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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... -
1 February 2012 - 11:46amAid organizations have provided life-saving blankets, quilts and warm clothes to thousands of people returning home in Pakistan’s north-west. In recent years, the area has witnessed an upsurge in militant activities, military operations and drone attacks, all of which have affected the lives of... -
11 January 2012 - 1:26pmIn October 2011, as large parts of Pakistan’s Sindh Province lay devastated by flooding, Mai Rasheeda Qambrani was in severe pain. She was in the last month of pregnancy - her sixth in 10 years - but Rasheeda had not experienced any baby movements for a week. She needed urgent medical attention.... -
10 November 2011 - 11:56amOne hundred days after famine was declared in parts of southern Somalia, humanitarian agencies have reached more than half of the four million people who urgently need help. But after months of drought, agencies are now struggling to tackle a rise in cholera and other water-borne diseases due to seasonal... -
19 May 2011 - 10:05pmThe Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) today surpassed US$2 billion in funds disbursed to aid agencies in natural and conflict-related emergencies, a milestone in efforts to speed up the international response to humanitarian crises. Launched in 2006, CERF is now the sixth largest UN source of...
