ACT Alliance Appeal: Towards sustainable recovery in Eastern and Southern Chad
Appeal Target: US$ 997,378. ACT member The Lutheran World Federation (LWF), Chad programme, will provide assistance with psychosocial support and activities, capacity building and construction of social infrastructure, environmental activities, non food items, agricultural support and income generating activities, and support to prevent HIV/AIDS.
Uganda centre aims to boost clean development projects in Africa
Kampala office will support the creation of Clean Development Mechanism projects in North, South and East Africa
U.N. Security Council to back Mali peacekeepers in weeks
Up to 6,000 U.N. peacekeepers are to be deployed in Mali to help stabilise the country
South Sudan accuses Sudan of troops build-up on border
South Sudan accuses Sudan of building up forces along their border, a sign that efforts to set up a buffer zone between the neighbours have made no progress
Humanitarian access to north Mali extremely limited-UN official
Poor security in northern Mali is making it difficult to get food to 500,000 people whose lives and trade links have been disrupted by the insurgency, a senior U.N. official says
Aid agencies face violence and arrests in South Sudan
Country head of the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says number of incidents hampering the work of aid agencies has jumped almost 50 percent last year
Sudan, Darfur rebels sign ceasefire in Qatar-media
News of the agreement follows a recent upsurge in fighting in Darfur where rights groups and the United Nations say 300,000 people may have died since the conflict began in 2003