Fwd: CENTRAL AND EASTERN AFRICA: IRIN weekly humanitarian round-up 762 21 November 2014

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Table of contents 1. ICN2: Feast and famine - trends in nutrition 2. Trade and transfat in the Pacific 3. Tough conditions for CAR displaced at airport camp 4. IRIN's top reads this week 5. Abandoned in the borderlands 6. PRESS RELEASE: IRIN humanitarian news service to spin off from the UN ICN2: Feast and famine - trends in nutrition DUBAI/BANGKOK, 17 November 2014 (IRIN) - More than 20 years on from the first ever International Conference on Nutrition, its successor is due to take place in Rome this week. Yet what do those in the nutrition sector think should be focussed upon? Read report online Trade and transfat in the Pacific BANGKOK, 17 November 2014 (IRIN) - Diminished agricultural production and unhealthy imports are contributing to some of the world's highest obesity and diabetes rates in the Pacific Islands. Thousands of kilometres away from this backdrop, high-level officials are gathering for the only second-ever global nutrition conference in Rome, starting 19 November, to consolidate agreement on an international framework to improve nutrition. Read report online Tough conditions for CAR displaced at airport camp BANGUI, 20 November 2014 (IRIN) - One of the most telling effects of the bitter internal crisis which has rocked the Central African Republic (CAR) since December 2012 is the continuing displacement of thousands of ordinary citizens. Those who fled have been forced to abandon their houses and home areas, often moving into rapidly-established camps, living in dismal conditions. Read report online IRIN's top reads this week DUBAI, 20 November 2014 (IRIN) - IRIN's reading list offers the top reads for those in the humanitarian sector every week. Read report online Abandoned in the borderlands KIIR ADEM, 20 November 2014 (IRIN) - Longstanding humanitarian needs in South Sudan's Aweil North County, where some 30,000 people are displaced, are largely unmet. Read report online PRESS RELEASE: IRIN humanitarian news service to spin off from the UN GENEVA, 20 November 2014 (IRIN) - After nearly 20 years as part of the United Nations, the humanitarian news service IRIN is spinning off to become an independent non-profit media venture, with the support of a major private donor Read report online

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