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6 July 2012 - 3:34pmHumanitarian needs continue to rise in Afghanistan as conflict and recurrent natural disasters affect millions of Afghans and cause civilian casualties and displacement every year. So far in 2012, about 300 natural disasters have affected more than 200,000 people. The planned withdrawal of the... -
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... -
27 June 2012 - 4:00pmAfter years of civil war, even a basic telecommunications infrastructure was non-existent in South Sudan, the world’s youngest country. Aid workers, who often rely on satellites and Internet connections to report on the humanitarian and security situation, did not have reliable access to voice-and-... -
21 June 2012 - 5:15pmNepal is one of the world’s 20 most disaster-prone countries. It faces the threat of devastating floods, landslides, windstorms, hailstorms, fires, glacial lake floods, avalanches and earthquakes. Preparedness is vital in a country where natural disasters claimed more than 27,000 lives and affected...
