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CHINA - AFRICA SUMMIT
Beijing pledges $10 billion in aid
China pledged 10 billion dollars in concessional loans to African countries and promised to cancel all debts at the start of the two-day Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in Egypt.
DARFUR
Two kidnapped aid workers freed after 100 days' captivity
Two members of Irish aid agency GOAL who had been kidnapped in Darfur in July were freed Sunday "in good health," according to a Sudanese minister, who added that "no ransom was paid."
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Anger over US aid package in Pakistan
In this edition: The US aid plan for Pakistan creates debate in the local blogosphere; the web mobilised for World Food Day; and the video of three cats fighting over a steak.
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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Managing Director, World Bank
At the World Bank and the IMF Annual meetings in Istanbul, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Managing director of the World Bank, discussed the necessary steps to fight poverty and promote development, after the worst recession since the Great Depression.
YEMEN
UN launches aid appeal for 150,000 displaced by fighting
The United Nations has launched a $23.5 million appeal to help 150,000 people displaced in Yemen since 2004 by fighting between Shiite rebels and government troops. The UN estimates that 55,000 of them have fled since fighting intensified in July.
CORRUPTION
French press slam African leader’s lavish holidays
The French press have been spattering ink over the lavish holidays of Cameroonian President Paul Biya, whose country is to receive 537 million euros in French aid over the next five years.
ECONOMY
IMF to inject 250 billion dollars to boost members' forex reserves
The International Monetary Fund will inject 250 billion dollars into member nations' foreign-exchange reserves. IMF hopes to boost liquidity in the face of the of the global economic crisis.
AID
IMF boosts loan to Pakistan by 3.2 billion dollars
The International Monetary Fund has said it approved an additional 3.2 billion dollar loan to Pakistan after the country asked for more help to weather the global economic crisis. The IMF also agreed to extend the loan to the end of 2010.
UNITED NATIONS
Shortfall of $4.8 billion in aid for 2009
The United Nations has revealed it needs a record $4.8 billion to plug a funding gap in its 2009 aid programmes. Notably, Pakistan's calls for foreign assistance are up tenfold. The financial crisis has been partly blamed for the shortfall.
SOMALIA
Aid work suspended after militias raid UN offices
The United Nations says it is temporarily suspending its humanitarian work in Baidoa, south-central Somalia, after its local offices were raided on Monday by members of the hardline al Shabaab militia.
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