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21 October 2011 - 3:15pmAid agencies must far more urgently establish the differing needs of men and women, young and old people, in order to save lives and rebuild communities during a crisis, a new report by leading humanitarian experts has warned. "Sex and Age Matter", published by the Feinstein International Center... -
20 October 2011 - 5:33pmThe worst floods in a more than a decade have devastated large areas of Cambodia, causing 247 deaths, displacing 46,000 households and disrupting the lives of 1.2 million people. The crisis is part of a region-wide emergency, in which seasonal rains and back-to-back typhoons have caused flooding across SE... -
19 October 2011 - 8:15pmThe humanitarian crisis in Côte d’Ivoire needs an urgent boost in international funding, the UN’s Humanitarian Coordinator said on Wednesday, during a European tour to draw more attention to the country’s fragile recovery. More than 194,000 people are internally displaced, and more... -
18 October 2011 - 3:34pmSince April 2010, Nigel Fisher has led a massive relief operation to help millions of Haitians overcome a string of devastating disasters. On January 12, 2010, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake destroyed vast parts of the capital city of Port-au-Prince and surrounding areas – killing several hundred... -
17 October 2011 - 2:35pmNational authorities, the UN and aid agencies are accelerating their response to multiple cholera outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of Congo, part of a region-wide effort to curb an epidemic across western and central Africa. In the western DRC, more than 7,000 people have fallen ill and 390 people...
