Development

NAIROBI, 10 May 2013 (IRIN) - Following the unanimous adoption of a UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution setting up an integrated mission in Somalia, the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) will be set up for an initial one-year period beginning on 3 June; it will be based in the capital Mogadishu. (IRIN)

DAKAR, 10 May 2013 (IRIN) - Academics and government, military and civil society representatives gathered for a conference in the Senegalese capital this week to assess the interplay between development and violent extremism in West Africa, with some participants suggesting that underdevelopment, marginalization and weak governance create a breeding ground for militancy. (IRIN)

BISSAU/DAKAR, 9 May 2013 (IRIN) - The World Food Programme (WFP) has not received the money it needs to run basic nutrition and food security schemes in Guinea-Bissau, leaving projects in jeopardy or at a standstill. (IRIN)

JOHANNESBURG, 8 May 2013 (IRIN) - The imminent deployment of a UN-backed 3,000-strong international force mandated to “neutralize… and disarm” all armed groups in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) marks a switch to a more belligerent international stance towards rebel militia, but has met with scepticism in some quarters. (IRIN)

GOMA, 8 May 2013 (IRIN) - Entrepreneur Gilbert Makelele wants armed groups in his part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to wake up and smell the coffee. (IRIN)

HARARE, 7 May 2013 (IRIN) - Inadequate funding and limited resources are frustrating Zimbabwe's efforts to develop plans to deal with the impact of climate change, says a government progress report. (IRIN)

BAGA,NIGERIA, 7 May 2013 (IRIN) - Thousands of residents of Baga in Borno State, northeastern Nigeria, remain displaced for fear of further clashes breaking out between radical Islamist group Boko Haram and troops from the Nigeria-Niger-Chad Multi-National Joint Task Force (MNJTF). A reported 187 people died in the clashes on 16 and 17 April. (IRIN)

GAO/BAMAKO, 6 May 2013 (IRIN) - During the rebel takeover of northern Mali in April 2012, many women said they were subjected to rape or sexual assault. Since then, little or no support has come through for these women, say aid workers. (IRIN)

NAIROBI, 6 May 2013 (IRIN) - Unemployment, poverty and political marginalization are contributing to the Islamic radicalization of Kenya's youth, a situation experts say must be addressed through economic empowerment and inclusive policies. (IRIN)

RENK, UPPER NILE STATE, 6 May 2013 (IRIN) - George Malual Deng, 24, has spent two years stuck in a transit site waiting to return to his home in South Sudan's Jonglei state. He is among 20,000 people who have made a home of sorts in the river port of Renk, waiting for a barge to take them further south. (IRIN)

RENK-UPPER NILE STATE, 6 May 2013 (IRIN) - Years ago, Mary Venerato Laki fled conflict in South Sudan, moving north to Sudan, where she worked as a teacher for 42 years. But after a January 2011 referendum paved the way for South Sudan's independence, Mary, now a 60-year-old widow and sole guardian of four nieces, decided to move back home. (IRIN)

[WEF]Cape Town -Connecting the continent through infrastructure development and removing bottlenecks to greater mobility of people will allow Africans to work together towards the common goal of developing their continent, participants at the World Economic Forum on Africa heard today. (webremix.info)

[Daily News]Morogoro -TANZANIANS have been implored to effectively apply Cluster Initiative in order to become competitive regionally, globally and ultimately realise sustainable development. (webremix.info)

KUALA LUMPUR, May 10 -- Malaysian companies led by Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation will be making their inaugural presence at South Africa's "Petro.t.ex Africa 2013" in Johannesburg.

The Ritz Carlton Reserve Dorado Beach was named Development of the Year 2012 at the Caribbean Hotel & Resort Investment Summit.

