The feed for the San Francisco Bay Area Darfur Coalition's site has just been added to the very, very big batch of widget-based, Sudan-related RSS feeds; even though the date stamps for the posts suggest that nothing has been changed recently, they have been editing the posts to include newer items--including materials relating to the upcoming Olympic Torch Relay event in San Francisco.
In addition, see AP, AFP, Reuters, VOA, and UN News Service stories from over the past couple of days concerning the WFP announcement that three of its drivers have been killed in recent attacks in Darfur and south Sudan--as well as a separate, semi-related UN News Service story ("Attacks on Darfur aid workers jeopardizing basic relief efforts, says UN official"), and a similar new IRIN story that's primarily tied in with a joint UNICEF/WFP statement. (Updated, on Thursday, to note the stories from the AP [which had been overlooked] and IRIN, plus the UNICEF/WFP statement.)
Also, see stories from AFP ("Aid workers warn of Somali nightmare amid fresh fighting" and "Somalia too dangerous for aid work: agencies"), the AP ("Somali insurgents briefly seize agricultural town; 7 dead" and "Aid Agencies Warn About Somalia"), Reuters ("Somali Islamists plot more hit-and-run raids", "Somali Islamists seize key town of Jowhar", and "Aid agencies warn of Somalia crisis"), DPA, Al Jazeera, the UK's "Guardian", Australia's ABC, RTE, the BBC, CNN, PBS "NewsHour", Press TV ("Looming catastrophe in Somalia" and "Somali soldiers recapture Jowhar town"), afrol, Garowe Online, SomaliNet, MISNA (reprinted by Spero), Radio Netherlands (brief story and full correspondent report), the UN News Service ("Somalia: political solution key to averting humanitarian catastrophe, says UN official" and "World must not forget Somalia, urges UN agency as humanitarian crisis worsens"), the "Washington Post", the "New York Times", the "Christian Science Monitor" (daily online "Terrorism and Security" feature), and VOA ("Somali PM Pledges Action in Face of Humanitarian Catastrophe", "Relief Groups Warn of Worsening Humanitarian Situation in Somalia", and "Somali Insurgents Briefly Seize Town, Kill 7") that are tied in with a new joint announcement from about 40 NGOs concerning Somalia and/or the latest fighting around Jowhar. (Updated many times, both on Wednesday and on Thursday, to note several additional stories; the second, newer UN News Service story is primarily based on a separate WFP statement.) - EJM
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