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    Development news round-up: MSF operations in Somalia, NGO raids in Egypt, new UN budget and more

    By Ivy Mungcal // 02 January 2012

    Today, we reported:

    • Will MSF remain in Somalia?

    • Donors, NGOs decry raids on civil society, human rights groups in Egypt

    • Less funds for UN core operations in 2012, 2013

    • Canada unveils recipients of some $140M

    • IFAD releases $100M in loans, grants for rural poor in Ethiopia

    • UK rallies for support for UN’s CERF

    • Congress releases $40M foreign aid to Palestinian Authority

    • WFP eyes wider operations in South Sudan in 2012

    • UNFPA reaches pregnant, lactating women in storm-hit Philippines

    • Suspended Cambodian NGO says back to work

    • US bank closes money-wiring service to Somalia

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    • Global Fund clarifies guidelines for grant renewal process

    • Experts argue against cutting aid to middle income countries

    • Jonathan Glennie: ‘Global cooperation must not be sacrificed on the altar of self-interest’

    • IFRC launches $2.2M appeal for looming Mauritania food crisis

    • Japan helps fund Malaysian technological institute

    • 2011 natural disasters may be world’s costliest – experts

    • Crislyn Felisilda: Notes from an aid worker and typhoon survivor

    • In 2012, development community should look beyond aid in setting goals – Guardian

    • Report seeks better crisis prevention training within US foreign affairs agencies

    • Brian Whitaker: NGO raids in Egypt boil down to control issues

    • Owen Barder shares CDG Europe’s priority issues for 2012

    • Karl Hofmann names 10 global health milestones in 2011

    • AECID steps up assistance to storm-hit Philippines

    • Bank from Trinidad and Tobago funds new school in Haiti

    • MIF and partners to launch $6.3M biogas market development program in Nicaragua

    • Conference highlights importance of strengthening cooperation in disaster management

    • General Assembly President calls on UN Member States to renew efforts in 2012

    • Philippine Senator calls for better disaster risk preparations following Washi

    • CERF releases $3 million funding for storm victims in the Philippines

    • New UN initiative in Mozambique aims to boost crop yields

    • Gucci donates $1.15M to UNICEF’s ‘School for Africa’

    • Japan pledges $9.3M for polio eradication efforts in Afghanistan

    • UNHCR, partners hand out winter supplies in Kabul

    • Aid agencies, food security analysts discuss getting the facts right in the Sahel

    • CIDA funding delay slows down international work

    • Aid agencies hungry for media coverage of humanitarian crisis in Yemen

    • USAID and the improved medical care in Afghanistan

    • Arab organizations support construction of new villages for IDPs in Darfur

    • East Africa appeal is most successful in history, Save the Children says

    • Philippine government urged to strictly monitor foreign aid to Washi victims

    • JICA pledges $3.8M for project in Vietnam to control drug-resistant bacteria

    • ICRC sends emergency medical supplies to southern Somalia

    • Barack Obama signs foreign affairs spending bill into law

    • Saudi Arabia donates $25M to Global Fund

    • Brian Wills is ShelterBox USA’s new vice president of development

    • In Syria, Red Cross says aid efforts hampered by violence

    • MSF office in South Sudanese town looted amidst escalating tribal violence

    • Japan supports water project in Ethiopia’s Somalia region

    • ADB to release funds for Pakistan’s water projects

    • Philippine Red Cross eyes shelters for storm victims in Mindanao

    • Aid continue to pour in for Washi survivors

    • Solar lamps bring light in Haiti

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    • Ivy Mungcal

      Ivy Mungcal

      As former senior staff writer, Ivy Mungcal contributed to several Devex publications. Her focus is on breaking news, and in particular on global aid reform and trends in the United States, Europe, the Caribbean, and the Americas. Before joining Devex in 2009, Ivy produced specialized content for U.S. and U.K.-based business websites.

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