Development news roundup: EU weighs more humanitarian aid hike in Mali, US strenghtens development cooperation with Liberia, and more

Today, we reported:

• EU weighs more humanitarian aid hike Mali

• US strengthens development cooperation with Liberia

• Uganda’s 1st female aeronautical engineer to lead Oxfam International

• EU chided for poor road construction in Africa

• Another major cut to Taiwan’s aid budget

• Court time for ex-EBRD high official

Other must-reads:

• UN expands post-2015 consultations to 100 countries

• In Turkey visit, WFP chief reaffirms commitment to Syrian refugees

• In Nepal, UN mission calls for ‘concrete national action’ on violence against women

• UNHCR: 107,000 African refugees made its to Yemen by sea in 2012

• UN-Habitat pledges to broaden support to Haiti’s quake-hit communities

• UN envoy strongly condemns killing of Iraqi parliament member

• Ban Ki-moon: Engaging G-77 key to achieving UN goals

• Ban Ki-moon urges broader support to CAR from country’s partners

• UN official decries Somali journalist’s arrest

• UNESCO head condemns killings of journalists CAR, Pakistan, Tanzania

• End conditions that feed terrorism, Ban tells Security Council at day-long debate

• In 2012, at least 26 UN workers killed in the line of duty

• UN seeks $131M aid for Zimbabwe

• IDB wins award for road safety strategy

• Russian independent power utility gains IFC backing

• IFC, GAFSP invest in social investment fund for small farmers

• World Bank: Economic prospects of developing world in 2013 remain solid

• Ukraine’s IMF payments: A record-high in 2012

• FAO, France partner to help improve farmers’ livelihoods in South Sudan

• Spanish aid agency reaffirms commitment to Mozambique

• AU body calls on international community to fully support implementation of CAR cease-fire

• AU renews mandate of Somalia mission

• In Niger, IOM launch first reintegration scheme of migrant workers returning from Libya

• Abu Dhabi Fund for Development offers grant to Guinea

• François Hollande pledges to fight until Islamist rebels in Mali are wiped out

• Kenya’s IDPs fault government for delayed resettlement

• 1st plane carrying aid to North Darfur leaves El-Fasher

• EU announces first aid package to Palestinians for 2013

• Turkey’s EU minister Egemen Bagis set to meet with Swedish international cooperation chief Gunilla Carlsson in Stockholm

• US to commence consultation with 10 countries on illegal fishing

• Oxfam launches ad campaign urging lawmakers not to cut US foreign aid

• IOM scales ups typhoon relief efforts in Philippines

• IOM helps trafficked cambodian fishermen go home

• Old vaccine study offers new HIV clues

• Japan, Liberia Red Cross ink grant deal

• Burundi introduces second dose of measles vaccine

• Haiti receives aid for food security

• New mobile service for farmers kicks off in Uganda

• WFP, WWF partner to replant trees in southern Madagascar

• CERF frees funds to curb Malawi food insecurity

• Dan Glickman: An appeal to the Obama administration to focus on global food security

• Peter Holmgren on measuring sustainable development

• Cash vs. food: An IFPRI analysis on effectiveness of different food aid types

• Martha Kwataine: US foreign aid works

• David Beckman to President Obama: Set a goal to end hunger

• Stephen Grenville on IMF’s U-turn on capital controls

• Afghanistan’s forgotten refugees

• Ethiopia shares best practice for maternal and child survival

• Mali’s atrocities began when it lost its democracy

• Oxfam GB’s Duncan Green: Development highlights from vaccination campaigns to UK aid

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