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Afghanistan

Managing complexity: Political and managerial challenges in UN Peace Operations with the Geneva Centre for Security Policy

Source: International Peace Institute

Indonesia to hold meeting on refugee this month

Source: Xinhua

Afghan recovery report: Helmandis braced for Taleban battle

Source: Institute for War and Peace Reporting

D.R. Congo

Briefing humanitaire en RDC , 29 juin au 03 juillet 2009

Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Managing complexity: Political and managerial challenges in UN Peace Operations with the Geneva Centre for Security Policy

Source: International Peace Institute

War far from over in Congo as Caritas launch appeal

Source: Caritas

Indonesia

Indonesia: Addressing disasters, density for future Jakarta

Source: Jakarta Post

Indonesia: Appeal No. MAAID002 Programme Update No. 1

Source: IFRC

Activist radio becomes voice for tolerance in Indonesia

Source: Agence France-Presse

Madagascar

Madagascar: Political crisis - International mediation to resume talks

Source: Missionary International Service News Agency

AU summit tackles conflicts, 'African government'

Source: Agence France-Presse

Food security, violent conflict, return of coups among challenges requiring resolute action, Deputy Secretary-General tells African Union Summit

Source: UN Department of Public Information

Somalia

Somalia: African leaders seek sanctions on Eritrea

Source: Reuters - AlertNet

Managing complexity: Political and managerial challenges in UN Peace Operations with the Geneva Centre for Security Policy

Source: International Peace Institute

15 civilians killed in heavy Somalia clashes

Source: Agence France-Presse

Sudan

Managing complexity: Political and managerial challenges in UN Peace Operations with the Geneva Centre for Security Policy

Source: International Peace Institute

African Union: Non-co-operation with Bashir arrest warrant an insult for victims

Source: Amnesty

Sudan: Two foreign aid workers kidnapped in Darfur: officials

Source: Agence France-Presse

Uganda

Briefing humanitaire en RDC , 29 juin au 03 juillet 2009

Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

War far from over in Congo as Caritas launch appeal

Source: Caritas

RD congo / Dingila : satisfaction après le déploiement des militaires FARDC

Source: Radio Okapi

More stories from Medair

3. July 2009

Premiers pas

Sud-Soudan -

Le nouveau centre TB (antituberculeux) de Medair dans le Comté de Melut, au Sud Soudan, affiche des résultats prometteurs.

3. July 2009

A Generous Spirit

Uganda -

In recovering Uganda, Medair trains community counselors to provide support for traumatised orphans and child-headed households.

19. June 2009

First Steps

Sudan (Southern Sudan) -

Medair’s new tuberculosis (TB) clinic in Melut County, Southern Sudan, is showing some very encouraging results.

14. May 2009

On The Edge of a Crisis

Somalia -

Medair’s mobile nutrition clinics help give children in both Somaliland and Somalia the nourishment they need to survive in a land devastated by drought, political unrest, and rising food prices.

15. April 2009

Going the Extra Mile

Southern Sudan -

A Medair team treks through bush, mountains, swamps, and croc-inhabited rivers to protect children from deadly measles in remote Southern Sudan.