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No More Liberalisation, Trade Ministers Urged
Mar 19, 2008 (OneWorld.net)

Trade ministers from the world's poorest countries must stand firm this week against WTO moves to further liberalise world trade, a move which has already cost sub-Saharan Africa $272 bn over the last twenty years, says ActionAid.

IMF Promises Policy Change
Mar 18, 2008 (The Daily Times - Malawi's Premier Daily)

THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission to Malawi has promised to change some of their policy to fit into the country’s development needs.

Burundi: Peace in Their Time
Mar 17, 2008 (Action Aid)

As Burundi struggles to maintain a fragile peace after years of civil war, ActionAid investigates the urgent need for peace building work, and visits a very special project showing just how it can be done.

Critical Stories of Change
Mar 17, 2008

Critical Stories of Change are a critical learning tool to help us understand how and why change happens in the places where we work. It is easy to claim credit for progress. Critical Stories of Change create a platform that enables us to critically assess our work and to document it in a way that is generally accessible.

Activists Say More Money Needed to Help Developing Countries Cope with Global Warming
Mar 14, 2008 (Forecast Earch)

The world's wealthy countries need to pump more money into financing poorer nations' efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions and cope with climate change, environmentalists said Friday ahead of a global warming conference.

Migration, Governance at Root of Global Shortage of Health Care Workers
Mar 13, 2008 (World Politics Review)

Earlier this month, 1,000 people from around the world gathered at a World Health Organization-sponsored forum here to discuss what's increasingly being seen as a global crisis: the acute shortage of health care workers.

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Expected To Discuss PEPFAR Reauthorization Draft Bill This Week
Mar 10, 2008 (Kaiser Network)

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday is scheduled to consider a draft bill (S 2731) to reauthorize the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, CQ Today reports. The House Foreign Affairs Committee approved its version of the bill late last month, and the bill is expected to reach the full House in April.

Women Oppose Police Search in Mt. Elgon
Mar 10, 2008 (All Africa)

Women from Mt. Elgon have expressed concern over the impending security operation to flush out Sabaot Land Defence Force (SLDF) militia.

Advocates Call for Increased Investment in Women, Girls Worldwide To Address Issues Such as HIV/AIDS
Mar 10, 2008 (KaiserNetwork.org)

Advocates worldwide ahead of International Women's Day on Saturday highlighted issues such as HIV/AIDS, gender equality, discrimination, violence against women and the need to invest in women and girls, the AP/PR-Inside.com reports.

Why International Women's Day Matters
Mar 7, 2008 (Guardian UK)

Action Aid's Women's rights policy officer, Laura Turquet, talks about some key issues that affect women in the developing world - highlighted by the three films that you can watch here.

South Africa: ActionAid Calls for Better Response to Gender Inequality, AIDS Links
Mar 5, 2008 (All Africa)

As violence against women continues to skyrocket around the globe – ActionAid is calling for accountability from decision-makers, donors and activists to speed up effective responses to the links between violence and the spread of HIV.

Food Aid We Can Afford
Mar 5, 2008 (Washington Post)

While it is true that rising food prices could significantly reduce the volume of aid deliveries, I was astonished that this article did not mention one obvious solution: Buy the food locally or regionally in developing countries instead of buying it in the United States and shipping it thousands of miles.

Chad: Education and Protection from Sexual Violence – Key Priorities for Refugees in Cameroon, says ActionAid
Mar 4, 2008 (Relief Web)

Giving children access to school and protecting women from sexual violence must be urgent priorities in the response to assist up to 20,000 refugees arriving in Cameroon.

Political Deal Ends Fear of Violence in Kenya
Mar 3, 2008 (Reuters / ActionAid)

Tension has turned to celebration in most places hit by post election violence in Kenya, following the brokering of a political deal (on 28 February) between President Mwai Kibaki and his main political rival the Hon. Raila Odinga.

Kenya: Crisis Looms in North and South East as Water Becomes Scarce
Feb 29, 2008 (Action Aid)

As Kenyans celebrate the political breakthrough over power sharing, a crisis posing a risk to 35,000 people is looming in the north and south east over water scarcity and pressure on grazing pastures.

Poorest Countries Trade Ministers Open Three Day Meeting in Lesotho
Feb 27, 2008 (NewsVOA.com)

In Lesotho, trade ministers from the world’s poor countries are meeting over the next three days to discuss moves to liberalize trade. Poor and rich nations have been at odds over such things as agricultural subsidies and tariffs. The NGO ActionAid is criticizing past efforts at liberalization, saying they have cost sub-Saharan African countries hundreds of millions of dollars.

Mozambique cholera outbreak – ActionAid response
Feb 20, 2008 (Reuters / Action Aid)

As central Mozambique recovers from its worst-ever flood, emergency workers are trying to contain an outbreak of cholera which has affected more than 600 people in Mutarara district, Tete province. Ten people have died.