[SA Govt]The Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Ms Elizabeth Thabethe says Infrastructure Development and skills transfer is vital for Africa's growth and development. Deputy Minister was speaking at a business seminar hosted by the Algerian Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Algiers. (webremix.info)

This report is a contribution to the development policy debate. It shows that it is a too narrow approach to limit the targets of development policy to growth or to lifting a population above an artificial poverty line. A clear prioritization of power and resources is needed. The report gives a thorough analysis of inequality and development in Bolivia, El Salvador, South Africa, and Mozambique. - The report gives recommendations to Norwegian development policy. (webremix.info)

[State Department]U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE (webremix.info)

[Cameroon Tribune]Fri Bime's latest book suggests ways of changing the continent's destiny through people-oriented development. (webremix.info)

[Commonwealth]The Commonwealth Youth Development Awards, which encourage and sustain investment in youth-led development, are open for 2013 nominations. (webremix.info)

Port of Spain, 2 Abr (Prensa Latina) The Caribbean Tourism Organization has been staging its Annual Conference on Sustainable Tourism Development, otherwise known as the Sustainable Tourism Conference (STC) since 1997. This is a Conference from which everyone involved in tourism and doing business in and with the Caribbean tourism industry can benefit. The Confrence will take place from 15 to 18 ... (webremix.info)

Port of Spain, 2 Abr (Prensa Latina) The Caribbean Tourism Organization has been staging its Annual Conference on Sustainable Tourism Development, otherwise known as the Sustainable Tourism Conference (STC) since 1997. This is a Conference from which everyone involved in tourism and doing business in and with the Caribbean tourism industry can benefit. The Confrence will take place from 15 to 18 ... (webremix.info)

Port of Spain, 2 Abr (Prensa Latina) The Caribbean Tourism Organization has been staging its Annual Conference on Sustainable Tourism Development, otherwise known as the Sustainable Tourism Conference (STC) since 1997. This is a Conference from which everyone involved in tourism and doing business in and with the Caribbean tourism industry can benefit. The Confrence will take place from 15 to 18 ... (webremix.info)

Port of Spain, 2 Abr (Prensa Latina) The Caribbean Tourism Organization has been staging its Annual Conference on Sustainable Tourism Development, otherwise known as the Sustainable Tourism Conference (STC) since 1997. This is a Conference from which everyone involved in tourism and doing business in and with the Caribbean tourism industry can benefit. The Confrence will take place from 15 to 18 ... (webremix.info)

KAMPALA, 3 May 2013 (IRIN) - In Uganda, a new pilot project seeks to understand the threat climate change poses to coffee, which will enable growers to enhance the crop's resilience to extreme weather events. (IRIN)

ABIDJAN, 3 May 2013 (IRIN) - Wary of a backlash, Côte d'Ivoire's government has hesitated to charge its own supporters of crimes committed during the 2010-2011 poll violence, something that has raised doubts about its commitment to impartial justice, say analysts. (IRIN)

KATANGA, 2 May 2013 (IRIN) - Tens of thousands of displaced people in the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) Katanga Province have received little or no humanitarian aid in the months since having fled ongoing conflict. (IRIN)

NAIROBI, 2 May 2013 (IRIN) - Food security in South Sudan is deteriorating in the face of ongoing conflict, high food prices, and the large-scale return of refugee and internally displaced families. (IRIN)

TOLIARA, 1 May 2013 (IRIN) - Health experts fear the interruption of food assistance in Madagascar is increasing incidence of tuberculosis (TB) in Toliara, the capital city of Madagascar's southern Atsimo-Andrefana region. (IRIN)

JOHANNESBURG, 30 April 2013 (IRIN) - South Africa attracts the largest number of asylum seekers in the world, but grants refugee status to very few of them, ranking only thirty-sixth in the world for the size of its refugee population, which the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) puts at about 58,000. (IRIN)

YAOUNDE, 29 April 2013 (IRIN) - Tighter security in Cameroon's Far North Region due to the widening threat posed by Nigeria-based radical Islamist militia Boko Haram is stifling cross-border trade, hurting livelihoods and raising fear among civilians. (IRIN)