| AID POLICY: Hitching social media to humanitarian assistance |
 | NAIROBI، 17/7/2012 (IRIN) - From Tweets in Egypt to blogs in Syria and Facebook campaigns in Sudan, the world has witnessed an unprecedented upsurge in citizen journalism, which played a major part in the 2011 "Arab Spring", a series of revolutions that saw long-term leaders in Egypt, Libya, Tunisia and Yemen deposed. But citizen journalists say social media's impact is not limited to political rabble-rousing and that it can also be a useful tool in humanitarian emergencies. full report |
| AFRICA: AGOA uncertainty hurts textile workers |
 | JOHANNESBURG/MANZINI، 17/7/2012 (IRIN) - The livelihoods of tens of thousands of textile workers in Africa is hanging in the balance amid growing anxiety about whether a key provision of US trade legislation will be renewed before it expires in September. full report |
| SOMALIA: Return to Mogadishu* |
 | MOGADISHU، 17/7/2012 (IRIN) - Thousands of people who fled insecurity and fighting in the Somali capital Mogadishu have returned to the city since August 2011, after the departure of Al-Shabab insurgents, say officials. full report |
| AFRICA: Domestic investment in HIV up but uneven |
 | NAIROBI، 19/7/2012 (IRIN) - Many sub-Saharan African nations - traditionally the beneficiaries of international HIV funding - are gradually increasing their financial contributions to the fight against the virus, boosting the number of people on treatment to record highs according to a new UNAIDS report, Together We Will End AIDS, released on 18 July. full report |