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5 July 2012 - 4:12pmDenis Bahou and his family are among tens of thousands of Ivorians who are still struggling to recover from last year’s post-election violence. When the conflict claimed the lives of several of his close family members, Denis fled his home in Duékoué, western Côte d’... -
3 July 2012 - 11:54amAs the security situation in the disputed region of Abyei improves, aid workers are gearing up to respond to the possible return of tens of thousands of displaced people who fled the area a year ago. In May 2011, an estimated 110,000 people fled their homes and villages when the Sudanese Armed... -
20 June 2012 - 11:05amTwo-year-old Arcade Maniragarura is one of many children affected by malnutrition in Burundi. Until May this year, Arcade, who has eight older siblings, was too weak to walk. In Burundi, nearly 1 million children under age 5 are chronically malnourished. According to UNICEF figures, Burundi has the world... -
8 May 2012 - 4:40pmDuring talks in Kabul, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Valerie Amos, highlighted the continuing humanitarian needs of Afghans affected by conflict and natural disasters. Speaking today at a joint news conference with Wais Ahmad Barmak, Afghanistan’s Minister of... -
7 May 2012 - 5:17pmJawle camp lies on a windswept plain north of the town of Garowe, in Somalia’s semi-autonomous region of Puntland. Some 1,500 displaced families from all over the country live in temporary shelters at the camp. Many have travelled great distances to escape conflict or severe food shortages in their...
