Economy

Understanding Rio+20

JOHANNESBURG, 3 April 2012 (IRIN Global) - A Nobel laureate, a Swedish environmentalist’s idea, the “doughnut” concept, Scandinavia’s sense of social capital, measuring the quality of life, and valuing the oceans are just some of the things trending in the run-up to the Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development due to be held on 20-22 June 2012. full report

NEPAL: HIV-positive children, orphans neglected

 RAKAM, 3 April 2012 (PlusNews Global) - In the village of Rakam in Dailekh District, about 700km northwest of the Nepalese capital, Kathmandu, 12-year-old Ravi* is living with HIV and has no idea if he will finish his education. full report

MALI: Looting halts aid work in chaotic north

 BAMAKO/DAKAR, 3 April 2012 (IRIN Africa) - Malians in the northern towns of Gao, Kidal and Timbuktu are hiding in their homes in fear following the weekend takeover by rebel groups, during which hospitals, health clinics, government buildings, and most NGO and UN offices and warehouses were looted, and in some cases destroyed, leaving the bulk of humanitarian operations suspended. full report

KENYA: Several thousand displaced after fresh clashes in Isiolo

 ISIOLO, 2 April 2012 (IRIN Africa) - Hundreds of families in the central county of Isiolo have been displaced as deadly clashes pitting the Borana, Somali and Turkana communities escalate. full report

EGYPT: Fuel shortage threatens bread supplies

 CAIRO, 2 April 2012 (IRIN Middle East) - It has been three months since a fuel shortage hit Egypt, and people’s patience is wearing thin amid fears the crisis could disrupt the production of subsidized bread. full report

MALI: Holy wars and hostages – AQIM in the Maghreb

 DAKAR, 30 March 2012 (IRIN Africa) - Mopti in central Mali had a thriving tourism industry a few years ago, but Issa Ballo, a private tour operator, says the city built at the confluence of two rivers and often described as the ‘Gateway to the North’ still has everything in terms of “adventure, discovery and culture”. full report

AID POLICY: A “new humanitarianism” at play in Syrian crisis

 AMMAN, 30 March 2012 (IRIN Middle East) - In a trendy coffee shop in the Jordanian capital, Amman, 20- and 30-somethings smoking sheesha pipes are playing the role of international aid agencies from their laptops. full report

Briefing: War and peace – Mali repeats the cycle

BAMAKO, 29 March 2012 (IRIN Africa) - During a visit to Bamako, capital of Mali, on 26 February, French Foreign Minister Alain Juppé observed that the Malian government would be best advised to sit down and negotiate with the MNLA (Mouvement National pour la liberation de l’Azawad), which is fighting to carve out an independent state in the north. full report

ISRAEL: Water being used to coerce Bedouin villagers, says NGO

 UMM AL-HIERAN, NEGEV DESERT, 29 March 2012 (IRIN Middle East) - Salim Abu al-Qi’an’s family live in Israel’s Negev desert in the “unrecognized” Bedouin village of Umm al-Hieran, 9km from the nearest source of clean water. full report

MYANMAR: Timeline post-independence

 BANGKOK, 29 March 2012 (IRIN Asia) - As millions go to the polls across Myanmar, IRIN took a brief look at a chronology of key events that have impacted this nation of around 50 million since the country gained its independence from Britain in 1948. full report

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