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2 March 2012 - 1:01amThe Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) faces multiple crises including attacks by armed groups, massive displacement, food insecurity and disease outbreaks. Approximately 1.8 million people remain displaced, mostly in eastern DRC, due to conflict. Last year, measles and cholera epidemics claimed more... -
7 February 2012 - 3:58pmThe UN and its humanitarian partners have appealed for US$121 million to help Liberia cope with the large numbers of Ivorian refugees in the country’s impoverished south-east region. More than 120,000 Ivorian refugees who fled post-election violence in Côte d’Ivoire now live in Liberia... -
2 February 2012 - 2:13pmThe UN is appealing for US$718 million to help hundreds of thousands of Congolese facing conflicts, epidemics, natural disasters and limited access to basic social services in the vast Central African country. The funding will allow humanitarian organizations to provide basic aid such as food, water and... -
25 January 2012 - 3:20pmThe UN has allocated US$104 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to bolster aid operations in 13 of the world’s most neglected and under-funded humanitarian crises. “Millions of people need help around the world in places which have fallen out of the headlines,” said... -
15 April 2011 - 7:47pmThe failure of the October to December 2010 rains in the Eastern Horn of Africa has left nearly 8.4 million people food insecure and requiring emergency assistance in Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and the Karamoja region in Uganda. Drought has led to substantial harvest failure, deteriorating pasture...
