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27 February 2012 - 7:15pmOn the road to the small town of Recula, in Colombia’s Córdoba region, a cow forages for food in fields that have become lakes. More than 210,000 people in the region have been affected by some of the worst flooding in Colombia’s history. Across the country, more than 2 million people... -
23 February 2012 - 9:38pmEmergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos called for a coherent approach to addressing the humanitarian, development and political challenges in Somalia today at the London Conference. Co-chairing a humanitarian event at the conference, Ms. Amos emphasized the importance of dealing with the immediate... -
21 February 2012 - 11:33pmThe Government of Pakistan and the UN today launched an Early Recovery Framework to help people still affected by the severe flooding that ravaged parts of Pakistan in August 2011. The framework calls for US$440 million to provide basic aid, such as food, medical supplies, shelter, water and sanitation,... -
16 February 2012 - 7:47pmIn the cool, early hours, before the unrelenting sun rises over the Sahara, humanitarian workers leave Niger’s capital, Niamey, and set off for an assessment mission to the border village of Sinegodar, which is close to the Mali-Niger border. The village is a four-hour drive on a bumpy, desert road... -
15 February 2012 - 5:09pmHeads of UN agencies, representatives from affected governments and major donors today called for an urgent scale up of humanitarian aid to help millions of people affected by hunger and malnutrition in the Sahel region of West Africa. In a joint statement issued at an emergency meeting at the World Food...
