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  • Interview: OCHA Mogadishu Head of Office
    11 April 2013 - 12:07pm
    More than 360,000 people displaced by conflict live in makeshift tents in crowded conditions in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. OCHA is working with humanitarian organizations to support the Government’s efforts to relocate the displaced families to the outskirts of the city, where they will have...
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  • Mali: les familles déplacées s’efforcent de faire face à une...
    5 April 2013 - 10:15am
    Quelque  470 000 personnes ont été déplacées par le conflit au nord du Mali depuis mars 2012. Près des deux-tiers d’entre elles ont fui vers le sud et le centre du pays où les communautés qui les ont accueillies souffrent encore de l’impact...
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  • Mali: Displaced families in Ségou struggle to cope
    5 April 2013 - 8:36am
    An estimated 470,000 people have been displaced by the conflict in northern Mali since March 2012. Nearly two thirds of these people have fled to southern and central Mali, where they and the communities hosting them are still coping with the impact of last year’s regional food and nutrition crisis....
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  • Yemen: Displaced families affected by years of protracted crisis...
    2 April 2013 - 4:37pm
    Hundreds of thousands of people in northern Yemen remain displaced due to the region’s ongoing conflict.  They are unable to return home due to the threat of landmines, massive destruction to infrastructure, such as homes, and the lack of access to basic services. “Life is tough here,...
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  • Aid Worker Diary: Solomon Islands Earthquake and Tsunami
    1 April 2013 - 12:26pm
    On 6 February 2013, an 8.0 magnitude earthquake set off a small but powerful tsunami that sent 1.5-metre waves roaring inland on Santa Cruz Island, a remote area in the Solomon Islands archipelago of the Pacific. Nearly 40 per cent of the houses on the island were either damaged or destroyed and an...
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