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6 April 2012 - 12:57amEight-year-old Sabry and his family fled conflict in Yemen’s Abyan region last year and sought refuge in Aden. They needed a safe place and better protection, especially for Sabry who is disabled. More than 200,000 people from Abyan have been displaced by the conflict between armed groups and the... -
4 April 2012 - 9:11pmSome 180 women from communities affected by flooding and armed violence in Colombia’s Córdoba department have come together in the town of Santa Cruz de Lorica to build a women’s shelter. Although some men helped behind the scenes, the women themselves built the shelter and painted it,... -
3 April 2012 - 9:32pmTwo UN convoys have delivered emergency relief supplies to people displaced by conflict in areas of Myanmar’s northern Kachin State. The supplies, including a month-long ration of food, water-purification tablets, rehydration salts and basic medicine, have been delivered to some 3,300 people. Another... -
3 April 2012 - 12:37amUN agencies and humanitarian partners are providing aid to a sudden influx of some 123,000 displaced people who have arrived at Jalozai Camp and the surrounding area in Nowshera, north-west Pakistan, since 17 March. Many of these people urgently need food, water, shelter and basic aid. Those... -
30 March 2012 - 8:55pmSouth Sudan is not only the world’s youngest country, but also one of its poorest and least developed. More than half of its population does not have enough to eat, and over 1 million South Sudanese are severely food insecure. Since its independence from Sudan in July 2011, inter-communal...
