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    Uganda says Seleka now its enemy as it hunts LRA in Central African Republic

    Wed, 2 Jul 2014 07:58 AM

    Seleka denies links with the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), accuses Uganda of looting

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    U.S. imposes sanctions on Islamist group in Congo for targeting children

    Tue, 1 Jul 2014 14:30 PM

    EMBARGOED 1030EDT-CONGODEMOCRATIC-UGANDA/ADF-USA:U.S. imposes sanctions on Islamist group in Congo for targeting children

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    Heads Of WFP&UNHCR Issue Urgent Appeal As Food Shortages Hit Nearly 800,000 Refugees In Africa

    Tue, 1 Jul 2014 17:54 PM

    The heads of the United Nations refugee agency and World Food Programme warned today that funding difficulties, compounded by security and logistical problems in some countries, have forced cuts in food rations for nearly 800,000 refugees in Africa, threatening to worsen already unacceptable levels of acute malnutrition, stunting and anemia, particularly in children.

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    Uganda clashes with Central Africa Republic's Seleka rebels

    Wed, 2 Jul 2014 08:33 AM

    Ugandan troops have been in CAR hunting down LRA rebels, who have made the lawless nation one of their rear bases

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    Malnutrition a threat with use of climate-resilient crops, scientists say

    Tue, 1 Jul 2014 09:45 AM

    Switch to high-producing, hardy varieties of food worsening ‘hidden hunger’ - but added vitamins could help

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    File picture shows boys panning for gold at a riverside at Iga Barriere in eastern Congo

    Tue, 1 Jul 2014 06:32 AM

    Boys pan for gold at a riverside at Iga Barriere in the resource-rich Ituri region of eastern Congo in this February 16, 2009 file photo. A U.S. law on conflict minerals is curbing African warlords' presence around mines in Congo, campaigners say, but its full impact remains unclear, with most firms failing to pinpoint the origin of their metals by a June deadline. Millions are estimated to have died in nearly two decades of bloodshed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) fuelled by the minerals smuggled through Rwanda, Uganda and Burundi. To match story MINERALS-CONFLICT/ REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly/Files (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - Tags: ENERGY ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY CRIME LAW POLITICS BUSINESS)

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    As food shortages hit 800,000 African refugees, UNHCR and WFP issue urgent appeal

    Tue, 1 Jul 2014 13:01 PM

    The two agencies seek US$186 million to allow WFP to restore full rations and prevent further cuts. UNHCR needs US$39 million for its nutrition support.

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    EXCLUSIVE-UN Security Council sanctions Islamist ADF in Congo - diplomats

    Tue, 1 Jul 2014 00:59 AM

    CONGODEMOCRATIC-UGANDA/ADF-UN (EXCLUSIVE):EXCLUSIVE-UN Security Council sanctions Islamist ADF in Congo - diplomats

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    Clashes between Uganda army, CAR gunmen kill at least 17

    Tue, 1 Jul 2014 12:07 PM

    Ugandan troops have been in CAR hunting down LRA rebels, who have made the lawless nation one of their rear bases

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    CAR Crisis in Numbers

    Mon, 30 Jun 2014 23:30 PM

    Even before the crisis began, 30 percent of Central Africans were food-insecure, meaning they did not access to enough and the right kinds of food Today, 2.7 million people in CAR are in need of humanitarian assistance such as food, water, shelter, and healthcare More than 560,000 people are displaced within the country 71 percent of the displaced in Bangui say they still do not feel safe enough to return home WFP is assisting 270,000 in CAR, 80 percent of which live outside of Bangui 8 in 10 school-age children are out of school CAR's GDP shrank 30 percent in 2013 More than 300,000 people have fled to neighbouring countries since January 2014 Cameroon and Chad are each hosting more than 100,000 people, while others have taken refuge in the Democratic Republic of Congo (RDC) and the Congo 80 percent of refugees are women or children One third of children at transit sites in Cameroon suffer from malnutrition  

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