Development news roundup: Aid worker fights for life in Sudan, ‘tragic and intolerable’ situation in Syria, and more

Today, we reported:

• In Sudan, aid worker faces possible death sentence

• Situation in Syria ‘tragic and intolerable’

• SIGAR: ‘Serious problems’ with US-funded projects in Afghanistan

• The buzz on Sahel: Resilience

• Sweden redesigns aid logo

• A new website for SMEs seeking advice on energy efficiency

Other must reads:

• ADB to inject $625M into Philippines’ 1st infrastructure private equity fund

• CGD’s 5 recommendations on future US development approach to Pakistan

• 10 million food-insecure Yemenis face multiple crises

• UN team assesses flood-damaged areas in North Korea to help in developing aid plan

• Technology opens the doors of Africa’s health sector

• What should come first: fighting corruption or fighting a health pandemic?

• Africa needs ‘to present convincing arguments’ to attract climate financing

• US delegation in Guatemala to discuss new cooperation opportunities for Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves

• FAO chief to academics: Help step up food security improvement efforts

• U.N. Security Council stresses need for unity to help restore constitutional order in Guinea-Bissau

• EBRD supports Croatian SMEs with $12.3M financing

• UN Women: Addressing violence against women is fighting HIV and AIDS

• Jobs creation, food security and poverty reduction on the agenda at the Africa Caucus Meeting

• Japan grants $10.2M nonproject aid to Palestinian Authority

• World Bank ready to help vulnerable families weather food price volatility

• Maternal and infant health remain priority of French ODA, Pascal Canfin says

• German human rights official blasts alleged stoning in Mali

• IDB helps Latin America, Caribbean SMEs go global

• AusAID donates $3M for rural development program in southern Philippines

• Middle-income countries fight to keep medicines affordable

• Myanmar’s outstanding debt to Japan restructured

• Azerbaijan secures ADB loan for road safety program

• KPMG hosts discussion on investment trends in Africa

• Pan-African Parliament head seeks international assistance to preserve regional cultural and heritage sites

• Somalia’s cause is Ireland’s cause, says Eamon Gilmore on visit

• Sudan peace accord unlikely by Thursday sanction deadline

• India assists victims of clashes in remote Assam state

• In Nigeria, ActionAid calls for government leadership on development

• India’s winning plan to fight AIDS holds hope for Africa

• UN rights envoy probes ethnic clashes in Myanmar

• Obama unveils new military aid to Israel

• UNHCR ‘woefully underfunded’ to help Malian refugees

• Jordan to receive $86M additional EU grant through 2013

• Senegalese singer Baaba Maal launches personal appeal to raise funds for Sahel

• Due to copyright fears, US and EU blocking treaty to give visually impaired in global south access to books

• Paul Polak: Disrupting global poverty with business tactics

• Pakistan does not have enough funds, relief stocks to respond to more flooding, aid agencies warn

• How the private sector is slowly but surely rebuilding Nigeria

• Health experts, AIDS advocates from the Caribbean appeal for sustained HIV funding

• Private sector debt threatens achievements in developing countries

• Economists advise Tanzanian government to integrate natural gas policy with poverty reduction plans

• After the UK and the Netherlands, Germany suspends $26M planned aid to Rwanda

• Canadian contractors, entrepreneurs and tradesmen donate time and labor to build a better future for children in Asia

• Pakistan’s food security plan put on back burner after ex-PM’s exit

• Traditional, emerging donors share common ground – World Bank VP van Trotsenburg

• Will Europe keep its financial commitment to global health?

• Social media and their impact on Papua New Guinea’s development

• Women Thrive Worldwide offers recommendations on USAID’s procurement reform agenda

• Obama versus Kofi Annan: Who has the best agriculture model for Mozambique?

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