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  • South Kordofan, Sudan: Humanitarian assistance remains extremely...
    28 June 2011 - 8:31pm
    From 22-24 June, sporadic air strikes and artillery shelling by Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) continued in South Kordofan, particularly around the eastern and southern parts of the Nuba Mountains. According to the latest OCHA situation report, one woman was killed and four people, including two children,...
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  • Somalia: 2.5 million people in need of emergency humanitarian...
    27 June 2011 - 6:00pm
    Somalia is now experiencing the worst situation in 10 years due to drought, food shortages, soaring food prices, and conflict. Two consecutive seasons of significantly below-average rainfall have resulted in poor harvest. Food prices in some parts of south Somalia are 200 percent higher than during the...
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  • Sudan: Humanitarian access remains difficult despite improved security
    23 June 2011 - 3:56pm
    In South Kordofan, the security situation in and around the capital Kadugli has generally been calm from 19 to 21 June, although there are reports of three Explosive Remnants of War (ERW)-related incidents in Kadugli by the UN Mine Action Office (UNMAO). Most of the displaced people who had taken refuge by...
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  • Yemen: Increasing displacement challenges humanitarian agencies
    22 June 2011 - 6:19pm
    Continuous conflict in Abyan, Southern Yemen, has resulted in increasing numbers of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) fleeing to neighboring districts. According to the latest OCHA situation report, currently there are 10,000 IDPs from Abyan in Lahj and 15,000 in Aden. Another 15,000 IDPs are said to be...
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  • Côte d'Ivoire: Return remains difficult for the displaced
    21 June 2011 - 7:59pm
    Two months after the post-electoral violence in Côte d'Ivoire, there are still approximately 322,277 Ivorian Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) across the country and more than 200,000 Ivorian refugees in 13 neighboring countries, most of them in Liberia, according to the latest UNHCR statistics...
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