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  • ASG Catherine Bragg ends visit to Colombia
    13 June 2011 - 7:11pm
    ASG Catherine Bragg yesterday completed her five-day mission to Colombia. During the visit, she met with national and local authorities, humanitarian partners and with some of the most vulnerable people, including Afro-Colombian, indigenous, and internally displaced persons, affected by both the recent...
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  • Haiti: Agencies support IDPs hit by deadly floods
    10 June 2011 - 8:53pm
    On the evening of 6 June, the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area and other areas of the West and Nippes departments in Haiti were hit by heavy rains. 28 people died, 8 were injured, and 6 are still missing following the torrential rains and mudslides, according to the latest statistics from the Direction de...
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  • Libya: Concerns over shortage of medicines, fuel, shelter
    9 June 2011 - 12:06pm
    With intense fighting in Misrata and insecurity in Tripoli and other parts of Libya in recent weeks, international access to assess humanitarian needs in the country has remained difficult. However an inter-agency mission travelled to Misrata by IOM-chartered ship from Benghazi 1-2 June, to conduct a...
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  • Sudan: Abyei displacement now estimated at 96,000
    8 June 2011 - 6:31pm
    The security situation in Abyei remains tense and unpredictable with reports of sporadic gunfire, and tukuls being burnt, according to the latest OCHA situation report. Population movements remain fluid, but as of 5 June, some 96,000 people are estimated to have been displaced by the Abyei violence. IOM...
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  • Yemen: New displacement as heavy fighting continues
    7 June 2011 - 9:08pm
    As heavy fighting continues between government and anti-regime forces, some 4,000 urban refugees in Sana’a are seeking protection and relocation away from the city, leaving hundreds displaced within the capital, particularly in the Hasaba district. The latest situation report from the Humanitarian...
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