Aid News
News on development and aid topics collected by The Road to the Horizon
Gunmen kidnap 16 Afghan demining workers-police
Source: Reuters * Gunmen kidnap Afghans working for demining agency * No claims of responsibility made (Adds Dutch aid agency staff kidnapped) GARDEZ, Afghanistan, July 5 (Reuters) - Unidentified…Somalia: Heavy Shelling Kills 10 in Mogadishu
At least 10 people have been killed and three others have been injured after shelling targeted Karan district in the north of the Somali capital Mogadishu, witnesses told Shabelle radio on Sunday.Somalia: Another Journalist Killed in Mogadishu Fighting
Journalist Mohamed Yusuf “Ninile” worked for Noble Qur’an Radio, known locally by its Somali acronym IQK [Idaacada Quraanka Kariimka].Sudan: Africa And the International Criminal Court
ELEVEN years ago when I opened the Rome conference that led to the founding of the International Criminal Court, I reminded the delegates that the eyes of the victims of past crimes and the potential…Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai Supports Mugabe's Govt Role
PRIME Minister Morgan Tsvangirai says he differs with President Robert Mugabe on tactics and strategy but will defend the veteran leader’s place in the transitional government to save the country…IRAQ: Parliament to discuss controversial draft law for NGOs
BAGHDAD Sunday, July 05, 2009 (IRIN) - A hotly debated draft law to regulate the work of NGOs in Iraq will be discussed in parliament this month although its approval is not expected soon, a lawmaker…West Africa: Nigerian Militants to Target Trans-Sahara Pipeline?
There were fears at the weekend that the multi-billion dollar Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline project being midwifed by Nigeria, Algeria and Niger is now a target for sabotage by the Movement for the…Chinese floods kill 15, displace 550,000
Source: Reuters (Updates details, numbers displaced) BEIJING, July 5 (Reuters) - Flooding and heavy rain in southern China have forced 550,000 people to evacuate their homes and killed at least 15,…PAKISTAN: Timeline on human displacement since 2004
LAHORE Sunday, July 05, 2009 (IRIN) - The recent conflict-related population displacements in northwestern Pakistan - with some two million internally displaced persons (IDPs) according to the UN…Bob Geldof grills Berlusconi on aid ahead of G8
Source: Reuters * Geldof takes Berlusconi to task for cutting aid to poor * Berlusconi says he is sorry, promises to increase funds By Silvia Aloisi ROME, July 5 (Reuters) - Irish singer and…Irish team in Sudan to help free kidnapped aid staff
Source: Reuters (Adds detail, background) KHARTOUM, July 5 (Reuters) - Irish diplomats and negotiators flew in to Khartoum on Sunday to help in efforts to free two female aid workers kidnapped in…PAKISTAN: Timeline on human displacement since 2004
Source: IRIN The recent conflict-related population displacements in northwestern Pakistan - with some two million internally displaced persons (IDPs) according to the UN Office for the…Iraq urges Europe to deny support to Turkish dam
Source: Reuters BAGHDAD, July 5 (Reuters) - Iraq has appealed to European backers of a hydroelectric project in Turkey to withdraw their support for the construction of a dam it believes will…India says watered down climate text likely in Italy
Source: Reuters By Krittivas Mukherjee NEW DELHI, July 5 (Reuters) - A meeting of a 17-country group of the world’s worst polluters in Italy this week will likely agree on a token joint declaration…Chinese floods kill 15, displace 400,000
Source: Reuters BEIJING, July 5 (Reuters) - Flooding and heavy rain in southern China have forced 400,000 people to evacuate their homes and killed at least 15, Xinhua news agency reported on…
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