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17 August 2012 - 5:40pmOn World Humanitarian Day, we remember our colleagues who have been killed while working to help others. In 2011, 308 humanitarian workers were killed, injured or kidnapped. Most of them were local staff, and most of them were targeted because of their work. This year, we are marking World Humanitarian... -
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... -
17 July 2012 - 5:16pmIn the Central African Republic (CAR), about one in five people living outside the capital, Bangui, faces a food crisis. Conflict earlier this year led to widespread displacement and the destruction of villages, farmland and livestock. Providing food assistance is a high priority, but so is helping... -
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... -
1 June 2012 - 4:19pm“Help! Help! Evariste, Evariste, please open the door!” Early on the morning of 17 December 2011, Evariste Dindaye was woken by a man’s hysterical shouting. When Evariste opened his door, the panic-stricken man blurted out: “My wife is about to have a baby and she’s in...
