Fwd: CENTRAL AND EASTERN AFRICA: IRIN weekly humanitarian round-up 729 28 March 2014

[Elisabeth Janaina]

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Table of contents 1. Do we care enough about sexual violence? 2. Tug of war over Muslim community in western CAR 3. Ethiopia struggling to cope with South Sudanese refugee influx 4. Cattle-rustling and the politics of business in Kenya 5. Women: Victims of conflict or agents of change? 6. "Get a grip," UN chief tells CAR leaders 7. Calls for a ceasefire in the war on drugs Do we care enough about sexual violence? JOHANNESBURG, 25 March 2014 (IRIN) - Two years ago global attention was focused on the spontaneous protests led by ordinary people in the Indian capital, New Delhi, after the gruesome gang-rape and murder of a physiotherapy student. Read report online Tug of war over Muslim community in western CAR BODA (WESTERN CAR), 24 March 2014 (IRIN) - Anti-balaka militia fighters at the diamond mining town of Boda in the Central African Republic (CAR) have rejected a government-sponsored attempt to allow a Muslim community of about 12,000 people to stay there. Read report online Ethiopia struggling to cope with South Sudanese refugee influx GAMBELA REGION, 25 March 2014 (IRIN) - With around 1,000 South Sudanese refugees streaming into the Gambela Region of western Ethiopia every week, relief workers and agencies warn of an imminent humanitarian crisis as camps reach capacity and assistance is increasingly stretched. Read report online Cattle-rustling and the politics of business in Kenya NAIROBI, 27 March 2014 (IRIN) - Cattle raiding in Kenya is often viewed in the legitimizing context of tradition, climate change and resource conflict, but increasingly it has much more to do with organized crime meeting a rising demand for meat, and political violence resulting from a new devolutionary constitution. Read report online Women: Victims of conflict or agents of change? DUBAI, 27 March 2014 (IRIN) - Women are the biggest victims in natural disasters and conflicts, yet they are also the most resourceful, experts told an aid conference in Dubai. Thus, aid agencies should do more to develop women as agents for change and development. Read report online "Get a grip," UN chief tells CAR leaders BANGUI, 27 March 2014 (IRIN) - Amid an upsurge in attacks on African Union (AU) peacekeepers, the UN special representative in the Central African Republic (CAR) has called on the population and leaders to "get a grip" and not allow blind hatred to destroy the country. Read report online Calls for a ceasefire in the war on drugs NEW YORK, 28 March 2014 (IRIN) - Despite growing acknowledgement that the war on drugs has failed, global consensus on the way forward remains elusive. Nevertheless, some detect a "paradigm shift" among many players at the forefront of the debate. Read report online

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