Kufuor extends mission to Kenya (BBC News) - [text online]
Taylor aide alleges rebel links (BBC News) - [text online]
Kosovo gets pro-independence PM (BBC News) - [text online]
African Union chief pushes for solution to Kenya crisis (The Independent) - [text online]
Bodyguard testifies against Taylor at war crimes trial (The Independent) - [text online]
Brown gives himself 'wriggle room' on ID cards scheme (The Independent) - [text online]
UNHCR launches aid distribution to displaced Kenyans (UNHCR News) - [text online]
Sudan: Sweden and Norway cancel plans to send troops to Darfur (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
Kenya: Protection is priority as relief efforts continue (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
Zimbabwe: Food stockpiling as people fear the 'Kenya syndrome' (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
DR Congo: Aid tops agenda as Kivus conference gets under way (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
South Sudan: An Anniversary for Peace (
South Sudanese hold out for independence (Reuters Africa) - [text online]
Darfur peacekeeping force faces greatest risks since the 1990s – top UN official (UN News) - [text online]
UN grants $7 million to assist Kenyan victims of post-electoral violence (UN News) - [text online]
ZIMBABWE: Still no home, four years after Operation Murambatsvina (IRIN News) - [text online]
Philippines violence displaced nearly 157,000 in 2007 (Asia-Pacific Daily Report) - [text online]
Philippines: IDPs concentrated in Mindanao Island as clashes continue (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
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Thursday, 10 January 2008
News Stories (10/01/08)
Wednesday, 9 January 2008
News Stories (09/01/08)
UN protests after Darfur attack (BBC News) - [text online]
Slum TV presents the other half of the Kenyan story (The Independent) - [text online]
Fewer Britons in work due to ageing population and emigration rather than migrants, says report (The Guardian) - [text online]
UNHCR seeks US$261 million for Iraqi refugee programmes in 2008 (UNHCR News) - [text online]
Somalia: Calls for help for IDPs in Middle Shabelle (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
Sudan: UNAMID convoy ambushed in West Darfur (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
Kenya: Humanitarian response accelerates as efforts to resolve crisis intensify (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
Zimbabwe: Still no home, four years after Operation Murambatsvina (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
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Tuesday, 8 January 2008
News Stories (08/01/08)
Chad 'launches Darfur air raids' (BBC News) - [text online]
Tribal killings shatter hopes for ceasefire (The Times) - [text online]
Deported to the Philippines: man whose crime was breaching Asbo (The Independent) - [text online]
Kenyan president invites rival to face-to-face talks on disputed poll (The Independent) - [text online]
Taylor trial hears of mutilation (The Independent) - [text online]
Bagram detention centre now twice the size of Guantanamo (The Independent) - [text online]
Slovenia hopes for Kosovo solution by end of presidency (EU Observer) - [text online]
UN refugee agency offers aid for up to 100,000 displaced Kenyans (UNHCR News) - [text online]
UNHCR concerned about provisions in Slovenia's new asylum law (UNHCR News) - [text online]
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Kenya: IDP and refugee concerns continue, coordination to be strengthened - OCHA (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
Somalia: IDPs face eviction from camp (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
What will the New Year bring? (Refugee Council Poliblog) - [text online]
Myanmar cracks down on ethnic minorities (Yahoo News / Associated Press) - [text news]
UN warns of worsening humanitarian crisis in post-election Kenya (UN News) - [text online]
New UN Darfur force must reach full deployment as soon as possible, says Ban (UN News) - [text online]
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Monday, 7 January 2008
News Stories (07/01/08)
Overstaying students 'can remain' (BBC News) - [text online]
Taylor war crimes trial resumes (BBC News) - [text online]
Kenya food effort gets under way (BBC News) - [text online]
Deportation for island 'Asbo' man (BBC News) - [text online]
Brothers lose latest asylum bid (BBC Mews) - [text online]
British imams ‘failing young Muslims’ (The Times) - [text online]
Kenyan families flee or stay and risk death (The Telegraph) - [text online]
Bishop warns of no-go zones for non-Muslims (The Telegraph) - [text online]
Muslim anger at bishop's 'ghettoes' attack (The Independent) - [text online]
Scale of Kenya's refugee crisis begins to emerge (The Independent) - [text online]
Blood-diamond expert testifies at Taylor's war crimes trial (The Independent) - [text online]
Serbia 'needs to embrace the EU' (The Independent) - [text online]
'Miracle baby' pastor fights to stay in UK (The Guardian) - [text online]
Chilly Iceland gives a warm welcome to South American refugees (UNHCR News) - [text online]
Sudan: UN SG urges greater support for new Darfur mission (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
Iraq: WFP to help feed one million displaced (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
Kenya: DFID announces £1m for humanitarian relief effort (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
DRC: Govt launches disarmament campaign in the Kivus (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
Consultation on ESOL announced (Refugee Council) - [text online]
Response to Barnardo's report on the welfare of asylum seeking children (Refugee Council) - [text online]
Stranded UN food shipments begin to make their way to displaced Kenyans (UN News) - [text online]
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Friday, 4 January 2008
News Stories (04/01/08)
Without English 'you're excluded' (BBC News) - [text online]
China ships food aid to Zimbabwe (BBC News) - [text online]
Teachers could get power to stop forced marriages (The Times) - [text online]
Kenya mobs set fire to churches despite unity plea (The Times) - [text online]
Kenyan police halt rally as 100,000 flee killing (The Telegraph) - [text online]
Kenya rivals edge their way towards talks after poll violence (The Independent) - [text online]
Brown preparing to ban Zimbabwe cricket team from touring England (The Independent) - [text online]
Racism at immigration centres revealed in report (The Guardian) - [text online]
Tories attack government for lack of action on trafficking (The Guardian) - [text online]
Baghdad Palestinians hope for passage through India (UNHCR News) - [text online]
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Thursday, 3 January 2008
News Stories (03/01/08)
Two MSF workers freed in Somalia (BBC News) - [text online]
Kenya's victims fear for their lives (The Telegraph) - [text online]
Kenya and the future of African democracy (The Telegraph) - [text online]
A chilling tour of the Kenyan church that became the scene of mass murder (The Independent) - [text online]
Hopes pinned on African Union head to defuse poll violence (The Independent) - [text online]
ISRAEL-AFRICA: African asylum-seekers detained in "harsh conditions" (IRIN News) - [text online]
New Darfur Peacekeeping Force Takes Over (Washington Post) - [text online]
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Wednesday, 2 January 2008
News Stories (02/01/08)
Kenya diplomatic push for peace (BBC News) - [text online]
Kenyans burn to death in church blaze (The Telegraph) - [text online]
80 children massacred in Kenyan church (The Independent) - [text online]
Battle to halt deportation of girl, 3, puts spotlight on UK asylum policy (The Independent) - [text online]
UNHCR programme provides shelter for 58,000 Burundian returnees (UNHCR News) - [text online]
Kenya: Over 70,000 displaced by violence, roadblocks hindering assistance (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
Burundi: NGO worker killed in targeted attack (ReliefWeb) - [test online]
Sudan: UN SG warns of critical gaps as joint UN-AU force takes over in Darfur (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
Iraq: Government to give financial aid to displaced in north (ReliefWeb) - [text online]
IRAQ-SYRIA: Starving to survive: Iraqi refugees resort to desperate measures (IRIN News) - [text online]
MIDDLE EAST: Interview with top Saudi UN official on humanitarian aid (IRIN News) - [text online]
Ban Ki-moon voices concern over violence in West Darfur between rebel group, Government (UN News) - [text online]
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