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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’... -
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... -
23 April 2012 - 5:22pmCrammed into a four-wheel-drive car, OCHA Humanitarian Affairs Officer Gilbert Sengamali and colleagues from the UN and local NGOs are on their way from Bukavu in South Kivu to the Shabunda region, where they will assess the needs of displaced people. Ongoing conflict in this part of eastern Democratic... -
14 April 2012 - 1:36amHumanitarian agencies are supporting tens of thousands of Congolese immigrants expelled from Angola, many of whom say they were subjected to violence and abuse. Last year, Angola expelled more than 100,000 Congolese nationals across their 2,500 km common border. And since late 2003, Angola has... -
6 March 2012 - 3:27amJohn Ging, OCHA’s Operations Director, warned that the Central African Republic (CAR) faces one of the world’s worst funding shortfalls despite the country’s deteriorating humanitarian crisis. Mr. Ging, who visited CAR from 29 February to 2 March, witnessed first hand the...
