CENTRAL AND EASTERN AFRICA: IRIN-CEA Weekly Round-up 521 for 6- 12 March 2010

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Table of contents 1. UGANDA: Sanitary pad project "changes refugees' lives" 2. GLOBAL: Prepare for "climaggedon" 3. UGANDA: Health fears follow deadly mudslides 4. DRC-UGANDA: Aid workers battle to help "forgotten" refugees 5. KENYA: Thousands hit by flooding 6. Analysis: Poll puts Rwanda under scrutiny 7. UGANDA: One doctor for 16,200 refugees 8. DRC: US, UN accuse forces of "crimes against humanity" UGANDA: Sanitary pad project "changes refugees' lives" KYAKA II, 9 March 2010 (IRIN) - A project using papyrus and waste paper to make sanitary pads has changed the life of Evelyne Banyamisa, who fled rebel violence in Bunia, north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in 2003 when she was only 13. full report GLOBAL: Prepare for "climaggedon" JOHANNESBURG, 9 March 2010 (IRIN) - Rice producing Asian countries had to contend with poor rains in 2009, and now another season of low rainfall has been forecast for some of them, which has prompted concern whether the price of the grain could go up later in 2010. full report UGANDA: Health fears follow deadly mudslides BUKALASI , 10 March 2010 (IRIN) - Rose Nakhayetse is lucky to be alive, but her ordeal is far from over. Having narrowly escaped last week?s deadly landslides in eastern Uganda, she and thousands of others are facing fresh dangers. full report DRC-UGANDA: Aid workers battle to help "forgotten" refugees NAKIVALE, 10 March 2010 (IRIN) - With at least 67,000 refugees in southwest Uganda, the government and aid workers are still battling inadequate resources in what a UN official described as a "silent emergency". full report KENYA: Thousands hit by flooding ISIOLO-NAIROBI, 10 March 2010 (IRIN) - At least 10,000 people in Kenya have been displaced by flooding, mainly in the north, which has prompted fears of an outbreak of waterborne diseases. Hundreds of heads of livestock have drowned or gone missing and dozens of houses and business stalls are submerged. full report Analysis: Poll puts Rwanda under scrutiny NAIROBI, 11 March 2010 (IRIN) - Rwanda's upcoming presidential elections has cast a spotlight on its democratic credentials, with observers warning that allegations of intimidation of opposition leaders could mar the process. full report UGANDA: One doctor for 16,200 refugees KYAKA II REFUGEE CAMP, 11 March 2010 (IRIN) - Inadequate healthcare is just one of many challenges facing the 16,200 refugees in this sprawling camp in western Uganda, which is served by a single doctor. full report DRC: US, UN accuse forces of "crimes against humanity" NAIROBI, 12 March 2010 (IRIN) - Government troops - the FARDC - in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are to blame for much of the epidemic of sexual violence in the east of the country, according to US and UN reports detailing war crimes and possible crimes against humanity by various groups there. full report

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