Development News Round-up: Aid to East Africa and NKorea, Refugee Camps in Liberia and More

Today, we reported:

• In Somalia, Aid Organizations Urged to be Truthful as Famine Spreads to the South

• In East Africa, Aid Agencies Scramble to Address Acute Malnutrition

• US Official Seeks More Investments in East Africa’s Pastoralists

• NKorea Receives Flood Aid from US, Aid from SKorea to Arrive Next Week 

• UN Opens Sixth Ivorian Refugee Camp in Liberia

• Peter Davis: Donors Should Engage Private Sector to Make Aid More Effective

• UN Demands Justice for Nigeria Bombing Victims

• African Countries Mostly Off-track to Meet Health MDGs, WHO Says

• Former UN Aid Chief is New Human Rights Watch Director

Other must-reads:

• UNFPA to Continue Funding Philippine Family Planning Programs

• Global Fund to Cut China’s AIDS Grant

• AIDS Vaccine Researchers Lobby for Support, Aid in Australia

• Broken Roads Hamper Aid Delivery to Ugandan Landslide Victims

• With UNICEF Help, Ethiopia Launches New Cash Transfer Program

• South African NGO Recovers Stolen Global Fund Money

• EU Lauds Efficiency, Quality of Spain’s Aid Program

• Peter Takirambudde: New Southern Africa Ford Foundation Representative

• Chris Blattman: Donors Need to Re-think Education Spending Policies

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