Your daily selection of IRIN Africa English reports, 4/10/2015

	humanitarian news and analysis

Table of contents 1. Hear it from the people: What's wrong in the Central African Republic? 2. Oil-rich Delta poses first big test for Nigeria's new leader 3. The new buzzword in aid – and why agencies are slow to act 4. Pros and cons of Sierra Leone's Ebola lockdowns 5. IRIN's Top Picks: Aid flows, education and North Korea 6. Somali refugees feel remittance pain after Kenya attack Hear it from the people: What's wrong in the Central African Republic? BAORO, 8 April 2015 (IRIN) - The ordinary people of the Central African Republic are finally having their say after years of conflict. Grassroots 'consultations' have been acting as a prelude to a reconciliation forum aimed at forging lasting peace Read report online Oil-rich Delta poses first big test for Nigeria's new leader PORT HARCOURT, 9 April 2015 (IRIN) - An early test for Nigerian president-elect Muhammadu Buhari is how his incoming administration will handle the volatile oil revenue-generating Delta, where former militia commanders pledged their support to Goodluck Jonathan, their clansman, who was emphatically beaten in the 28 March presidential election. Read report online The new buzzword in aid – and why agencies are slow to act NEW YORK, 9 April 2015 (IRIN) - 'Urban' is a new buzzword in humanitarian circles, but aid agencies, accustomed to working in more remote war zones or in the aftermath of natural disasters, have been slow to turn it into action Read report online Pros and cons of Sierra Leone's Ebola lockdowns FREETOWN, 9 April 2015 (IRIN) - Government-enforced "stay-at-homes" in Sierra Leone might help find hidden Ebola cases, but they also hurt people's livelihoods Read report online IRIN's Top Picks: Aid flows, education and North Korea DUBAI, 10 April 2015 (IRIN) - Welcome to IRIN's weekly assortment of journalism and research about the humanitarian world that piqued our interest. Read report online Somali refugees feel remittance pain after Kenya attack DADAAB REFUGEE COMPLEX, KENYA, 10 April 2015 (IRIN) - Hundreds of thousands of Somali refugees are among those hardest hit by Kenya's closure of money remittance firms in the wake of the 2 April shooting of at least 147 university students in Garissa by Al-Shabab militants Read report online

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