21 November, 2014

CENTRAL AND EASTERN AFRICA: IRIN weekly humanitarian round-up 762 21 November 2014




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ICN2: Feast and famine - trends in nutrition

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DUBAI/BANGKOK, 17 November 2014 (IRIN) - More than 20 years on from the first ever International Conference on Nutrition, its successor is due to take place in Rome this week. Yet what do those in the nutrition sector think should be focussed upon?
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Trade and transfat in the Pacific

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BANGKOK, 17 November 2014 (IRIN) - Diminished agricultural production and unhealthy imports are contributing to some of the world's highest obesity and diabetes rates in the Pacific Islands. Thousands of kilometres away from this backdrop, high-level officials are gathering for the only second-ever global nutrition conference in Rome, starting 19 November, to consolidate agreement on an international framework to improve nutrition.
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Tough conditions for CAR displaced at airport camp

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BANGUI, 20 November 2014 (IRIN) - One of the most telling effects of the bitter internal crisis which has rocked the Central African Republic (CAR) since December 2012 is the continuing displacement of thousands of ordinary citizens. Those who fled have been forced to abandon their houses and home areas, often moving into rapidly-established camps, living in dismal conditions.
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IRIN's top reads this week

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DUBAI, 20 November 2014 (IRIN) - IRIN's reading list offers the top reads for those in the humanitarian sector every week.
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Abandoned in the borderlands

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KIIR ADEM, 20 November 2014 (IRIN) - Longstanding humanitarian needs in South Sudan's Aweil North County, where some 30,000 people are displaced, are largely unmet.
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PRESS RELEASE: IRIN humanitarian news service to spin off from the UN

GENEVA, 20 November 2014 (IRIN) - After nearly 20 years as part of the United Nations, the humanitarian news service IRIN is spinning off to become an independent non-profit media venture, with the support of a major private donor
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