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Table of contents 1. Turf wars or teamwork? The rise of regional aid organisations 2. ICC Uganda visit prompts fresh calls for state "crimes" probe 3. A marriage of convenience: the UK military and NGOs 4. UK detention report calls for "radical shift" 5. Ebola: Liberia's long road to recovery 6. Boko Haram violence displaces 1.2 million Nigerians Turf wars or teamwork? The rise of regional aid organisations DUBAI, 2 March 2015 (IRIN) - Regional humanitarian organisations are playing an increasingly active role in disaster response and aid delivery.But how do these new groups fit into the system, and are there tensions with so-called traditional humanitarian operators likes the United Nations? Read report online ICC Uganda visit prompts fresh calls for state "crimes" probe LIRA, 2 March 2015 (IRIN) - The International Criminal Court Prosecutor's visit to Uganda has prompted fresh calls for the tribunal to investigate atrocities allegedly committed by government forces fighting the Lord's Resistance Army insurgency in the north of the country. Read report online A marriage of convenience: the UK military and NGOs LONDON, 3 March 2015 (IRIN) - It's an interesting moment for the UK armed forces. Currently their biggest overseas deployment is not military at all, in the normal sense of the world, but humanitarian, as part of Operation Gritrock, fighting Ebola in Sierra Leone. There they are working alongside civilian health staff and NGOs, and under the leadership of a civilian official from the overseas development ministry. Read report online UK detention report calls for "radical shift" LONDON, 3 March 2015 (IRIN) - Following a parliamentary inquiry into the use of immigration detention in the UK, a cross-party panel of MPs has released a hard-hitting report calling for major reforms of a system it describes as "expensive, ineffective and unjust". Read report online Ebola: Liberia's long road to recovery BO-WATERSIDE, LIBERIA, 4 March 2015 (IRIN) - Liberia has lifted nationwide curfews and reopened its land borders with key trading partners Sierra Leone and Guinea, but a full recovery from the economic impact of the Ebola outbreak will take time. Many people have lost their jobs and more than 80 percent of rural families and three-quarters of urban households now report being food insecure. Read report online Boko Haram violence displaces 1.2 million Nigerians NAIROBI, 4 March 2015 (IRIN) - More than 1.2 million people have been driven from their homes in northern Nigeria, the vast majority as a result of the Boko Haram insurgency, according to the latest figures released by the National Emergency Management Authority (NEMA). Read report online

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