Development news round-up: UN aid workers kidnapped in Yemen, Obama tackles foreign aid, and more

Today, we reported:

• Yemeni tribesmen target aid workers anew

• Obama tackles foreign aid in online town hall

• Ireland opens public consultation on aid

• Humanitarian work in Afghanistan to ‘go back to basics’

• African leaders race to mobilize funds for malaria control

• ICT enhancement in Sri Lanka gets $11M boost

• The case of NGOs in Pakistan

• Call for applications: Health awards for businesses

Other must reads:

• Malaysia official offers aid for Padma Bridge construction

• Germany pledges support for Jordan’s reform policy

• WFP scales up aid for conflict-torn South Sudanese state

• MCC, Cape Verde to sign new compact Feb. 10

• Chinese food aid arrives in North Korea

• Helen Clark highlights importance of national leadership, UN support in Quadrennial Comprehensive Policy Review

• Saleh’s exit increased humanitarian aid to Yemen

• The truth behind famine

• Stop aid to Egypt? Washington Post editorial board asks

• Development volunteers service in Germany sees expansion

• New UN information system on weather, climate data launched

• Kachin refugees suffer from diarrhea, miscarriages

• Northern Kenya to boost resilience against drought with $10M grant from Japan

• USAID awards $4.5M grant to Arcadia Biosciences, Inc.

• World Bank approves $24M budget support for Sierra Leone

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