The News Review:
- UN Security Council likely to end Sierra Leone peacekeeping mission…
- Food supplies for two million refugees threatened by lack of donor…
- Doug Moe: UW grad a portrait of kindness
- UN food agency appeals urgently for US$315 million for refugee aid
- Obasanjo Wants Elected Govt to Handle Taylor’s Case
UN Security Council likely to end Sierra Leone peacekeeping mission…
highbeam.com – May 17, 2005
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Food supplies for two million refugees threatened by lack of donor…
noticias.info – May 17, 2005
Many of the refugees rely almost entirely on food aid for their survival, said Powell. They are frequently confined to camps where arable land, if available, is scarce and employment opportunities are limited. This month, WFP began reducing rations to refugees in Sierra Leone after sensitization campaigns in the camps to ensure that the cuts are implemented smoothly. Food rations have also been cut for refugees in Guinea and Liberia, as only 40 percent of WFPs appeal for US$93. 5 million for refugees in west Africa has been funded so far. To meet the basic needs of refugees in Sierra Leone and Guinea, WFP has had no other choice than to cut food-for-work and food-for-training activities for the local populations. Even school feeding programmes for local and refugee populations have had to be cut…
Food rations have also been cut for refugees in Guinea and Liberia, as only 40 percent of WFPs appeal for US$93. 5 million for refugees in west Africa has been funded so far. To meet the basic needs of refugees in Sierra Leone and Guinea, WFP has had no other choice than to cut food-for-work and food-for-training activities for the local populations. Even school feeding programmes for local and refugee populations have had to be cut. Within a few weeks, WFP will be running out of food for the 60,000 Sudanese refugees and 3,000 newly arrived Congolese refugees in Uganda following clashes between factions in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. 4 million people will be affected, including internally displaced, refugees and other vulnerable people.
Doug Moe: UW grad a portrait of kindness
madison.com – May 17, 2005
A company called Sax Arts & Crafts madeSchumaker the extraordinary offer of using its catalog cover toannounce the project to art teachers around the United States. According to Schumaker, 70 schools signed upimmediately, and several hundred more are due on board in the fall- a total of some 5,000 students. That’s a good thing because on the other end,Schumaker now has participating orphanages in many more countries,including Guatemala, Sierra Leone, Malawi, Bolivia, Zimbabwe andSouth Africa. (Footnote: Schumaker said the popularity of theproject has meant that he hasn’t had to solicit schools – they’vecontacted him. So far, however, no Madison schools have. Maybe anart teacher reading this can change that record. Anyone interestedin getting involved or learning more should visit the Web site.
UN food agency appeals urgently for US$315 million for refugee aid
highbeam.com – May 17, 2005
2 million refugees around the world were increasingly underfunded, and that aid for people in three African countries already had been reduced. The Rome-based World Food Program said it urgently needed US$315 (euro250 million), mostly to feed refugees who have fled conflict in Africa, to prevent further cuts in aid. Aid has been reduced already for refugees in Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia who have taken shelter from local fighting, it said. If more money isn’t donated, programs at refugee camps and to encourage repatriation of refugees in several other countries will also be cut back, the.
Obasanjo Wants Elected Govt to Handle Taylor’s Case
This Day – This Day (subscription) – May 17, 2005
2005President Olusegun Obas-anjo has said a democratically-elected government, which is expectedin Liberia by October, should handle former President Charles Taylors case. Obasanjos position is coming on the heels of request by the United States of America, that Taylor, who is currently in asylum in Nigeria, be extradited, to answer allegations of human rights violations in a Sierra Leone war crimes. Access denied, please.