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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... -
26 March 2012 - 6:58pmFifteen-year-old Espoir has spent the past six months in a transit centre for child soldiers. The centre is run by the non-governmental organization (NGO) Bureau for Volunteer Service for Children and Health, in Bukavu, South Kivu, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Espoir—which... -
6 March 2012 - 3:27amJohn Ging, OCHA’s Operations Director, warned that the Central African Republic (CAR) faces one of the world’s worst funding shortfalls despite the country’s deteriorating humanitarian crisis. Mr. Ging, who visited CAR from 29 February to 2 March, witnessed first hand the... -
2 March 2012 - 1:01amThe Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) faces multiple crises including attacks by armed groups, massive displacement, food insecurity and disease outbreaks. Approximately 1.8 million people remain displaced, mostly in eastern DRC, due to conflict. Last year, measles and cholera epidemics claimed more... -
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...
