CHF 279,715 has been allocated from the IFRC’s Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) to support the Nigerian Red Cross Society (NRCS) in delivering immediate assistance to 15,000 households (75,000 beneficiaries). Unearmarked funds to repay DREF are encouraged.
Summary: CHF 246,829 was allocated from the IFRC’s Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) on 9 May 2011 to support the Nigerian Red Cross Society (NRCS) in delivering assistance to some 7,500 beneficiaries and replenish disaster preparedness stocks.
Fears of low turnout could dent Hadi, reform drive
Some Yemenis see vote as waste of time and money
By Mohammed Ghobari
SANAA, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Yemen has begun a publicity campaign to get citizens to vote in the upcoming presidential election, officials said on Monday, part of a deal to ease President Ali Abdullah Saleh out of office and pull the country back from the brink of civil war.
CAIRO, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The head of the Arab League said on Monday the Syrian army's use of heavy weapons against civilians was an escalation that edged the country towards civil war.
"We follow with great anxiety and irritation developments in the field situation in Syria, and the escalation of military operations in the city of Homs and rural areas of Damascus, and the Syrian armed forces' use of heavy weapons against civilians," Arab League chief Nabil Elaraby said in a statement.
ILOILO CITY, Feb. 6 (PIA6) -- Classes in all levels in both public and private schools in Iloilo were suspended after an Intensity V earthquake of tectonic origin rocked this city at around 11:49 a.m., Feb. 6.
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) based in Roxas City, Capiz said the tremor measured at Magnitude 6.9 with a depth of 10 kilometers. It was felt in other parts of Western Visayas at Intensity IV in San Jose and Pandan, Antique, and parts of Aklan.
