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- UN concerned for Congolese displaced by rebellion
The rebellion being led by renegade Congolese general Bosco Ntaganda has given cause for "deep concern" among members of the UN Security Council, which Thursday was briefed about the estimated 5,000 people -- mostly children and the elderly -- who have been displaced by the fighting in the country's North Kivu province. Ntaganda is wanted for war crimes by the International Criminal Court. Reuters (5/3), CBS News/The Associated Press (5/2)      - Surge in journalist deaths is decried by UN's Ban
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Thursday that he was outraged by the increasing number of attacks on journalists the world over, adding that "countless" reporters "face intimidation, harassment and censorship at the hands of governments, corporations and powerful individuals seeking to preserve their power or hide wrongdoings and misdeeds." More than 60 reporters were killed last year, and a radio reporter, Farhan Jeemis Abdulle, was gunned down in Somalia on the eve of Thursday's World Press Freedom Day. Google/Agence France-Presse (5/3)  | - Nigerian physicians protest wild polio outbreaks
Hundreds of Nigerian physicians and polio survivors marched in the city of Abuja on Thursday to draw attention to the rise in reported cases of the debilitating disease. "Each and every case of a Nigerian child paralyzed is embarrassing and, to us, that cannot continue," said Muhammad Ado, head of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency. "There is no reason whatsoever for any Nigerian child to go down with paralysis." AllAfrica Global Media/Daily Trust (5/3) - China agrees to join Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves
After seeing a cookstove exhibit with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Beijing, Chinese officials agreed to join the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves. "This illustrates once again that the United States and China can and will work together in new ways and through many channels to address our common challenges on energy and the environment, two issues that transcend politics," said Clinton, who started the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves, a private-public partnership, two years ago. CNSNews.com (5/4)  | - How to help cities ensure Rio+20 successes
Ultimately the success of the policies agreed upon at the upcoming Rio+20 summit in Brazil will fall to the world's cities, particularly in Asia and Africa. The international community can help cities achieve their sustainability goals by de-carbonizing transportation systems, removing barriers to local development financing schemes and encouraging the transfer of knowledge among urban centers. Devex.com (5/2) - Pakistan to require insurance against disasters
Every Pakistani citizen would be covered against risks from natural disasters -- including earthquakes, cyclones, droughts, floods, landslides and avalanches -- under a new national insurance plan announced Wednesday. The country already has received a $500 million loan from the World Bank to pay for the plan, which likely would include subsidies for the poor. AlertNet (5/2) - Study abroad seen as way out for Chinese dissident
 China has floated a potential solution to the impasse over Chen Guangcheng's plea for protection in the U.S., saying that the blind legal activist may apply to study abroad. Criticism was mounting of the manner in which U.S. diplomats negotiated Chen's transfer from the U.S. Embassy in Beijing to a hospital, where he is isolated, but receiving treatment for an injury during a daring escape from police. BBC (5/4), The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (5/3) - Sudan, S. Sudan agree to restart stalled talks
Sudan and South Sudan have accepted the terms of a seven-point peace plan brokered by the African Union. Under the plan, the countries must restart by Tuesday negotiations over shared borders, citizenship and oil revenue sharing, with an eye toward reaching agreement within three months. Al-Jazeera (5/4)
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