Development news round-up: Egypt and US lobbyists sever ties, freed kidnapped UNDP expert, new anti-AIDS drives, and more

Today, we reported:

• Egypt damages stake on US aid

• UNDP staff freed in Yemen

• New anti-AIDS drives unveiled in Davos

• New EU trade and development proposals attract criticisms

• World Bank extends Padma Bridge loan activation deadline

• Somali cop endangered aid workers’ lives

• Global Fund: New chief, new practices

• World Bank rolls out new roadmap in Togo

• Available soon: ADB water bond

• Malaria, one big fight for Africa

Other must-reads:

• Ghana secures $100M budget support from World Bank

• South Korean food aid arrives in North Korea

• China affirms commitment to support African self-development

• 2012: A year of better financial inclusion policies?

• UNICEF launches $1.3B appeal for 2012

• Humanitarian team in Afghanistan calls for $437M for aid preparedness, response

• Private sector crucial in ensuring universal, sustainable energy access

• Congo receives $9M from UN emergency fund to fight off cholera

• Sida’s municipal partnership program to support 39 projects in Africa

• David Cameron, Hamid Karzai sign strategic partnership

• UNESCO receives $5M donation from Turkey

• Beverly Oda’s direction for CIDA dividing foreign aid community

• DfID to invest $32M in Nigeria’s health care sector

• JICA tells Philippine medical center to reapply for $10M grant

• Dwindling donor funds means no pay for 300 local UN staff in Cambodia

• US to invest $19M in Indonesia’s higher education sector

• Cash handouts in lieu of food aid draw mixed reaction in Kenya

• Poor harvests due to heavy rain spur fears of food shortage in Burundi

• UNHCR tap refugee communities to manage Dadaab camps

• UNAIDS director calls on African governments to take greater share of AIDS investments

• Public-private partnership could raise $260M for child immunization by 2015

• African Union must pressure Sudanese officials to allow foreign aid workers access to restricted areas

• Social media help Peace Corps build active community of volunteers

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