| GLOBAL: Children’s rights not yet a reality |
 DAKAR, 20 November 2009 (IRIN Global) - Children’s rights advocates are taking 20 November, the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), to highlight legal advances, but say when it comes to education, healthcare and protection in conflicts and natural disasters, children are often the first to be deprived of their rights.
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GLOBAL: Food aid that gets you two for the price of one |  JOHANNESBURG, 18 November 2009 (IRIN Global) - Good quality food aid can save billions of dollars that would otherwise be spent on saving lives, says a major report from the World Bank, one of two new studies that uncover some unsettling facts about food aid and malnutrition.
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In Brief: Afghan Red Crescent condemns NATO operation at its office |  KABUL, 10 November 2009 (IRIN Global) - The Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS) has denounced a NATO-led military operation at its office in Qalat, capital of the southern province of Zabul, on 7 November.
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GLOBAL: Mixed scorecard for donors |  DAKAR, 10 November 2009 (IRIN Global) - The world’s wealthiest donors do not put enough into helping communities prevent and prepare for disaster, says the non-profit DARA International, in its third annual rating of donors on quality and efficacy of humanitarian aid.
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GLOBAL: Fortified flour and chewing gum - new approaches to malnutrition |  NAIROBI, 9 November 2009 (IRIN Global) - Some of the most widespread forms of malnutrition can best be reduced by delivering micronutrients and fortifying food in new, cost-effective ways, in combination with community outreach work, experts have said.
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SOMALIA: Donor caution alarms aid workers |  NAIROBI, 6 November 2009 (IRIN Africa) - Aid agencies operating in Somalia say they need more money but that some donors are holding back, concerned at where resources might end up in areas too dangerous for international staff.
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LESOTHO: A mountain of challenges |  JOHANNESBURG, 6 November 2009 (IRIN Africa) - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has been feeding people in Lesotho since 1965, yet the tiny mountain kingdom is still not much closer to achieving food self-sufficiency. Time to overhaul the approach, aid agencies say.
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MAURITANIA: Don’t abandon us, HIV-positive community tells donors |  NOUAKCHOTT, 5 November 2009 (IRIN Africa) - People living with HIV in Mauritania are voicing their concerns about the suspension of HIV/AIDS funding by the World Bank and the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. They feel powerless in the face of the decisions, of which they are suffering the consequences.
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WEST AFRICA: Agricultural aid “bypasses governments”, says NGO |  DAKAR, 4 November 2009 (IRIN Africa) - Donors have promised US$40 billion in aid to agriculture in developing countries since the Rome “food summit” in 2008, but in some countries the bulk of this aid is uncoordinated, shortsighted and does not support government priorities, says NGO Oxfam.
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GLOBAL: Reaching the pneumonia "tipping point" |  DAKAR, 2 November 2009 (IRIN Global) - Health organizations have joined forces to launch the first World Pneumonia Day, urging governments, donors and civil society to act to prevent and treat the world’s leading child killer.
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