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HORN OF AFRICA
IRIN-HOA Weekly Round-Up 335
8 - 14 July 2006


CONTENTS:

ETHIOPIA: World Bank pledges continued support
ETHIOPIA: Fourteen dead as diarrhoea hits Oromiya region
ETHIOPIA: High population growth could slow development - gov't
SOMALIA: Egeland remains cautiously optimistic on Somalia
SOMALIA: Mogadishu calm as death toll rises to 97
SOMALIA: Annan urges strengthening of transitional gov't
SUDAN: Factional fighting displaces thousands more in Darfur
SUDAN: Aid worker shot dead in North Darfur
SUDAN: 'Neglected diseases' re-emerge in the south


SEE ALSO:

SOMALIA: Picking up the pieces in Mogadishu at: 
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=54579]


ETHIOPIA: World Bank pledges continued support

The World Bank will continue supporting Ethiopia's development efforts, 
President Paul Wolfowitz said on Wednesday, expressing confidence that 
the country was recovering from the political upheaval that caused major 
donors to suspend direct budgetary support last year.

"I think there is more reason to feel confident that people are learning 
the right lessons from the experiences of last year," Wolfowitz told 
reporters at the end of a two-day visit to the country.

[Full story at: 
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=54596]


ETHIOPIA: Fourteen dead as diarrhoea hits Oromiya region

An outbreak of acute diarrhoea has claimed the lives of 14 people in the 
Oromiya region of southern Ethiopia, where more than 530 cases of the 
disease have been reported in the past two weeks, a United Nations 
agency said.

Cases had been reported in the East Shoa zone of the region, with the 
worst-hit areas being Shashemene, Siraro and Arsi Negele, the UN Office 
for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), said in a bulletin 
issued on Monday.

[Full story at: 
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=54551]


ETHIOPIA: High population growth could slow development - gov't

Ethiopia's high population growth is a major challenge to the country's 
development and could slow down efforts to alleviate poverty, the 
finance ministry said in a report.

Ethiopia's population stands at 75 million, with 2.5 million babies born 
every year, according to the study on the impact of the high population 
growth on economic development, released on Monday.

[Full story at: 
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=54518]


SOMALIA: Egeland remains cautiously optimistic on Somalia

Top United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator Jan Egeland remained 
cautiously optimistic regarding the humanitarian situation in war-torn 
Somalia after a UN team visited the Islamic Courts Militia in the 
capital on Sunday.

"We agreed to have a systematic dialogue with the Courts to get access 
to the civilian population in Mogadishu," said Egeland, noting that it 
is the only capital on earth with no presence of international 
organisations.

[Full story at:
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=54571]


SOMALIA: Mogadishu calm as death toll rises to 97

Calm returned to Mogadishu, the Somali capital, on Tuesday after two 
days of fighting between the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) and militia 
loyal to two faction leaders left 97 dead.

"The situation is calm, with Qeybdid's [warlord Abdi Hassan Awale] 
forces handing over their weapons to the courts," said Hassan Ade of 
Mogadishu-based HornAfrik Radio.

[Full story at: 
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=54519]


SOMALIA: Annan urges strengthening of transitional gov't

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has called for the 
strengthening of Somalia's transitional government to save the shaky 
peace process in the Horn of Africa country.

In his report to the UN Security Council on Somalia on Friday, Annan 
also urged the international community to facilitate reconciliation 
between the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and other political 
groups in the country. 
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=54492]


SUDAN: Factional fighting displaces thousands more in Darfur

Clashes between rival factions of a rebel group in Sudan's western 
region of Darfur have displaced 8,000 civilians in the past 10 days, 
United Nations emergency coordinator Jan Egeland said on Tuesday, 
reiterating his call for the deployment of a UN peacekeeping force in 
the war-ravaged area.

Rivalries between the two factions of the Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) 
have been exacerbated by differences over a peace deal signed by one of 
the groups with the government in May.

[Full story at: 
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=54578]


SUDAN: Aid worker shot dead in North Darfur

A Sudanese staff member of the humanitarian agency Relief International 
(RI) was killed in an attack by an armed gang in Sudan's troubled region 
of Darfur on Wednesday, officials said.

Hassan Ahmad Idris, 23, an agricultural officer, was travelling in North 
Darfur with two local members of staff and a driver when their vehicle 
was stopped by armed robbers, who shot him dead, RI said in a statement. 
One of the assailants had been arrested, it added.

[Full story at: 
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=54598]

SUDAN: 'Neglected diseases' re-emerge in the south

As southern Sudan emerges from decades of devastating civil war that has 
killed an estimated 2 million people, diseases believed to have been 
under control are resurfacing, the World Health Organization (WHO) has 
warned.

"South Sudan has pretty much all the neglected diseases and has them in 
large quantities," said Mickey Richer, WHO communicable disease officer 
in southern Sudan.

[Full story at: 
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=54550]


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