyei when the contested region on the border between Sudan and South Sudan was occupied by Khartoum’s troops in May 2011.]]>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>JAMAM 03 April 2012 (IRIN) - Under the sweltering sun, women at Jamam refugee camp, in South Sudan's Upper Nile State, dig through the clay of a dried up waterhole in their search for water.http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=95231JAMAM 03 April 2012 (IRIN) - Under the sweltering sun, women at Jamam refugee camp, in South Sudan's Upper Nile State, dig through the clay of a dried up waterhole in their search for water.]]>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>JAU 29 March 2012 (IRIN) - Borderland fighting between Sudan and South Sudan broke out on 25 March, raising fears that the fragile peace that has more or less held since a 2005 accord (CPA) ended decades of civil war, could break down entirely.http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=95196JAU 29 March 2012 (IRIN) - Borderland fighting between Sudan and South Sudan broke out on 25 March, raising fears that the fragile peace that has more or less held since a 2005 accord (CPA) ended decades of civil war, could break down entirely.]]>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>TEL AVIV 27 March 2012 (IRIN) - Asylum-seekers from South Sudan living in Israel have until 31 March to return “home” or face deportation, but some have asked to stay, saying conditions are not yet conducive for their safe return.http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=95174TEL AVIV 27 March 2012 (IRIN) - Asylum-seekers from South Sudan living in Israel have until 31 March to return “home” or face deportation, but some have asked to stay, saying conditions are not yet conducive for their safe return.]]>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>JAMAM 27 March 2012 (IRIN) - Hamid Yussef Bashir, 30, is one of around 37,000 refugees in Jamam camp in South Sudan’s Upper Nile State, a place beleaguered by chronic water shortages, a diet of sorghum that refugees say is not enough, and where most residents are camped on a floodplain weeks ahead of the rainy season.http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=95175JAMAM 27 March 2012 (IRIN) - Hamid Yussef Bashir, 30, is one of around 37,000 refugees in Jamam camp in South Sudan’s Upper Nile State, a place beleaguered by chronic water shortages, a diet of sorghum that refugees say is not enough, and where most residents are camped on a floodplain weeks ahead of the rainy season.]]>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>FARADJE 26 March 2012 (IRIN) - The dilemma for a 13-year-old boy from Faradje in Haut-Uélé District, northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), is that although he misses his younger brother – abducted into the ranks of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) two years ago - he is also afraid of being reunited with him.http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=95168FARADJE 26 March 2012 (IRIN) - The dilemma for a 13-year-old boy from Faradje in Haut-Uélé District, northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), is that although he misses his younger brother – abducted into the ranks of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) two years ago - he is also afraid of being reunited with him.]]>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>DUNGU 21 March 2012 (IRIN) - After seven years held captive by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), 16-year-old Apiyo Tabisa’s release five months ago in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) along with a dozen or so others was as sudden as her abduction from Uganda.http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=95109DUNGU 21 March 2012 (IRIN) - After seven years held captive by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), 16-year-old Apiyo Tabisa’s release five months ago in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) along with a dozen or so others was as sudden as her abduction from Uganda.]]>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>WAU 21 March 2012 (IRIN) - They have returned in their hundreds of thousands, by train, barge, bus and plane, often after decades of war-enforced absence; but coming home to what recently, and euphorically, became the world’s newest state, the Republic of South Sudan, is often the beginning of yet another chapter of struggle and destitution.http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=95122WAU 21 March 2012 (IRIN) - They have returned in their hundreds of thousands, by train, barge, bus and plane, often after decades of war-enforced absence; but coming home to what recently, and euphorically, became the world’s newest state, the Republic of South Sudan, is often the beginning of yet another chapter of struggle and destitution.]]>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>LIMAYI 15 March 2012 (IRIN) - It is just before noon in the village of Limayi in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Half a dozen empty beer bottles lie scattered at the feet of five Congolese soldiers lounging in easy chairs beneath a mango tree. A freshly opened bottle is propped-up against an automatic assault rifle lying in the dust.http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=95083LIMAYI 15 March 2012 (IRIN) - It is just before noon in the village of Limayi in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Half a dozen empty beer bottles lie scattered at the feet of five Congolese soldiers lounging in easy chairs beneath a mango tree. A freshly opened bottle is propped-up against an automatic assault rifle lying in the dust.]]>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>JUBA 07 March 2012 (IRIN) - Newly independent South Sudan has some of the highest blindness rates in the world. Endemic diseases that have been stamped out in other post-conflict countries are rife, and the only fully functioning eye centre is in the capital, Juba.http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=95028JUBA 07 March 2012 (IRIN) - Newly independent South Sudan has some of the highest blindness rates in the world. Endemic diseases that have been stamped out in other post-conflict countries are rife, and the only fully functioning eye centre is in the capital, Juba.]]>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>JUBA/PIBOR 28 February 2012 (IRIN) - South Sudan’s plan to start collecting some 20,000 weapons from civilians in Jonglei state in March, by force if necessary, is likely to worsen the volatile security situation there and complicate efforts to deliver essential humanitarian aid, the UN and several analysts have warned.http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=94978JUBA/PIBOR 28 February 2012 (IRIN) - South Sudan’s plan to start collecting some 20,000 weapons from civilians in Jonglei state in March, by force if necessary, is likely to worsen the volatile security situation there and complicate efforts to deliver essential humanitarian aid, the UN and several analysts have warned.]]>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>JOHANNESBURG 24 February 2012 (IRIN) - The US believes its military intervention in central Africa in pursuit of Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) is having the desired effect, reducing attacks and improving civilian protection - although analysts have reservations.http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=94941JOHANNESBURG 24 February 2012 (IRIN) - The US believes its military intervention in central Africa in pursuit of Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) is having the desired effect, reducing attacks and improving civilian protection - although analysts have reservations.]]>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>JUBA 23 February 2012 (IRIN) - Health workers in the world's newest country are hoping that the pledge by pharmaceutical companies and world leaders to combat "neglected" tropical diseases will finally help to have an impact on South Sudan's appalling health indicators.http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=94930JUBA 23 February 2012 (IRIN) - Health workers in the world's newest country are hoping that the pledge by pharmaceutical companies and world leaders to combat "neglected" tropical diseases will finally help to have an impact on South Sudan's appalling health indicators.]]>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>JUBA 20 February 2012 (IRIN) - An already dire food situation in South Sudan could deteriorate amid growing economic problems, food shortages and a mass influx of people fleeing Sudan in the next two months, agencies warn.http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=94908JUBA 20 February 2012 (IRIN) - An already dire food situation in South Sudan could deteriorate amid growing economic problems, food shortages and a mass influx of people fleeing Sudan in the next two months, agencies warn.]]>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>KHARTOUM 16 February 2012 (IRIN) - One of hundreds of thousands of people of South Sudanese origin living in Sudan, Paula*, a mother of four, has spent the last six months camped out in a church-owned compound in Hajj Yousif, a Khartoum suburb, waiting for promised transport to her homeland.http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=94876KHARTOUM 16 February 2012 (IRIN) - One of hundreds of thousands of people of South Sudanese origin living in Sudan, Paula*, a mother of four, has spent the last six months camped out in a church-owned compound in Hajj Yousif, a Khartoum suburb, waiting for promised transport to her homeland.]]>