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  • Libya: Urgently needed water trickles into Tripoli
    8 September 2011 - 12:33pm
    The World Food Programme (WFP) and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have partnered to deliver 500,000 litres of bottled water to Libya’s capital Tripoli and surrounding areas where a lack of potable water has affected some four million people. “At this time, hundreds of thousands of...
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  • Horn of Africa: The future of an entire generation hangs in the...
    27 August 2011 - 1:18am
    The African Union (AU) hosted an international pledging conference in Addis Abba, Ethiopia, on Thursday to help drought and famine-stricken families across the Horn of Africa. US$350 million, mainly from the African Development Bank (ADB), was pledged to help stem the crisis.  With 12.4 million...
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  • From New York to Bangkok the world celebrated World Humanitarian Day
    26 August 2011 - 11:47am
    From New York to the Bangkok, Wold Humanitarian Day 2011 was commemorated at events around the world on 19 August. The international community paid tribute to aid workers who lost their lives in the course of duty and celebrated the efforts of aid workers. “Wherever there are people in need, there...
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  • World Humanitarian Day Celebrated Worldwide
    23 August 2011 - 6:46am
    On 19 August 2011, we celebrated World Humanitarian Day in New York and worldwide. The event honours humanitarian workers who lost their lives in the course of duty, celebrates the efforts of aid workers around the world, and calls on the world to urgently scale up the response to the crisis in the Horn of...
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  • South Sudan: Humanitarian challenges after secession
    20 August 2011 - 5:47am
    South Sudan’s historic declaration of independence passed with notable calm across the country on 9 July. However, the new born republic faces considerable humanitarian challenges as it looks to the future, including continued violence along its new and restive northern border, high levels of...
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