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21 September 2012 - 4:49pmDecades of conflict, massive displacement, chronic poverty and food insecurity affect millions of people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The number of people displaced by violence in the vast Central African country has risen by more than 25 per cent to 2.24 million people since the... -
7 September 2012 - 5:38pmUnited Nations agencies and their humanitarian partners today increased their appeal for Syria—from US$180 million to $347 million—to scale up their response to a deepening crisis affecting an estimated 2.5 million people. “The number one priority for the people inside Syria at the... -
30 August 2012 - 5:36pmThe UN Humanitarian Chief, Valerie Amos, concluded her first visit to Mali today with an appeal to the international community and donors not to forget the millions of people facing a food and nutrition crisis. The crisis is affecting nearly 30 per cent of the Malian population of 15.8 million,... -
24 August 2012 - 12:41pmDavid Gressly is Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the relief effort in nine countries of the Sahel region of West Africa: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal and the Gambia. An estimated 18.7 million people in the region are suffering the effects of a food and... -
9 August 2012 - 1:47pmThe UN Humanitarian Chief, Valerie Amos, called today for more support for Congolese communities affected by conflict and displacement, at the end of a four-day mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda. In Eastern DRC’s North Kivu Province, nearly a quarter of a...
