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Assessment Working Group
Over 67 per cent of people living in Northern Syria need humanitarian assistance
The final report of the Joint Rapid Needs Assessment finds 10.5 million people with limited access to essential goods and services, leaving them at notably elevated risk of harm.
MSF
Displaced people caught up in fighting west of Goma
Fighting with heavy weapons between the Congolese army and the rebel group M23 resumed yesterday and forced MSF to suspend activities in two camps.
OCHA
Insecurity impedes humanitarian access in Faryab province
Faryab is currently the most conflict-affected province in the Northern region. While needs are on the rise, funding has declined and the presence of international humanitarian staff is lower than in previous years.
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IRIN
Somalia, beyond the famine
Over one million people in Somalia are currently food insecure. IRIN asks experts and analysts whether the conditions that led to the famine are still in place, and whether another famine could occur.
Disaster:Horn of Africa Crisis: 2011-2012
Kenya + 4 others
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WHO
Second round of polio vaccinations begins as WHO warns of risk across Horn
Niger + 1 other
ICRC
Emergency aid for 2,400 people fleeing violence in Nigeria
Disaster:Niger: Floods - Jul 2012
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ODI - HPN
