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

    By Devex Editor // 30 January 2012

    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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