| In Brief: Hundreds flee attack in east Kenyan town |
 ISIOLO, 17 November 2009 (IRIN Global) - Hundreds of people have fled their homes in Isiolo, eastern Kenya, following an attack by armed men that left 11 people dead in Kisima locality, the Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS) said.
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In Brief: Israel transfers calves to Gaza as a ‘humanitarian gesture’ |  TEL AVIV, 15 November 2009 (IRIN Global) - Israel’s Ministry of Defence has accepted agriculture minister Shalom Simchon’s request to transfer some 7,500 calves into Gaza for Eid al-Adha, a Muslim holiday on around 27 November this year and symbolised by the slaughtering of animals to distribute meat to the poor.
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In Brief: Stunting not as bad as expected in Occupied Palestinian Territories |  DUBAI, 13 November 2009 (IRIN Global) - An estimated 200 million children aged under five in the developing world suffer from stunted growth due to maternal and childhood undernutrition, according to a new UNICEF report.
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In Brief: Suspected AWD kills eight on Kenyan district of Lamu |  LAMU, 12 November 2009 (IRIN Global) - Eight people have died on the Kenyan district of Lamu and others have been hospitalized following a suspected outbreak of acute watery diarrhoea (AWD), an official said.
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In Brief: World hunger increases despite growth in food production |  DUSHANBE, 12 November 2009 (IRIN Global) - Even as world food production grows, hunger is on the rise in many poor countries, according to the Global Crop Prospects and Food Situation report for November, published by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on 12 November.
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In Brief: Egypt’s Copts facing persecution - report |  CAIRO, 12 November 2009 (IRIN Global) - A new report on religious freedom in Egypt says Coptic Christians, who make up about 10 percent of the 80 million population (CIA factbook), face major rights violations and are being increasingly persecuted.
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In Brief: Cash does not always mean quality food aid |  JOHANNESBURG, 11 November 2009 (IRIN Global) - A move by donor countries to provide aid agencies with cash, allowing them the flexibility to source cheaper or more appropriate food in the region or beneficiary country and save on transport and warehousing costs, is not addressing nutritional needs, according to a new report.
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In Brief: Darfur groups flouting arms embargo - new report |  NAIROBI, 10 November 2009 (IRIN Global) - Armed groups in Sudan's Darfur region have continued to violate a UN arms embargo as well as international humanitarian and human rights law, a new report by a UN panel of experts has said.
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In Brief: Smaller government, bigger tensions in the Comoros |  JOHANNESBURG, 9 November 2009 (IRIN Global) - Thinning out the top-heavy governance system of Comoros is creating tensions in the Indian Ocean island state, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in its October 2009 country report.
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In Brief: Israel transfers 5,000 H1N1 vaccinations to Gaza |  TEL AVIV, 8 November 2009 (IRIN Global) - Israel’s Civil Administration announced on 5 November that it had transferred 5,000 pandemic H1N1 vaccinations to Gaza for Hajj pilgrims leaving to Saudi Arabia via the Rafah border crossing with Egypt.
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