DIARY - Political and General News Events From June 11
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Help for starving children halved in South Sudan as famine looms - Unicef
Fighting between government forces and rebels has triggered a hunger crisis with many health centres destroyed
Food shortages trigger truancy in South Sudan camps
Though community leaders have been approached by UNHCR about regular school attendance, the response has been muted.
East African bloc threatens S.Sudan's feuding sides with sanctions
The threaten of sanctions by South Sudan's neighbours indicates their growing concern that the unrest may escalate into a broader regional conflict
Uganda's President Museveni attends urgent session of Summit of the IGAD on South Sudan in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni attends an urgent session of the Summit of the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) on South Sudan in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa June 10, 2014. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri (ETHIOPIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)
South Sudan's President Kiir attends urgent session for the Summit of the IGAD on South Sudan in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir attends an urgent session for the Summit of the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) on South Sudan in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa June 10, 2014. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri (ETHIOPIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)
Sexual violence in conflict: "We are barely scratching the surface"
What should be an aberration continues to be an epidemic, says UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
Nature Is Talking And Africa's Legislators Are Listening
By Miriam GathigahMEXICO CITY, Jun 9 2014 (IPS) - Africa’s climate change legislative frameworks, though a step in the right direction, have come under fire for not being ambitious enough to meet the challenge of a changing climate. The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), an emerging global actor in Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+), has been criticised because its REDD+ projects are not […]