Development news roundup: US aid to Afghanistan, Kanayo Nwanze's vision for IFAD, and more

Today, we reported:

• Reelected IFAD chief: ‘Some fine-tuning to do’

• Latest push for Russia to advance aid program

• MSF: Somalia’s humanitarian needs should come first

• From bad to worse? Afghan aid under the microscope

Other must-reads:

• Africa seeks united position on disaster risk reduction

• On East Africa visit, UK deputy PM to highlight trade, aid

• Uganda plans to increase borrowing following aid cuts

• From Oxfam, a humanitarian warning on Darfur

• WFP resumes food ration card registration in Central Darfur camp

• MSF: Desperate conditions in camps causing disease among Malian refugees

• During visit, German official hails strong development cooperation with Angola

• JICA provides emergency supplies to quake-hit Solomons

• Fact sheet: Inclusive growth in developing Asia

• UEFA, Cristiano Ronaldo donate to Red Cross physical rehabilitation program in Afghanistan

• Germany’s new aid strategy for fragile and post-conflict states

• New logo for Spanish international cooperation

• Visiting Guatemalan president, AECID officials discuss development cooperation

• Germany: Step-by-step resumption of aid to Mali

• EU aid ministers vow to speak one voice on post-MDG talks

• EBRD launches $50M facility to promote energy investments in Belarus

• IFC invests in South African agribusiness and forestry firm

• World Bank OKs loan to promote entrepreneurship in Lebanon

• IsDB approves $451M for member countries

• ECOSOC president makes economic development top priority

• Security Council extends mandate of UN political mission in Burundi

• UNFCCC, East African Development Bank partner to boost participation in region’s clean development projects

• In London speech, Helen Clark spotlights water-energy-food nexus

• SOTU 2013: Save the Children applauds Obama for global poverty fight commitment

• In Zimbabwe, USAID finances project to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission

• Relief groups warn US lawmakers on Syrian humanitarian aid delivery

• USAID announces largest PPP with local partners

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